Posts Tagged: Texas
Austin Jewish Center Raises $180K for Families, Individuals Impacted by Texas Flooding
The central hub of Jewish life in Austin, Texas, has raised $180,000 as of Tuesday morning to help those impacted by the floods that raged...
‘Antisemitic and Unlawful’: 24 Attorneys General Warn Brown University Not to Adopt BDS Movement
Two dozen attorneys general across the US wrote to Brown University on Monday warning that it could face "immediate and profound legal consequences" if it...
Indiana Senate Strips Leading Definition of Antisemitism From Anti-Discrimination Bill
Lawmakers and Jewish leaders have lambasted the Indiana Senate's removal of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, which has been adopted by...
‘Free Palestine:’ Texas Church Shooter Suspected of Having Pro-Hamas Ideology
A woman who stormed a church in Houston, Texas, on Sunday with an AR-15 rifle and shot one person before being killed by police was...
Georgia Governor Signs Bill Adopting Leading Definition of Antisemitism
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) signed on Wednesday a bill that will require law enforcement officials in the state to refer to the International Holocaust...
US Jewish Groups Cheer Upholding of Texas Anti-BDS Law
American Jewish groups on Monday cheered a federal Appeal's court ruling which upholds Texas' anti-boycott-divestment-sanctions (BDS) law, prohibiting companies from boycotting Israel for the duration...
Neo-Nazi Leader of ‘Goyim Defense League’ Arrested in Georgia
The leader neo-Nazi of a group calling itself the "Goyim Defense League" (GDL) was arrested during an antisemitic demonstration staged outside a synagogue in Bibb...
Texas Mall Shooting Prompts Biden to Renew Call for Gun Control
US President Joe Biden on Sunday called on Congress to pass gun control bills in the wake of yet another mass shooting that left nine...
US Federal Court Rejects Challenge to Texas Anti-BDS Law
A US federal court has rejected a challenge to a Texas law that bars companies participating in the boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) movement from receiving...
US State Officials Accuse Chicago Financial Firm of Putting Israeli Companies on ‘Watchlist’
Legal officials across the United States are asking a financial services firm in Chicago to verify that it is not participating in the Boycott, Divestment,...
Anne Frank’s Diary Banned from Texas School Library
A Texas school district in the suburbs of Fort Worth has pulled a graphic comic based on Anne Frank's diary from its libraries. The news, first...
Texas: Authorities Say Police ‘Wrong’ to Wait as Students Pleaded for Help
i24 News – Frantic children called 911 at least half a dozen times from the Texas classrooms where a massacre was unfolding, pleading for police...
American Jews Will Not Cower
The horrific events this past Shabbat at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, highlighted once again that there are forces out there who hate Jews...
Texas Synagogue Gunman Was Kicked Out of Nearby Mosque Before Hostage-Taking
US authorities continued to piece together the movements of the gunman who held four hostages at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue this past Saturday, as...
