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(JTA) — As director of the Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Minnesota, Natan Paradise says he leads a research institution, not an advocacy organization. Yet since Oct.

The seeming failure of many DEI programs to take Jews’ concerns seriously has led some Jewish leaders and conservative politicians to call for their dismantling.

Recently, prominent leaders in the American Jewish community — including William Daroff, CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish American Organizations, and Mark Charendoff, president of Maimonides Fund — have openly called on Jewish students and donors to...

Good Friday morning. Ed. note: In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the next edition of Your Daily Phil will be published on Tuesday, Jan. 16. Shabbat Shalom! In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on a Schechter Rabbinical Seminary conference considering how to...

Good Monday morning. In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on a new partnership between the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism and the Secure Communities Network, and feature an opinion piece by Mark Charendoff, president of Maimonides Fund, as part of a new regular...

In the days that followed the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, the North American Jewish community rallied to show their connection to Israel. We raised money (or in some cases, withheld money), organized supply collection drives, sent volunteer missions, held...

Good Monday morning. In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on American Friends of Magen David Adom honoring boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr., and feature an opinion piece by Naava Shafner and Sharon Weiss-Greenberg about victim support and abuse prevention post-Oct. 7 and another by Shelley Rood Wernick about an initiative supporting...

Rabbi David Wolpe announced Thursday that he had resigned from an antisemitism advisory group recently convened at Harvard by president Claudine Gay.

Good Friday morning. In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on hedge fund manager Ross Stevens pulling a $100 million donation to the University of Pennsylvania over the handling of antisemitism on campus by its president, Liz Magill, and Israeli street artists using graffiti...

Fellows say they have a better understanding of the vulnerability of Israelis after visiting the country after the Oct. 7 attacks