George Floyd protests

Judah Benjamin, seen here in 1855, served in Jefferson Davis' cabinet during the Civil War and was the Confederacy's most prominent Jew. A synagogue in California included his name on a window memorializing significant Jewish figures. (The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

A California synagogue memorialized Judah Benjamin, the Confederacy’s most prominent Jew. Here’s how that changed.

Peninsula Temple Sholom in the Bay Area included Benjamin’s name on a window listing significant Jewish figures.

NYPD officers stand guard at the door of the Union Temple of Brooklyn, after it was grafittied, in New York City on November 2, 2018. (Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)

Calls to defund the police put Jewish institutions in a tough position

Synagogues and others are inclined to stand with the protest movement, but also have built close ties with law enforcement amid rising anti-Semitism.

Alumni call on Jewish day schools to do more to fight racism

A leader of a network of Jewish day schools said the calls built on a foundation of social justice taught by these schools. “I think it’s tremendous credit to them and the education they got that they are making this call,” he said.

Ideas

White Jews have been able to flee to the suburbs. Black Americans largely could not. Here’s why that matters today.

Ideas

I’m raising my Orthodox kids in the heart of New York City. The inequality we see every day should propel us to fight for others.

Ideas

Stop using Israel as an excuse not to support Black Lives Matter

Marchers at the front of the interfaith demonstration in memory of George Floyd and protesting systemic racism in Chicago on June 2, 2020. (Courtesy of Ari Hart)

United States

800 rabbis and cantors sign statement supporting peaceful protest against racism

United States

Orthodox women are using Instagram to fight racism, on and offline

Politics

At a time of racial strife, liberal groups say no room at communal table for a leader whose tweets inflame

United States

For Orthodox Jews, George Floyd protests stir complicated feelings

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