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Fast Forward Virginia JCC Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Graffiti For Second Time In 18 Months
The Jewish Community Center of Northern Virginia was vandalized with 19 spray-painted swastikas early Saturday morning. JCC employees discovered the vandalism when they were opening up the building that day. Security footage captured a suspect spray-painting the swastikas at around 4:30 a.m. Police are working to identify the culprit. The JCC was also hit with…
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Fast Forward Wisconsin Man Charged With Mailing Threats To Local JCC
(JTA) — A Wisconsin man was charged with mailing threats to a Jewish Community Center in the state. A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Chadwick Grubbs, 33, for mailing threats on three different days in May to the Harry & Rose Samson Family Jewish Community Center in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. Grubbs already is…
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Life The Mikveh Is The Trendy Place To Be, In Manhattan’s Upper West Side
ImmerseNYC, a non-profit start-up founded by Rabbi Sara Luria, will be merging with the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan, the JCC has announced. ImmerseNYC is a pluralistic, feminist project which facilitates “welcoming, tranformative mikveh immersions” through volunteer mikveh guides and educational programming around Jewish ritual bath immersions. The merge will mark the JCC as the first…
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Fast Forward New York JCC Camp Counselor Faces Child Pornography Charges
(JTA) — A camp counselor at a Jewish community center in Tarrytown, New York has been accused of possessing and distributing child pornography. Benjamin Bojemski, 20, was arrested and charged with possession and distribution of child pornography in Greenburgh town court, the Shames JCC on the Hudson in Westchester County said in a statement Friday. Shames…
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Fast Forward Israeli Man Convicted For Serial JCC Bomb Threats
(JTA) — A 19-year-old American-Israeli man was convicted of making hundreds of bomb threats to Jewish community centers and Jewish schools in the United States, and airlines. Michael Kadar, who holds dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship and whose name is barred from publication in Israel, was convicted Thursday in Tel Aviv District Court on several counts including…
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The Schmooze A Soviet Israeli Poet Dreams of Dorothy Parker and A.A. Milne — In Music
If your kids aren’t quoting Dorothy Parker, reciting the history of New York City landmarks, or begging for brusque strolls in the park then get thee to “Central Park: The Musical.” The new musical, by Russian-Israeli composer Dina Pruzhansky with a book by Arnold Shvetsov, will play at the JCC of Manhattan this Sunday at…
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Culture See ‘RBG’ The Movie – Plus Jane Eisner In Conversation With The Directors
On May 1, come to the Marlene Meyerson JCC in Manhattan to see “RBG” before it arrives in the theaters. After the screening, Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner will interview the directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West. They will discuss the making of the film and how a Jewish lawyer ended up revolutionizing gender imbalance in…
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Fast Forward Unattended Package Left At Pittsburgh JCC Detonated By Police
(JTA) — An unattended package left at a Pittsburgh-area Jewish Community Center was detonated by police. The small canvas bag was left on a ramp leading to the parking garage under the Jewish Community Center in Squirrel Hill building on Sunday afternoon, the local CBS affiliate KDKA reported. The Pittsburgh Police Explosive Ordinance Disposal Unit…
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