Federal judge temporarily blocks Louisiana’s law requiring classrooms to display Ten Commandments
The ruling is a victory for Jewish families who joined a lawsuit challenging the law
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Fast Forward Jewish parents join lawsuit challenging Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools
The families say the state is privileging Christian doctrine over that of other religious traditions
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Opinion I’m a Louisiana Jew. The Ten Commandments get lost in translation in the new law
Louisiana passed a law this week requiring a unique translation of the Ten Commandments displayed in every public school classroom
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News They’re students at a Black, Catholic college — and they won a national prize for antisemitism education
A team from a New Orleans HBCU won a Department of Homeland Security competition for their project on Black-Jewish relations
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Culture After Hurricane Katrina, a chaotic hospital evacuation led to 45 deaths. Who’s to blame?
'Five Days at Memorial,' a grueling new series from Apple TV+, explores grim choices at a waterlogged hospital.
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Fast Forward Louisiana Is Prohibited From Working With Companies That Boycott Israel
(JTA) — Louisiana has become the 25th state to pass legislation or regulations preventing state government entities from contracting with companies that boycott Israel. Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday signed an Executive Order that prohibits the state of Louisiana from contracting with any company that participates in a boycott of Israel. The order…
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Fast Forward Baptist College Refused To Hire Football Coach With ‘Jewish Blood’: Lawsuit
The president of a private Baptist college in Louisiana refused to hire an alumnus applying to be a football coach because of what he called the applicant’s “Jewish blood,” a new lawsuit claims. Joshua Bonadona, who was raised Jewish but converted to Christianity while a student at Louisiana College, filed suit on Wednesday against the…
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Fast Forward Fried Chicken Festival Apologizes For Using Holocaust Memorial As Break Area
New Orleans’s annual Fried Chicken Festival has apologized for using a Holocaust memorial as an employee break area and pledged not to use the space next year, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reported Tuesday. The memorial, in the Big Easy’s Woldenberg Park, was covered by tables and ice chests holding beer. Festival organizers said in a…
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