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Tag: Elena Kagan

0 Politics Education

Zohran Mamdani’s favorite teacher is the brother of Jewish Supreme Court justice Elana Kagan

JTA · 25 Aug

Zohran Mamdani, a frontrunner in the New York City mayor's race, credits much of his educational and political growth to his former high school social studies teacher, Marc Kagan.

0 Education Politics

Will Religious Schools Finally be Given a Fair Shake?

Emes Ve-Emunah · 1 May

A potentially pivotal Supreme Court case regarding the establishment of religious charter schools could significantly impact Jewish education in America.

0 Politics Education

As Supreme Court considers religious charter schools, Justice Kagan speculates about publicly funded yeshivas

Asaf Elia-Shalev in JTA · 1 May

Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan raised concerns during a hearing on a case regarding the establishment of the first religious public charter school in Oklahoma, questioning whether this could lead states like New York to fully fund yeshivas that lack secular education in subjects like English and math.

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Is it OK for a Supreme Court justice to accept bagels and lox from her high school friends?

Beth Harpaz in Forward · 9 May 2023

A group of women who attended high school with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan wanted to send her bagels and lox from a famous deli in New York City.

0 Politics Leadership

Jewish Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring

Forward · 26 Jan 2022

Justice Stephen Breyer, the oldest justice and one of three liberals on the Supreme Court, is retiring, leaving Elena Kagan as the sole Jewish justice.

0 Politics Antisemitism

Elena Kagan Compares Muslim Ban To Anti-Semitism At Supreme Court Hearing

Forward · 26 Apr 2018

Justice Elena Kagan, during a Supreme Court hearing on President Trump's travel ban on Muslim-majority countries, posed a provocative hypothetical about an anti-Semitic president banning immigrants from Israel.

0 Communities Politics

Obama Fêtes the Jews

Allison Hoffman in Tablet · 28 May 2010

President Obama hosted a reception for Jewish American Heritage Month where Jewish figures like Sandy Koufax and Elena Kagan attended.