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‘You are not alone’: Biden in Holocaust remembrance speech vows to fight Oct. 7 denialism

By RON KAMPEAS

WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden aimed straight at American Jewish anxieties of the moment in a speech commemorating the Holocaust, pledging to keep alive the memory of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacres in the face of waves...

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Playwright, performer Mona Golabek to highlight Yom HaShoah Community Memorial at WW2 Museum

By ALAN SMASON, Special to the CCJN

The last time Mona Golabek was in New Orleans, she was touring her original play “The Pianist of Willesden Lane” at Le Petit Theatre. It was at that show Golbek donned a red...

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U.N. General Assembly elevates status of Palestine delegation

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to elevate the status of the Palestine delegation, a mostly symbolic action that nonetheless underscored Israel’s isolation as its war with Hamas enters its seventh month.

The resolution,...

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ADL and Federation: Response to Jewish Voice for Peace letter

The following statement was crafted and issued jointly by the South Central Region of the Anti-Defamation League and Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans on Friday, May 10:

We support free speech, but stand firmly against speech that stokes hatred...

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