ADL - Anti-Defamation League (Plains States)

05/12/2022

The JFO is building a new community agency and would appreciate your input to inform the process. This agency will be a “CRC”, Community Relations Council. The CRC will work within the Jewish and broader communities in the Omaha metro area to enhance cooperation with other religious, racial, ethnic and civic groups. We want your feedback. Please take the survey. https://conta.cc/3syOIXD

In order to meet the needs of our community, a survey has been created to determine the issues that matter most to you. The Jewish Federation of Omaha (JFO) is building a new community agency and woul

02/10/2022

Join us for an “Allies Coming Together” online event with filmmaker Matthew A. Cherry to celebrate his Oscar-winning short film Hair Love on Feb. 24 at 11AM CT. Cherry is a writer, director, producer, and former NFL wide receiver. https://conta.cc/3Liy1aC

02/03/2022

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/02/03/whoopi-goldberg-apology-sincere/9315993002/?fbclid=IwAR1B7oD_CZvaqrEOW-bUHbXHkuOuVwmNrmzZeGJSb77ZO1ezdURhXyBT7VY

Whoopi Goldberg recognized her comments had caused hurt, acknowledged she was wrong and showed true remorse and introspection.

02/03/2022

https://lithub.com/a-professor-has-offered-to-teach-maus-to-all-students-affected-by-its-ban/?fbclid=IwAR3tJ8Iw72LI8rAOoVv07HKWHuqoPrLYcZiQBzvzhKpm0ypwVZKf8vnr2MY

Last week, in one of the latest events in a highly concerning wave of book bans sweeping the U.S., a Tennessee school board voted unanimously to ban Maus, Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer-winning graphic …

02/03/2022

Jewish issues, disability
https://www.jta.org/2022/02/01/ny/a-jewish-school-for-kids-with-learning-disabilities-is-building-big-on-the-upper-west-side?utm_campaign=sprout&utm_medium=nyjwsocial&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR0lEYUVwi33FUC4zRyzy27sN1b9ANEPq479VOG99dC3MffHKMxq_-ip_AY

The Shefa School is building a new campus at 17 West 60th Street, increasing its size from 25,000 square feet to 75,000 square feet and its capacity to 350 students.

02/02/2022

Disability
https://www.ketv.com/article/new-app-prevent-su***de-nebraska-mental-health-emergencies-rise-young-people/38955821?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&fbclid=IwAR3YliuIh1IbzCLPdtXj7zPy-arYcYIZBb1HZqgsbUBdjoy1mt2DJ0N8t70

Mental health emergency room visits for kids ages 5 to 11 went up 24 percent and 31 percent for teens ages 12 to 17 from April 2019 to October 2020.

02/02/2022

Lgbtqia
https://omaha.com/sports/olympics/timothy-leduc-to-be-1st-openly-nonbinary-us-winter-games-athlete/article_aa580e8e-50a3-5e97-ad1e-528274c55d4f.html?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Omaha_World-Herald&fbclid=IwAR0OdPyZKBWoI9C495i5Mct7FQwRbsgz_0hSe3b73PgfPKJcMF4x-iMU-iA

Figure skater Timothy LeDuc, competing with pairs partner Ashley Cain-Gribble, will be the first openly nonbinary U.S. athlete at the Winter Games.

02/02/2022

LGBTQIA
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/02/south-dakota-becomes-first-state-2022-pass-anti-trans-bill/?fbclid=IwAR2zLhKkDhrS-f-O9v6rrgt3Jvwaaw9QRWmAOvap0hTEQWzTU6w7rrgaVIY

Gov. Kristi Noem was already using her anti-trans beliefs to promote her reelection campaign before her bill even passed...

02/02/2022

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/whoopi-goldberg-suspended-the-view-b2005898.html =1643780886

Why wasn’t Whoopi Goldberg on The View today?

02/02/2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2022/02/01/holocaust-survivor-mel-mermelstein-dead/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1pglTvNUJdkqlA8ostddBLcIFbONeRVtNworHkfO7DWIs700kb_KGdviw

In fulfillment of a sacred promise to his father and the millions of other Jews murdered by the N***s, he took a group of Holocaust deniers to court in the 1980s and won a legal and moral victory in the enduring battle against historical revisionism.

02/02/2022

https://omaha.com/news/local/plan-to-rename-benson-post-office-after-black-world-war-ii-hero-clears-house/article_1a2f88dc-83ad-11ec-8c9d-bfb7265b7915.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_Omaha_World-Herald&fbclid=IwAR2aHAmJPwKitX2d-TWQDKL_12EOCXZexPs4NrBZ1cNMkhWHS_4HM1fabi4

The full House approved HR 4168 to rename the facility at 6223 Maple St. the “Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Jackson French Post Office.”