Gov. Greg Abbott condemned antisemitic acts while lighting the Shamash of the Menorah at the State Capitol Monday afternoon.
condemned antisemitic acts while lighting the Shamash of the Menorah at the State Capitol Monday afternoon.After practicing for three weeks, students from"They’re learning about their Jewish culture, Jewish tradition, and that’s something they see at home, at our synagogue, at school, and they learn about it and when they come and perform in town to the rest of the community, it’s bringing it to life for them," Tamim Academy teacher Hadassa Hoff said.
Gov. Abbott said the state has passed a law prohibiting Texas from contracting or doing business with companies that boycott Israel, Texas has helped secure places of worship with $10 million in grants and created an advisory committee to combat and confront prejudice against Jews. "Hanukkah is about light and bringing light to darkness and today there’s a lot of darkness out there and teaching the kids about light and spreading light around, and each one of them is a little light, and altogether we make a big light, it’s very important to us," Hoff said.All the news you need to know, every day
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