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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Coordinating Security For Jews On Campuses
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Four national Jewish organizations involved in advocating for Jewish university students have launched a security coordination initiative with the national umbrella for Jewish security. Michael Masters, the incoming director of the Secure Community Network, the security arm of national Jewish community organizations, told JTA this week that the Jewish Federations of North…
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Fast Forward Massachusetts Chabad Sued For Allegedly Infiltrating Conservative Synagogue
(JTA) — Conservative Jewish congregants in Sharon, Massachusetts, are suing the local Chabad, alleging its members infiltrated their leadership in a bid to take control of their synagogue and its assets. The case filed by members of Temple Adath Sharon will be heard Monday in Norfolk County Superior Court, The Jewish Advocate, a Boston weekly…
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Fast Forward Uganda Becomes 100th Country With Chabad-Lubavitch Center
(JTA) — Uganda has become the 100th country to have a Chabad-Lubavitch outpost. Rabbi Moishe and Yocheved Raskin established the Chabad of Uganda in the capital city of Kampala in October, it was announced Sunday at the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries in New York. The couple moved from Israel with their young son, Menachem…
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Community What The Jewish Establishment Got Wrong About The Princeton Hillel Controversy
Last week, a controversy at Princeton Hillel reverberated throughout the Jewish world. Kenneset Member Tzipi Hotovely, a deputy foreign minister from the Likud party, had been slated to speak about combatting BDS and justifying Israeli settlements. Following a protest from Jewish progressive students, Princeton Hillel decided at the last minute to revoke her invitation to…
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Fast Forward ‘Heil Hitler’ Tagged On Jewish Preschool After Rampage Through Classrooms
A Florida man was charged with writing “Heil Hitler” on a Jewish preschool and causing thousands of dollars of damage to its classrooms, NBC-2 reported. Michael Dami, 19, targeted the Naples Preschool of the Arts, a part of the Naples Chabad center. He was caught on camera defacing the school in October. Police reported that…
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Fast Forward Chabad Gets Unearthed Book From Disputed Schneerson Trove
(JTA) — Rabbis of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement were able to obtain in Israel a book that is part of the the Schneerson collection, which they are fighting to receive from Russia. The volume was recently discovered at Kedem Auction House in Israel and returned to the Chabad rabbis in the United States, according to a…
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Fast Forward Thieves Steal, Damage Penn State Chabad Menorah Statue
A giant menorah statue was stolen from outside Chabad of Penn State and was found damaged the next day in front of the building of the Sigma Alpha Mu Jewish fraternity. The theft took place sometime on Friday, October 27, Chabad co-director Rabbi Hershy Gourarie said in a statement. A security camera reportedly showed four…
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Life I’m Orthodox, Broke And Proud
My wife and I are broke. Don’t worry, it’s always been that way. Ever since we decided to sell all our stuff and move to Israel, and then sell all our stuff there and move back, we’ve been broke. Not like, broke broke — please don’t misunderstand. We’re not hungry or homeless. We’re middle-class broke….
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