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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 431

Randi Weingarten

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, August 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
August 29, 2024, 8:41 am
Jewish teachers union boss says JD Vance is ‘gross’ for calling her childless
Randi Weingarten says she is blessed to be a ‘mom by marriage’ after being targeted in Vance’s latest resurfaced remarks attacking progressive women without children
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Samantha Woll, president of the board at the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue, in Detroit, was found dead outside her near-downtown home on October 21. (David Guralnick/Detroit News via AP)
October 22, 2023, 5:08 am
President of Detroit synagogue stabbed to death
Local police stress motive not yet known in murder of Samantha Woll, request FBI help with investigation; Jewish federation says ‘no known threats at this time’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Socially distanced and with protective partitions students work on an art project during class at the Sinaloa Middle School in Novato, California on March 2, 2021 (AP Photo/Haven Daily)
July 10, 2021, 2:05 pm
Vaccinated teachers and students in the US don’t need masks, CDC says
Changes come amid a national vaccination campaign in which children as young as 12 are eligible to get shots, as well as a general decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths
By Mike Stobbe and Collin Binkley
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten speaks about education, January 9, 2017, at the National Press Club in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
April 9, 2021, 5:42 am
US teachers union head Randi Weingarten has a vision to get kids back to school
Firebrand leader has strong words for Jews who say unions are the obstacle as she attempts to get her group’s 1.7 million members into classrooms
By Laura Adkins
Illustrative image: School buses lined up in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn on April 24, 2019. (Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images/JTA)
March 16, 2021, 9:13 am
Orthodox Jewish groups welcome $2.75b for private schools in COVID relief bundle
Following successful lobbying, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer includes aid in $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue package
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
The Supreme Court in Washington on October 10, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
January 18, 2020, 5:08 pm
US Supreme Court to take up bans on state money for religious schools
Justices to hear case on whether Montana tax credit for private education can go to religious schools; union head Weingarten alleges conservative effort against public education
By Mark Sherman
Labor MK Stav Shaffir attends an Education, Culture and Sports Committee meeting in the Knesset on January 27, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 10, 2019, 8:19 am
US teachers’ union head endorses Labor’s Shaffir ahead of Israeli election
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, says lawmaker is ‘one of the most, if not the most, effective ambassadors to America that Israel has’
By Ben Sales
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers. (Courtesy Professional Staff Congress/via JTA)
December 14, 2018, 7:40 am
American Federation of Teachers building defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti
‘I want Jexit!’ spray-painted on DC headquarters of US union, whose head Randi Weingarten says incident will ‘mobilize us to come together’
By Ron Kampeas
Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum and Randi Weingarten attend the Broadway Opening Night Performance of 'Indecent' at The Cort Theatre on April 18, 2017 in New York City. (Walter McBride/WireImage via JTA)
March 27, 2018, 8:11 am
Rabbi and labor leader get married
Teachers’ union leader Randi Weingarten and rabbi at New York’s largest LGBT-friendly synagogue tie the knot
By JTA
US Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) at a meeting of the Democratic National Committee on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, in Denver, Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
December 6, 2016, 9:05 pm
The aggressive, the accepting and the noncommittal: Where Jewish leaders stand on Ellison’s DNC bid
As Democrats struggle with an electoral crisis and selecting a new party chair, prominent Jews have mixed feelings on the Minnesota congressman’s bid to revitalize a beleaguered party
By Eric Cortellessa
US Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) at a meeting of the Democratic National Committee on Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, in Denver, Colorado. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
December 6, 2016, 9:05 am
Jewish head of teachers union defends Keith Ellison
Randi Weingarten blasts ‘maddening’ criticism of DNC chief candidate over his statement that US ‘governed’ by Israeli interests
By JTA and ToI Staff
Heavily armed Connecticut State troopers on the scene at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, December 2012 (photo credit: AP/The Journal News, Frank Becerra Jr.)
December 22, 2012, 3:16 am
NRA breaks its silence on Newtown shooting by calling for armed guards at public schools
Parents and officials offer mixed reactions, from support to disgust, to gun-right lobby group’s proposal and its feasibility
File. President Barack Obama, accompanied by singer Bruce Springsteen, waves as he arrives at a campaign event near the State Capitol Building in Madison, Wis., Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
November 6, 2012, 12:52 am
Rival Jewish groups push hard for votes in campaigns’ last hours
Republican and Democratic activists use videos, microsites, opeds, celebrity endorsements and phone calls in final bid to impact tight presidential struggle
By Haviv Rettig Gur
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