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Faygie Holt

Faygie Holt

Faygie Holt is the columns editor and editor of the JNS Wire.

Ask nearly any Jewish nonprofit and administrators will tell a similar story: The needs are expansive, the costs of services are rising, yet they are determined to help as best they can.
A bit of an international back and forth takes place over the annual tradition of visiting the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.
The pandemic, social media, hate online, economic dislocation and physical disruption have come together to create new challenges for the community.
Nassau County Police found that Nicola Pelle had five handguns, a number of rifles and shotguns, including two assault weapons.
The Litvins are planning to provide two courses: One is a primer on Judaism, and the other will be a detailed class on what constitutes anti-Semitism and how to identify it.
A rabbi has honed a method of teaching Hebrew reading, which he has now coalesced into a formal training program and book.
State Department envoy Ellie Cohanim also noted that the United States is urging nations to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Airmont’s zoning code “substantially burdens, discriminates against and unreasonably limits the practice of religion by the Village’s Orthodox Jewish community.”
Evan Bernstein left a job at the Anti-Defamation League to serve as chief executive officer at the Community Security Service, which trains volunteers to ensure the safety of Jewish organizations.
“It is not being spread by the usual bad actors on the dark web or elsewhere,” she said, “but by government officials spreading the lies from Turkey, the Palestinian Authority and Iran.”
In issuing the injunction, Judge Gary L. Sharpe took particular issue with the way that New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo seemed to lend their support to the thousands of people marching for racial justice in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing.
Due to all the regulations and health precautions that goes hand in hand with the coronavirus, directors of Jewish camps across the United States have made the difficult decision to keep their cabins shuttered.