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Fast Forward Long Island Jews Relieved as Cops Bust Teen in Swastika Case
A suburban New York teen was arrested for drawing two swastikas on the sidewalk in a heavily Jewish community. The swastikas were discovered earlier this month two blocks apart in Cedarhurst, a town on Long Island. Children who saw the swastikas on the sidewalk on their way to school on March 7 told their parents,…
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News Elite Chabad Yeshiva Says School Is Free of Abuse Despite Newsweek Expose
The Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s premier yeshiva is seeking to assure parents that no sexual or physical abuse is taking place within its walls following a detailed report on allegations of such abuse in the past. “I categorically assure you that there is absolutely no abuse taking place in Oholei Torah that we know of,” Rabbi Sholom…
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Opinion What Jewish Law Says About Crumbling Indian Point Nuclear Plant
What does an ox’s propensity for violence have to do with a leaky nuclear reactor? One is an ancient, Jewish example of negligence; the other is a very contemporary one. But the ethical imperative is the same: When there’s an imminent risk of danger to the public, it’s morally wrong to do nothing. Let’s start…
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Fast Forward New York City Council Plans Law To Combat Anti-Semitism at CUNY
Members of the New York City Council’s Jewish caucus are drafting legislation aimed at combating anti-Semitism at the City University of New York. Councilman Mark Levine, who chairs the 14-member caucus, said he expects legislation to be submitted within a month, the New York Post reported Wednesday. The law would require CUNY officials to report…
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Fast Forward New York Police Hurt by Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes Suspect
A man suspected of anti-Semitic hate crimes injured two New York police detectives who came to his home to search it. Oliver Vukicevic, 26, lightly injured the two New York Police Department detectives Wednesday at his East Harlem apartment, the New York Daily News reported Thursday. The Anti-Defamation League thanked the detectives from NYPD’s Hate…
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Fast Forward Kosher Soup Kitchen Gets 800 Pounds of Carrots From Muslim Farmer
A Muslim organic farmer from upstate New York made an emergency donation of vegetables to a kosher soup kitchen in Brooklyn. Zaid Kurdieh, who with his wife, Haifa, owns and farms at Norwich Meadows Farm, on Friday delivered 800 pounds of high-end organic carrots to Masbia, a network of kosher soup kitchens that provides meals…
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Fast Forward ‘Son of Sal’ Convicted in Murders of 2 Brooklyn Jewish Shopkeepers
A New York clothing salesman known as the “Son of Sal” serial killer was convicted on Wednesday of three counts of second-degree murder in the 2012 shooting deaths of three shopkeepers in Brooklyn, including two Jews. Salvatore Perrone, 67, faces a maximum prison sentence of 75 years to life for the killings of Mohamed Gebeli,…
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News New York Federation Seeks $40M From Bankrupt FEGS
The biggest unsecured creditors in the bankruptcy case of the massive social service charity FEGS Health & Human Services are seeking tens of millions of dollars for a joint retirement plan serving thousands who work for New York Jewish charities. The claims, by UJA-Federation of New York and by a government agency that insures private…
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