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This Jewish family’s toy company challenged Trump’s tariffs. The Supreme Court agreed.

JL;DR SUMMARY Learning Resources, a Jewish family-owned educational toy company, successfully challenged the Trump administration's tariffs in a decisive Supreme Court victory, setting a precedent for over a thousand similar lawsuits. 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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Supreme CourtTrump AdministrationPhilanthropyJewish ValuesTariffsBusiness ImpactJewish Owned BusinessesLegal ChallengeLearning ResourcesPrincess Awesome

Places mentioned

Illinois, United States
"For Woldenberg, who is the fourth generation of his familys Illinois-based educational toy company Learning Resources, the decision to challenge President Donald Trumps sweeping tariffs was rooted in a moral obligation shaped by his familys Jewish values."
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
"And Max Woldenbergs brother Malcolm was a prominent New Orleans philanthropist for whom the Institute of Southern Jewish Life is named."
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"The family, longtime members of a Conservative synagogue in the suburbs of Chicago, has a record of Jewish philanthropy."
China
"Learning Resources relies on Chinese factories and workers to make its products, of which perhaps the most widely recognizable are plastic bears used for counting practice that are staples of many preschool classrooms."

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