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Fast Forward Long Island town ordered to pay $19M after blocking Chabad synagogue construction
The settlement marked the end of a legal battle that stretched nearly two decades
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Fast Forward NYC Council approves ‘buffer zone’ legislation insulating houses of worship from protests
A separate law aimed at protecting schools could be subject to Mayor Zohran Mamdani's veto.
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Culture For this unconventional Jewish organization, tradition takes a back seat to community
With its mostly online and often atypical programming, Judaism Unbound wants to bring egalitarian Jewish life into the 21st century
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Fast Forward ‘Buffer zones’ come to California, as a lawmaker proposes limiting protests near houses of worship
Backed by a coalition of Jewish groups , the proposal follows similar efforts in New York and Canada.
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Fast Forward NYC synagogues boost security as DHS shutdown stalls federal funding
A Jewish security group is offering temporary assistance and recommending that Jewish institutions hire armed guards
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Opinion As Temple Israel, both security training and sacred relationships prepared us for the worst
The executive director of West Bloomfield, Michigan, shares early lessons from last week’s attack
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Fast Forward Israel says slain brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was a Hezbollah commander
Police said Ayman Ghazali died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after ramming his vehicle into Temple Israel
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Fast Forward After attacks, Jewish security watchdogs warn of ‘most elevated and complex threat environment’ in recent history
“We are in the midst of the most elevated and complex threat environment the Jewish community and this country has seen in modern history,” said Kerry Sleeper of the Secure Community Network
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