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TIL 50% of the civil-rights attorneys in the South during the 1960s were Jews. Over 50% of the whites who went to Mississippi in 1964 to challenge Jim Crow laws were Jews. At the time, Jews accounted for 3% of the US population.

u/CitizenJosh — 12 hours ago
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The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) estimates that Iran’s economic losses from the ongoing conflict could total between $50 billion and $300 billion, or roughly 40 percent of pre-war GDP, in a preliminary assessment of the war’s impact.

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u/WillyNilly1997 — 6 hours ago
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Israel’s defense minister said on Thursday the country is prepared to resume military operations against Iran and is waiting for authorization from Washington, signaling readiness for both offensive and defensive action as targets have already been identified.

u/WillyNilly1997 — 15 hours ago

Dan Bilzerian Is Running For Congress In Florida Which Should Worry All Of Us

u/JiGoD — 1 day ago
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Alabama is forcing the Ten Commandments into my children's classrooms. As a rabbi, I'm horrified

u/bagelman4000 — 3 days ago

American Jews caught in a bind (Between accusations of supporting genocide from the far left, explicit antisemitism gaining ground in the Republican Party, and deep mistrust of Israel’s political path under Netanyahu, the “ideological space” for American Jews is shrinking.)

u/ruchenn — 1 day ago

Abdul El-Sayed endorses formerly incarcerated U of M Admin & sex crime convict Joshua Hoe. Hoe's COVID-era policy reform gutted the MI Sex Offender Registry. Influenced national policy as well.

u/coffee_tea_sympathy — 1 day ago
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Israel is 78 years old. The world needs to wake up to its monumental achievements

u/Ask4MD — 3 days ago