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StandWithUs Files Civil Rights Complaint Against SUNY Purchase

The complaint details a Purchase Student Government Association (“PSGA”) leadership-driven effort to ostracize, excommunicate, and retaliate against Hillel, the sole campus group dedicated to Jewish life and Jewish culture at SUNY Purchase, apparently because of Hillel’s Zionist-Jewish identity. [Press Release]

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Andrew Garfield

Courtesy of Wikipedia Andrew Garfield (August 20, 1983) is an English and American actor. His accolades include a Tony Award, a BAFTA TV Award and a Golden Globe Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Laurence Olivier Award. Time he included Garfield on its list of 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. Click here to read more

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Kyra Sedgwick

Courtesy of Wikipedia Kyra Sedgwick (August 19, 1965) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her starring role as Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson on the crime drama The Closer (2005–2012), for which she won a Golden Globe in 2007 and an Emmy Award in 2010. She also starred in the 1992 TV film Miss Rose White, which won

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Andy Samberg

Courtesy of Wikipedia Andy Samberg (August 18, 1978) is an American comedian, actor, and musician. He is a member of the comedy music group the Lonely Island with Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone. Samberg was also a cast member and writer for the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live from 2005 to 2012, where he and his fellow group members are credited with popularizing the SNL Digital

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Norman Coleman

Courtesy of Wikipedia Norman Coleman (August 17, 1949) is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist. From 2003 to 2009, he served as a United States Senator for Minnesota. From 1994 to 2002, he was mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota. First elected as a member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Coleman became a Republican in 1996. Elected to the Senate in 2002,

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