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A soldier makes final preparations before the annual Memorial Day commemoration at the American cemetery in Margraten, on May 29, 2022. (Robin van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP)
December 13, 2025, 3:58 pm
Officials removed exhibit on Black soldiers in WWII over fear of Trump’s ‘ire,’ emails show
Holocaust museums and Jewish veterans’ groups object to the move, which had not previously been explained, as distorting memory
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville, Virginia, October 12, 2022. (Daxia ROJAS / AFP)
November 15, 2025, 11:29 am
Is dining hall matzah ‘DEI’? The answer isn’t clear to ex-University of Virginia president
Jim Ryan, who says he was pushed out by GOP pressure, says ‘diversity, equity and inclusion’ ban left basic questions unanswered, like whether serving kosher food violates policy
By Andrew Lapin
The cover of "Pedal Pusher" by Mary Boone; the author at a book fair. (Courtesy of Mary Boone via JTA)
October 22, 2025, 1:49 am
Citing DEI ban, US base nixed kids’ event celebrating pioneering Jewish woman cyclist
Author says children’s museum on Washington military installation canceled a reading of ‘Pedal Pusher,’ a picture book about Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, who rode around the world on a bet
By Andrew Lapin
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, questions the witnesses during a Senate Judiciary committee hearing on fentanyl, and the need for permanent class scheduling, on Capitol Hill, Februart 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
February 13, 2025, 1:35 pm
Ted Cruz believes a grant to study Hebrew is ‘woke DEI’
The study of differences between Hebrew and English was flagged in a new database, as the GOP seeks to justify cuts to federal research funding and diversity programs under Trump
By Andrew Lapin
The sign above the door to the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging inside the main administration building on the main University of Kansas campus is seen on April 12, 2024, in Lawrence, Kansas. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)
February 8, 2025, 6:51 am
Over 30 US liberal Jewish groups sign letter defending DEI as an ‘invaluable tool’
Statement led by Union for Reform Judaism says that diversity, equity and inclusion efforts can be done ‘in way that is truly inclusive of Jewish safety, identities and history’
By Ben Sales
Left to right: Dani Kogan, Deborah Greenblatt, Julian Voloj, Francil Tejada and Bradley T. Borden hold copies of 'We Are Brooklyn: Stories of Hope,' a comic book celebrating the diversity of the borough and of participants in the We Are All Brooklyn Fellowship Against Hate, November 18, 2024. (Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA)
November 29, 2024, 2:28 am
To fight hate, these Brooklyn-based nonprofit professionals wrote a comic book together
Six members of the We Are All Brooklyn Fellowship Against Hate tell their stories in a project initiated by the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York
By Jackie Hajdenberg
New York Times op-ed columnist Bret Stephens. (Jason Smith via JTA)
August 31, 2024, 2:04 pm
Daily Briefing Aug. 31, Day 330 – Bret Stephens: Where American universities went wrong
Pulitzer Prize-winning NYT journalist weighs in on why Jewish students shouldn’t want a place at the DEI table even as their rights are being trampled on campuses
By ToI Staff
New York Times op-ed columnist Bret Stephens. (Jason Smith via JTA)
August 30, 2024, 9:01 am
What Matters Now to Bret Stephens: Where North American universities went wrong
Pulitzer Prize-winning NYT journalist weighs in on why Jewish students shouldn’t want a place at the DEI table even as their rights are being trampled on campuses
By ToI Staff
Many scholars say their schools’ DEI offices ignore Jewish concerns — either not recognizing Jews as a minority or seeing them as white and privileged and therefore not subject to marginalization. (Getty Images; JTA illustration by Mollie Suss)
January 24, 2024, 2:00 am
Jewish critics of DEI debate the future of US campus diversity programs
Scholars say university diversity, equity and inclusion offices don’t consider Jews a minority, leading to disagreement on whether they should be nixed or fixed
By JTA and ToI Staff
Harrison Ford presents the award for best picture at the Oscars, March 12, 2023, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
January 10, 2024, 11:29 pm
In open letter, Jewish entertainers slam exclusion of Jews from Oscars diversity push
Michael Rappaport, David Schwimmer, Debra Messing, Iliza Schlesinger among 250 signatories on missive urging inclusion for Jews in ‘under-represented’ groups outlined by Academy
By ToI Staff
Israelis stand still next to their cars on a freeway as a two-minute siren sounds in memory of victims of the Holocaust in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 28, 2022 (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
May 11, 2022, 10:04 pm
Government must invest more in R&D to keep tech sector growing, warns new report
In sobering annual study, Israel Innovation Authority says technology industry strong but plagued by challenges that require action
By Ricky Ben-David
Illustrative: A small green sea turtle makes his way through the sand towards the sea after hatching from a nest, at Palmachim Beach on August 17, 2020. (Mila Aviv/Flash90)
May 11, 2022, 2:09 pm
Daily Briefing May 11: Israel’s biodiversity is in decline. So are COVID cases
Environment reporter Sue Surkes brings a startling comptroller report; health reporter Nathan Jeffay explains global urgency of vaccine booster and talks of ‘prejudice psychology’
By ToI Staff
Ariella Daniels photographed for the 'Periphery' exhibition at UJA Toronto. (Liat Aharoni)
April 7, 2022, 3:50 am
Multi-media exhibit ‘Periphery’ brings marginalized Canadian Jews into focus
Exhibition by Ontario Jewish Archives and No Silence on Race organizations amplifies a broad spectrum of unheard Jewish voices, teaches about Jewish diversity at home and outside
By Robert Sarner
Christina Jefferson says of her career in diversity work: 'Really it’s just tikkun olam. How we can repair this broken world.' (Chloe Jackman/ via JTA)
May 31, 2021, 4:20 pm
NFL’s San Francisco 49ers pick a Jew of color to lead their diversity efforts
Christina Jefferson grew up in a Baptist family before converting to Judaism along with her wife. Now, she attends synagogue, volunteers and sees her job as a form of ‘tikkun olam’
By Gabe Stutman
Laura Shovan, left, the cover of 'A Place at the Table,' and Saadia Faruqi (QZB Photography/Clarion Books/Laura Joy Burke/ via JTA)
March 6, 2021, 3:48 pm
2 women, Muslim and Jew, co-write children’s book about standing up to prejudice
Even as the US struggles with seemingly insurmountable divides, Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan’s ‘A Place at the Table’ teaches that difference does not inherently mean discordance
By Talia Liben Yarmush
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