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Statement on the attacks on Israel
Out of necessity, the Jewish community has built a professional infrastructure around publicly responding to violence against Jews. I’m not one of these professionals and I am not equipped to do this as tactfully and skillfully as they do. But I am an elected official; the first Jew to represent my district in the state legislature and the youngest Jew in the legislature. So this is my best attempt.
7 News: Local leaders, nonprofit bring lacrosse to Dorchester with free clinic
“‘This is an avenue to higher education, something new to develop identity, their confidence and a real sense of team and community,’ said state Rep. Simon Cataldo.”
Lowell Sun: Simon Cataldo hosts cultural council, arts, and business reps for West Concord tour
“Our towns in the District are vibrant hubs of culture and the arts, and we continue to benefit from a tremendous partnership with the Mass. Cultural Council,” said Cataldo. “We are so grateful to have deepened our communities’ relationship with the MCC through the unique opportunity of having Michael Bobbitt spend a day visiting and speaking with our leaders in the 14th Middlesex District.”
Dorchester Reporter: One-day lacrosse clinic planned at White Stadium
“We’ve found the relationships with lacrosse in Boston and with BPS especially are as strong as anywhere in the five cities where we’ve operated Harlem Lacrosse.”
Mass Live: Lawmakers seek to tax Harvard University, other schools that favor legacy applicants
“For any highly selective school with a billion dollar endowment to say on the one hand that they are defending their right to give preference to generationally wealthy students, and put the other hand down and ask for more money for financial aid from the government, I think, conveys a lack of understanding of what’s going on in the real world,” [Cataldo] said.
CBS News: Massachusetts lawmakers target “affirmative action for the wealthy”
“Lawmakers in Massachusetts are proposing a new fee that would be levied on the state's colleges and universities that use legacy preferences when admitting students, including Harvard University and Williams College, a highly ranked small liberal arts college. Any money raised by the fee would then be used to fund community colleges within the state.”
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