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Community 27 Years Ago, My Synagogue Was Vandalized By Skinheads — Here’s What I’ve Learned Since Then.
The telephone woke me at 5:00 a.m. It was the police -– never a good omen. But this wasn’t about family or property, it was my synagogue. “Graffiti,” the cop told me. “In black spray paint. All along the outside wall. You better get down here, Rabbi.” I put on my glasses, sat up in…
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Fast Forward White House Condemns New Bomb Threats Against Jewish Sites
(JTA) — White House press secretary Sean Spicer condemned a new wave of bomb threats against Jewish sites, including Jewish community centers and Anti-Defamation League offices. “I want to acknowledge that there’s been an additional wave of threats to Jewish community centers and Anti-Defamation League offices,” Spicer told reporters at a press briefing on Tuesday….
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Vandalism Rocks San Diego Campus
As vandals target Jewish cemeteries and community centers, Jews at the University of San Diego have also been on the receiving end of hate crimes, with numerous swastikas discovered on campus over the past month. “Defacing our facilities with this deplorable symbol is hateful and reprehensible, and the incidents are being investigated,” the university’s dean…
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Fast Forward 100 Senators Ask Trump Administration To Counter Anti-Semitic Threats
In a rare bipartisan move, 97 senators signed a letter to the Trump administration asking that the White House and executive agencies coordinate to contain the damage from a wave of threats against Jewish community centers and prevent new ones. “We are concerned that the number of incidents is accelerating and failure to address and…
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Fast Forward Wave Of Threats Spur Chicago JCC’s And Cemeteries To Beef Up Security
This city’s share of the national spike in anti-Semitic incidents has been notable: Two JCCs have been evacuated because of bomb threats, and both the Chicago Loop Synagogue and the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center have been vandalized and defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti, among other events. But after seeing the desecration of two Jewish…
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Community Why Jews Should Oppose David Friedman
The US ambassador to Israel will represent the most powerful country on earth in one of the most volatile regions in the world. The position demands experience, caution and, perhaps most importantly, the ability to navigate high-stakes conversations in a respectful and productive manner. The ambassador must be able to work with those with whom…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leaders Insist Toppled Brooklyn Headstones Were Vandalized — Police Eye Neglect
(JTA) — Jewish leaders in New York are disputing the New York Police Department’s finding that 42 headstones toppled in a Brooklyn cemetery are the result of neglect. The headstones reported toppled on Saturday night at the largely Jewish Washington Cemetery originally were thought to have been the work of a vandal or vandals. But police…
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Fast Forward ADL: One Arrest Won’t Stop ‘Unprecedented’ Wave Of Anti-Semitism
NEW YORK (JTA) — Thanking the FBI and police for the arrest of Juan Thompson, who allegedly made eight bomb threats to Jewish institutions, the Anti-Defamation League called the current wave of anti-Semitic acts “unprecedented.” “Law enforcement at all levels is a close friend to the Jewish people in America,” Evan Bernstein, ADL’s New York regional…
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