Sign of an improving economy? 22,323 cap-subject H-1B petitions have already been received by the USCIS in the first three days since H-1B season started. 25% of these cases are for U.S. advanced degrees. The number of filings received in the first three days is almost double the number of filings received during the same time last year. We can expect the cap to be reached much sooner this fiscal season than last season, where it was reached in November.
During the interview that took place in front of the entire Milken student body, we discussed the current war in Israel, the state’s importance to Jewish communities around the world, and hopes for the future.
As we celebrate over Hanukkah’s eight days the valor of those who rose to resist villainy – in those days and in our time – we mark the words of Maccabees both ancient and modern.
This Hanukkah, as we bring more light into the world each night, let us think about the ways that the Diasporic can illuminate us just as much as we can illuminate the Diaspora.
Although Jews have faced antisemitism from time immemorial, it always comes upon us as something new. It surprises us. We don’t understand it.
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