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fromJewish Telegraphic Agency
1 day ago

When Jews really did wage a 'war on Christmas' - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

On a frigid winter's day in 1906, tens of thousands of Jewish parents in New York's Lower East Side and Brooklyn kept their children home from school. It wasn't a snow day, but a protest: Activists and the Yiddish press had called for a boycott of the Christmas assemblies and pageants that they knew Jewish children would be obliged to attend on the day before the holiday.
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Historian teaching Jewish American history to combat antisemitism

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NYC's new Jewish American history curriculum aims to combat antisemitism

New curriculum on Jewish American history is part of NYC's initiative to highlight diverse historical figures.
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