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Tag: American Civil Liberties Union

0 Jewish Law Education

From the Newsletter | Squeezing More Juice out of the Lemon Test

Jennifer Bardi in Moment · 20 Jun

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed a law requiring Ten Commandments posters in all public school classrooms, sparking controversy and potential legal challenges on grounds of violating the Establishment Clause.

0 Politics Education

Court says Florida university officials are not going to shut down Students for Justice in Palestine

Beth Harpaz in Forward · 31 Jan

A federal court has declined to intervene in a lawsuit brought by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) against the University of Florida, which threatened to shut down the organization.

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Stop Being Shocked—Once and for All

The Editors in Tablet · 13 Oct 2023

Stop Being Shocked Once and for All is an article that highlights the systematic erosion of institutions and the rise of dangerous ideologies in America.

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This city wants to make antisemitic flyers illegal as ‘hate litter’

Beth Harpaz in Forward · 11 Sep 2023

San Diego City Councilmember Raul Campillo is proposing a law to make hate litter, specifically antisemitic flyers, illegal after several incidents of such flyers appearing in historically Jewish neighborhoods.

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The Disintegration of the ACLU

James Kirchick in Tablet · 31 Mar 2021

The article discusses the transformation of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and its historical association with Jewish activists.

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In a Birch Forest, With the KGB

Burton Caine in Tablet · 11 Feb 2020

The text recounts the author's experiences traveling to the Soviet Union in 1974 to support refuseniks and advocate for Jewish rights, including encounters with prominent figures like Anatoly Sharansky.

0 Politics Communities

REVEALED: Secret ADL Memo Slammed Anti-BDS Laws As ‘Harmful’ To Jews

Forward · 14 Dec 2018

Internal documents obtained by the Forward reveal that the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) staff expressed concerns in a 2016 memo that anti-BDS legislation targeting boycotts of Israel could harm American Jews, deeming such laws ineffective, unworkable, and unconstitutional.

0 Communities Gender/Identity

The glass mechitza: Fighting for women's rights, from the courthouse to shul

Tel Aviv Review · 2 Jan 2017

Ariela Migdal, a former ACLU women's rights lawyer, discusses the status of women in the United States and the Jewish community based on her legal cases and campaigns.