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Cuomo, pointing finger at Orthodox community, will shut down schools in virus hotspots
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a striking challenge to leaders in the Orthodox Jewish community on Monday, demanding that they comply with state rules capping attendance at religious gatherings and enforce mask wearing in order to avoid a total shutdown of religious institutions. The challenge came after the governor announced that, effective Tuesday, he…
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For the homeless, Sukkot is year-round
Sukkot came early to Venice, Calif., this year. The fall Jewish holiday rolled in around June. That’s when I first noticed full-fledged huts popping up in my neighborhood. They were dead ringers for the temporary shelters Jews put up to mark Sukkot, with bamboo or fabric walls, and roofs that included palm fronds, bamboo stalks…
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Two decades after the second intifada, what have we learned?
(Haaretz) — The 20th anniversary of the outbreak of the second intifada, marked on September 29, the day after Yom Kippur, took place during a period that somewhat resembles the days of the exploding buses. The current terrible stretch, too, is characterized by a general malaise, great personal concerns and questions about when everything will…
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California governor vetoes high school ethnic studies mandate
In the waning hours of the review period for bills passed during the 2019-20 legislative session on Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom broke with strong majorities in both chambers to turn back Assembly Bill 331, which would have made an ethnic studies course mandatory in public high schools. The veto came during a whirlwind final day…
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Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday: White House spokeswoman
A White House spokeswoman announced that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner had tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday, just hours after news broke that President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive. .@IvankaTrump and Jared Kushner were tested again today for COVID-19 and both are negative. — Carolina Hurley (@CLH45) October 2, 2020…
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Anti-Muslim, pro-Proud Boys Laura Loomer faces an unflappable Lois Frankel
The firestorm over President Donald Trump’s refusal to disavow a white supremacist group is burning especially hot in Florida, where two competing Congressional candidates took opposite sides of the issue — and both women are Jewish. “I think Jewish organizations should be more concerned with Antifa and Black Lives Matter than the Proud Boys,” said…
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There’s a Proud Boys chapter in Israel
The Proud Boys, a club of self-identified “western chauvinists” who have been energized by President Donald Trump’s request during Tuesday night’s debate that they “stand by,” have a chapter in Israel, despite the group’s association with antisemites and white nationalists. The Israel chapter of the Proud Boys was established in February of 2018, and according…
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‘They’re out to get us’: Social media campaigns reflect tensions between Orthodox and local authorities
Heshy Tischler, a Borough Park-based activist and radio host, posted a picture of himself on Instagram wearing a mask with a picture of a yellow Jude star pasted over it. “I am wearing my mask with the Jewish star that our leaders and city officials really want us to wear,” he said. The post is…
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Denmark’s proposed circumcision ban will make Jewish life ‘untenable’
The ancient tradition of circumcising infant boys is still legal in Denmark — but perhaps not for long. The vast majority of Danes finds that ritual circumcision on infant boys should be banned, according to a recent TV2/Megafon poll. Yet while 86 % of those polled are in favor of implementing a proposed ban, a…
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Think Trump failed to condemn white supremacy? Here’s how Republican Jews see it.
President Donald Trump’s critics — led by the Anti-Defamation League — say he failed to condemn white supremacy during the Sept. 29 debate, and then gave a shout out to a white supremacist group, the Proud Boys. Many of his Jewish supporters just don’t see it that way. “White supremacists?” said Ruth Reinish, 88, of…
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In Florida, ‘Proud Boys stand by’ doesn’t faze Jews for Trump
In large measure, Jewish Republicans in Florida are standing by their man. They just wish he’d have let the other guy talk a little more. “I love President Trump; he just needs to keep his mouth shut and stop talking,” said Perri Cohen, president of the Conservative Club of Wynmoor, a senior community in Broward…
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