BOSTON (JTA) – In all other years, the Massachusetts House of Representatives begins its annual budget debate on the Monday after Patriots’ Day, the state holiday that commemorates the first battles of the Revolutionary War. But this year, lawmakers broke from their time-honored traditions and postponed the ritual — in deference to their Jewish colleagues. That’s... […]
As a newly appointed professor of public health at the University of Southern California two years ago, I invited USC students to apply for a summer job interviewing pioneers of the global health and human rights movement. One of the applicants was Asna Tabassum, the 2024 class valedictorian whose invitation to speak at commencement was... […]