Ben Sales and Josefin Dolsten
By Ben Sales and Josefin Dolsten
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Fast Forward Their Flight To Miami Was Cancelled — Would They Make It For Passover?
(JTA) — The ancient Israelites had to cross the Red Sea. Four thousand years later, Jeannie R. Fisher had to get her family of five from New York City to South Florida before Passover started. It was unclear which was harder. Fisher, like thousands of Jews, descends annually from the Northeast to the Bubbe Belt…
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Fast Forward LISTEN: This Is What JCC Bomb Threats Sound Like
(JTA) — Today, for the third time this month, a string of Jewish community centers around the country received bomb threats. Many of the 17 JCCs that received calls today evacuated their facilities and contacted law enforcement, which is investigating the threats. JTA has obtained a recording of one of the bomb threats made on…
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