Jackie Hajdenberg
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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Fast Forward This year’s USPS Hanukkah stamp is a simple menorah with a warm backstory
The stamp was designed by an artist whose mother escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport
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Fast Forward Federal grand jury indicts Ohio man for antisemitic assault on DC synagogue
The indicted suspect is Brent Wood, 35, who drove a U-Haul truck around the security barriers of Kesher Israel, parked on the sidewalk in front of the synagogue, sprayed a ‘noxious aerosol’ and yelled, ‘Gas the Jews!’ at congregants
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Fast Forward New archaeological research shows siege on Masada lasted just weeks, not years
The research counters a long-held narrative about the first-century Roman siege of the fortress
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Fast Forward Family of Holocaust survivor files first wrongful death lawsuit in Boar’s Head listeria outbreak
At 88 years old, Günter Morgenstein was still working as a hairstylist when he became ill with listeria
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Fast Forward At Columbus Circle vigil for 6 Israeli hostages, a mix of anger and mourning
The crowd waved American and Israeli flags, some of them also featuring the yellow ribbon that symbolizes advocacy for the hostages
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Fast Forward Temple University investigating pro-Palestinian march at campus Hillel
The demonstrations at Temple University are part of a resurgence in campus protests as students return to school
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Fast Forward Berlin Holocaust memorial vandalized with antisemitic graffiti
The 1943 protest commemorated by the monument was led by non-Jewish women, most of them married to Jewish men who were detained in a building that had formerly functioned as the Jewish Welfare Administration
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Fast Forward US government spends record $454 million to secure religious institutions amid rising antisemitism
The Department of Homeland Security said it had allocated nearly $150 million more this fiscal year toward the program which funds security enhancements at houses of worship
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