The Dunmore Declaration probably gets more attention in 2025 than it did in 1775, when John Murray, Lord Dunmore and royal governor of Virginia, proclaimed that certain slaves and indentured servants in the colony who helped the British suppress the Patriot rebellion would be granted their freedom. The offer was limited to young men who […]
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Recently, Zohran Mamdani—winner of the New York mayoral race—faced opposition in a letter signed by 1,000 rabbis, cantors, and yeshiva students. These leaders of the Jewish community feared the normalization of anti-Semitism within New York and broader afield, as Mamdani has accused the Israeli government of genocide, said that he would arrest Binyamin Netanyahu were […]
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