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Antisemitism will not be tolerated in Texas. Period,’ governor says

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wrote on Wednesday about arrests that state troopers and riot police made of anti-Israel protesters at the University of Texas at Austin, one of the largest and top-ranked public universities in the...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on Dec. 19, 2021. Photo by Emil Salman/POOL.

Bennett speaks with Texas governor, rabbi in aftermath of hostage crisis

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Texas Gov. Greg Abbot on Sunday to express his gratitude following the safe conclusion of the synagogue hostage crisis in Colleyville. Bennett thanked Abbot for the “determined and professional action...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Credit: Carrington Tatum/Shutterstock.

Texas governor names five appointees to new Holocaust, genocide and anti-Semitism commission

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed five people to the state’s new Holocaust, Genocide and Anti-Semitism Advisory Commission. The commission, which was created in September, “shall conduct a study on anti-Semitism in the state, provide...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Credit: Carrington Tatum/Shutterstock.

Jewish organizational streams weigh in on Texas abortion law

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Representatives of multiple Jewish denominations in the United States expressed disapproval of a new law in Texas that makes it nearly impossible for a woman to receive an abortion in the state, especially after...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott with state legislators after the signing of measure of HB3257 that establishes a Texas Holocaust, Genocide and Anti-Semitism Advisory Commission in Austin on June 16, 2021. Source: Screenshot.

In bipartisan vote, Texas adopts IHRA definition to define anti-Jewish acts

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With the support of its governor and state legislators, Texas has become the first U.S. state to fully utilize the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism to interpret anti-Jewish acts. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott...