April 24, 2025

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s Public Wearing of Keffiyeh ‘Deeply Painful to Many in Chicago Jewish Community’

Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) Chief Government Affairs Officer Lisa Katz issued the following statement on Thursday, following the publication of a photo showing Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson with a keffiyeh draped across his shoulders while standing next to Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)-Chicago Executive Director Ahmed Rehab: “Mayor Brandon Johnson’s recent public appearance wearing a

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The Power of Community: Making Holocaust Remembrance Relevant Today

This article was authored by Adi Rabinowitz Bedein, a third-generation Holocaust survivor from Israel, certified Yad Vashem tour guide, October 7th Burnt Vehicles Compound tour guide, and founding director of the Network for Innovative Holocaust Education (NIHE): For generations, we have taught our children that Jerusalem was destroyed due to baseless hatred. Many now look

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