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Fast Forward NYC synagogue protest leads to a new bill, and a rally by Jewish groups outside Park East shul
A rally Thursday on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and new legislation aim to counter chants and threats at a recent protest outside Park East Synagogue
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Antisemitism Decoded Mamdani draws lines around how Jews should use ‘sacred spaces’
The incoming mayor of New York City entered the debate over when it's acceptable to protest outside a synagogue following a demonstration at Park East
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Culture Can this LGBTQ+ Jewish organization navigate these turbulent times?
Keshet is experiencing a CEO transition and external pressures. It hopes its latest project, Shivyon, eases them
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Fast Forward First-ever empirical study of US rabbinate finds ‘shortage’ is more about fit than numbers
The rabbinate is older, happier and more diverse than previously known, according to the study
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Holy Ground As synagogues close, a grandson of Holocaust survivors is building a new one — in an Illinois cornfield
Amid the harvest, the descendants of Holocaust survivors paused their farmwork to pray in a tent beside the fields — marking the first step toward a new synagogue in the American heartland.
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Fast Forward Alabama man arrested for allegedly planning attacks on synagogues
Weapons, a suitcase full of ammo and body armor were also confiscated from the suspect, Jeremy Wayne Shoemaker
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Holy Ground American synagogues are closing at a record rate. This retired judge is rescuing their stained glass windows.
Inside a Chicago synagogue, retired judge Jerry Orbach has built a refuge for the stained glass of America’s vanishing Jewish communities
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Fast Forward Rabbis Angela Buchdahl and Elliot Cosgrove show the split in the pulpit over political endorsements
Should a rabbi endorse a candidate? Two influential leaders offer different answers on a question vexing synagogues
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