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For years, Schakowsky eyed a run in Illinois's 9th congressional district, intending to run whenever incumbent Democrat Sidney R. Yates opted to retire. [8] Yates had represented the 9th district since 1949 (except for one term due unsuccessful run for the Senate in 1962), [9] Schakowsky had explored runs in 1992, 1994, and 1996 under the belief each time that Yates might retire.
Nelson said the declaration's preamble is dismissive of the ways that antisemitism has stood apart from other forms of racism historically and how that history has shaped Jewish identity. He also said the declaration makes generalizations about antisemitism that do not apply under many circumstances, like claiming that the hallmark of classic ...
Jewish Agency scholarship funds benefit Arab recipients as well as Jewish ones. [156] Jewish Agency loan funds often help Israeli-Arab small business owners to receive bank loans at favorable rates. The nine different funds act as guarantors. One of the funds specifically aims to assist small business owners who are Arab, ultra-Orthodox, female ...
BINA was awarded the Constantine Prize in Jewish Education from Tel-Aviv University for its success in using Jewish values to promote community service and social justice in youth. [16] In 2009–10 BINA was awarded the Gerald Cromer Paths for Peace Fund for its work toward Jewish Pluralism and social activism in Beer Sheva, Israel.
The Be'eri Initiative for Pluralistic Jewish Education works with more than 50 Israeli high schools, hundreds of teachers and thousands of students. The Avi Chai Foundation, one of the Be'eri program's original funders says: "the project has had a significant positive influence on student attitudes to Jewish studies." [8]
In 2010, he was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress from Illinois's 9th congressional district, losing to incumbent Democrat Jan Schakowsky. From 2009 to 2010 he was a research fellow at the Hudson Institute , and since 2017 he has been a radio host at SiriusXM .
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First Jewish actress to win an Academy Award. Their Own Desire: Lucia Marlett Nominated 1930/1931: A Free Soul: Jan Ashe Nominated 1934: The Barretts of Wimpole Street: Elizabeth Barrett: Nominated 1935: Elisabeth Bergner: Escape Me Never: Gemma Jones Nominated 1936: Luise Rainer: The Great Ziegfeld: Anna Held: Won First Jewish born actress to ...