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NEH’s unprecedented $10M grant to Tikvah has some Jews celebrating and others crying foul

JL;DR SUMMARY In a controversial move, the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded a groundbreaking $10.4 million grant to Tikvah, a New York-based think tank, for a Jewish Civilization Project aimed at combating antisemitism by promoting Jewish achievements in Western and American civilization. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EducationTrump AdministrationJewish CivilizationBen ShapiroTikvahNehHeritage FundingConservative InfluenceLiberal Criticism

Places mentioned

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
"$10 million to the University of Virginia for a project tied to the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence in 2026."
Jerusalem, Israel
"with the Kohelet Policy Forum, the intellectual force behind controversial efforts to curb the power of Israels judiciary."
New York, United States
"The group behind the project is Tikvah, a New York-based think tank and education center dedicated to advancing Jewish excellence and Western civilization."
Lawrence, Kansas, United States
"Now we know where the money went, Samuel Brody, a professor of religion at the University of Kansas, wrote in a post on Bluesky."

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