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An image from the cover of 'The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai.' (Courtesy Melissa R. Klapper)
April 11, 2025, 12:35 pm
Slave-owning Jewish Confederate woman documents wartime Passover in newly published diary
Seen in their entirety for the first time, Emma Mordecai’s US Civil War writings paint a seemingly contradictory picture of an anti-emancipation woman who was herself a minority
By Rich Tenorio
Jewish sculptor Moses David Ezekiel (left) in his Rome studio with his statue 'Religious Liberty' (back center), 1909. A planned Princeton University exhibit of Jewish American artists in 2022 was to feature Ezekiel and a statue based on 'Religious Liberty,' but was scrapped owing to his lifelong support of the Confederacy. (Public domain via JTA)
March 30, 2022, 8:35 am
Outrage as Jewish art exhibit at Princeton is canceled over ties to the Confederacy
Display of 19th-century American artists was to feature Moses Jacob Ezekiel and Theodore Moise; curator denounces development as ‘unfortunate surrender to cancel culture’
By Andrew Lapin
In this Friday, June 18, 2021, file photo, journalist Katie Couric attends a screening during the 20th Tribeca Festival at The Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place, in New York. (Andy Kropa/Invision/AP, File)
October 23, 2021, 1:40 am
Katie Couric reveals Jewish, Confederate ancestry in new autobiography
TV star theorizes that mother’s ambivalence toward — and sometimes discomfort with — Judaism was a coping mechanism for avoiding antisemitism she encountered while growing up
By Ron Kampeas
Crews remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, September 8, 2021. (AP/Steve Helber)
September 9, 2021, 11:01 am
Former Confederate capital removes statue of Gen. Lee after years of protests
In Richmond, Virginia, onlookers cheer as 21-foot-tall bronze figure is dismantled and hauled away under heavy police presence, but no counter-protesters show up
By Sarah Rankin and Denise Lavoie
Workers remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from Market Street Park July 10, 2021 in Charlottesville, Virginia (WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
July 10, 2021, 6:43 am
Charlottesville removes Confederate Gen. Lee statue that sparked rally
Statue and another Confederate tribute are taken down Saturday, nearly four years after deadly violence erupted at ‘Unite the Right’ rally
By Sarah Rankin
A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee stands behind a crowd of hundreds of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and members of the 'alt-right' during the 'Unite the Right' rally August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville, Virginia. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
April 2, 2021, 8:19 am
Court: Charlottesville can remove Confederate statue at center of deadly rally
State Supreme Court says city can take down two monuments, including one of Robert E. Lee that was the focus of 2017 event
By Matthew Barakat and Michael Kunzelman
Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
July 3, 2020, 7:43 am
In prank, gold statue of convicted sex offender Epstein appears in Albuquerque
Group responsible says it an act of political satire referring to Confederate monuments in public spaces; monument removed the same day by authorities
By Marcy Oster
Former Secretary of State for the Confederacy, Judah Benjamin, is shown in his new career as barrister, date unknown. (AP Photo)
June 26, 2020, 9:56 pm
Charlotte synagogues call to remove memorial to Confederacy’s most prominent Jew
North Carolina temples say they were overruled by local authorities when they opposed 1948 installation of Judah Benjamin monument by United Daughters of the Confederacy
By Gabe Friedman
Left, former Confederate official Judah Benjamin (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images/ via JTA); right, The window in Peninsula Temple Sholom's religious school bearing Judah Benjamin's name. The name has been taped over. (Courtesy of Peninsula Temple Sholom/ via JTA)
June 21, 2020, 2:56 am
California synagogue to remove reference to top Confederate Jewish official
Nestled among the names of 174 other historical Jews at Peninsula Temple Sholom is slave owner Judah Benjamin; intended educationally and not as an homage, it’s still coming down
By Ben Sales
People film the only statue of a Confederate general, Albert Pike, in the nation's capital after it was toppled by protesters and set on fire in Washington, June 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
June 20, 2020, 12:19 pm
DC protesters pull down, burn statue of Confederate general on Juneteenth
To cheers, demonstrators read out Trump’s angry tweet about toppling of only Confederate memorial in US capital; activists say Albert Pike was chief founder of post-Civil War KKK
By ASHRAF KHALIL and ASHLEY THOMAS
Howard University students hug in front of the statue of Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia, Friday, August 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
June 13, 2020, 9:40 am
Comparing how Germany and US confront evil racial past, author finds US wanting
As America is roiled by protests following the death of George Floyd, Susan Neiman’s ‘Learning from the Germans’ outlines a roadmap that can lead to lasting reconciliation
By Rich Tenorio
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June 11, 2020. (AP/Susan Walsh)
June 12, 2020, 3:58 am
Trump and Pelosi spar over honoring Confederate figures
President doubles down in defense of Southern generals, as Democrats and some Republicans push to remove statues in Capitol, rename military bases
By AP
People gather at the Robert E. Lee Monument, now covered by protest graffiti, in Richmond, Virginia, June 7, 2020, following a week of unrest in the US against police brutality and racism in policing (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
June 10, 2020, 2:46 pm
Statues come down across the US, Europe as Floyd’s death sparks change
Protesters topple monuments to the Confederacy, colonialism and slavery, while authorities cover up and remove statues following protests
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A crowd gathers around a Confederate statue in Richmond, Virginia, during protests against the killing of George Floyd, May 30, 2020 (Screen grab/Twitter)
May 31, 2020, 3:26 pm
Protesters in some US cities target Confederate monuments
The statues have been challenged for years, with some already under consideration for removal
By AP
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas (right) meets with Jason Greenblatt, the US president's assistant and special representative for international negotiations, at Abbas's office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, March 14, 2017. (AFP/Abbas Momani)
September 2, 2018, 5:05 pm
Abbas voices support for tripartite ‘confederation’ with Israel and Jordan
In meeting with Israeli peace activists, PA leader appears to dramatically depart from longstanding insistence on a two-state solution
By Raphael Ahren
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