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Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) speaking with attendees at the 2019 Young Americans for Liberty Convention in Philadelphia on April 13, 2019. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

Rep. Massie accused of antisemitism after sharing controversial meme

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An image shared on social media featuring rapper Drake rejecting one idea while embracing another—often used to identify alleged hypocrisy—has generated condemnation across the political spectrum after a Republican legislator used it to claim that Congress...
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear helps in the wake of devastating flooding in eastern Kentucky on Aug. 2, 2022. Source: Twitter/@GovAndyBeshear.

In aftermath of deadly flooding, Kentucky governor cancels planned trip to Israel

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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and his wife, Britainy, canceled a planned trip to Israel after devastating floods hit the eastern part of his state late last week, killing at least 37 people, including four...

Jewish groups provide relief, physically and emotionally, after tornado devastation in Kentucky

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The last time Rabbi Shlomo Litvin, co-director of Chabad of the Bluegrass, had been in Hopkinsville, Ky., he was joined by thousands of other people to see a total eclipse. He returned to the area...
Jewish twins were kept alive to be used in Dr. Josef Mengele's medical experiments. These children from Auschwitz were liberated by the Red Army in January 1945. Credit: USHMM/Belarusian State Archive of Documentary Film and Photography.

Kentucky Rep. Massie tweets out analogy between mask-wearing and Holocaust

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A member of the U.S. House of Representatives is under fire for a tweet that compared coronavirus restrictions to the murder of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. The black-and-white image posted by Rep. Thomas...
Rabbi Shlomo Litvin, co-director of Chabad of the Bluegrass in Lexington, Ky. Credit: Courtesy.

After facing threats, Kentucky rabbi set to offer educational courses on anti-Semitism

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After denouncing racist, anti-Semitic fliers left around his community earlier this month and then being threatened by a neo-Nazi leader, Rabbi Shlomo Litvin of Lexington, Ky., aims to educate others on what Judaism and...