admin | March 3, 2017
NEW YORK - Jewish institutions in the US should think security at all times," CEO of the Anti-Defamation League Jonathan Greenblatt told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday, addressing the recent wave of antisemitic incidents in the United States. Since the beginning of the year, over 100 bomb threats have been called in to Jewish institutions including community centers, schools as well as two of ADLs offices across some 30 states. In addition, two Jewish cemeteries were vandalized in the past week in St
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simmons | March 3, 2017
A prominent Jewish group is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the vandal or vandals who desecrated a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia on Sunday. We are horrified by the desecration at Mount Carmel Cemetery, the Anti-Defamation Leagues Philadelphia regional director Nancy K. Baron-Baer said in a statement Monday.
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admin | March 3, 2017
ATLANTA (AP) Amid a surge of bomb threats and vandalism at Jewish institutions nationwide, members of Atlantas Jewish community have felt a familiar wave of apprehension about what may come next. Because all of that, and worse, has happened in the city before
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simmons | March 3, 2017
Amid a surge of bomb threats and vandalism at Jewish institutions nationwide, members of Atlanta's Jewish community have felt a familiar wave of apprehension about what may come next. Because all of that, and worse, has happened in the city before. Six decades ago, during the turmoil of the civil rights era, 50 sticks of dynamite blasted a ragged hole in Atlanta's largest synagogue.
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admin | March 3, 2017
This month on Brave Little State, the history of Vermonts whiteness both racial and cultural and stories from people of color about what its like to live here. The question that kicked off our inquiry came from Eva Gumprecht, of Adamant. Eva grew up in New York City
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simmons | March 3, 2017
New York, NY(ENEWSPF)March 2, 2017 The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has produced an online resource to help parents, families and educators discuss the recent wave of bomb threats and evacuations affecting Jewish Community Centers and day schools with young children and teens. The ADL resource, Five tips for talking with children about bomb threats at Jewish community centers provides educators, caregivers and family members with tools to help children understand the incidents and to have an open conversation about bias and prejudice that puts the incidents into perspective.
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richards | March 3, 2017
The election of Donald Trump and the rise of the #JewishResistance movement has led to an amazing outpouring of Torah. My Facebook news feed, in addition to brimming with bad news and outrage, is full of rabbis, rabbinical students, and laypeople sharing texts that speak to the political moment and its attendant moral obligations. These texts are beautiful, powerful, and compelling.
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richards | March 3, 2017
When the history of Jewish texts comes to be written, Feb. 7, 2017, will likely be regarded as an important turning point.
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richards | March 3, 2017
Your Talmudic advice column Dear Rabbi Zahavy, Im getting a little dizzy trying to figure out when to schedule my bat mitzvah. My synagogue recommends that both boys and girls celebrate their bar and bat mitzvahs at age 13. Id like to celebrate it when I am 12.
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richards | March 3, 2017
The projectile that slammed into an Indiana synagogue last weekend didnt do much physical damage. A photo of the hole in the glass window of a synagogue classroom shows no more than a pockmark in the glass. The intent, however, was to terrify, according to the synagogues rabbi.
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