Mayor of Portland, Maine, says he regrets voting to divest from Israel
The city also said it had no actual financial stakes in the companies it voted to divest from
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Fast Forward Portland, Maine, City Council unanimously votes to divest from companies that do business with Israel
The mayor supported the resolution. The local Jewish federation strongly opposed it
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Politics Shenna Bellows, who blocked Trump from Maine’s primary ballot, used to run the state’s Holocaust center
In her decision, Maine’s first woman secretary of state echoed her own words about her work at the Holocaust center: that she was primarily concerned with protecting democracy
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Fast Forward Why a Maine town swapped out a Star of David from its holiday display
After an Arab American group complained, the mayor said the town was trying to avoid displaying overt religious symbols on public property
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Fast Forward Synagogues in Maine come together to mourn Israeli soldier who died fighting Hamas
Bangor’s Jewish community offers support for grandfather of fallen IDF captain
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News A neo-Nazi is building a compound in rural Maine for his ‘Blood Tribe’
On the acres he bought in the nation’s whitest state, Christopher Pohlhaus aims to ‘rebrand the swastika’
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FIRST PERSON As a rabbi in a small town, I understand the Jewish class divide — and how to close it
Rural congregations have a fraction of the resources of their big-city cousins, writes the head of the Center for Small Town Jewish Life
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Fast Forward Swastika spray-painted outside Maine synagogue
(JTA) — A swastika was spray-painted in white on the sidewalk in front of a synagogue in Bangor, Maine. Bangor police are investigating the incident, which occurred Thursday night. Security camera footage taken by Congregation Beth Israel captured clear images of the teenagers who drew the swastika. “I do hope, rather than criminal mischief or…
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