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Faygie Holt

Faygie Holt

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

Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, the chief rabbi of Great Britain, has suggested that Jews take on an extra mitzvah in the merit of the hostages.
“No matter what your views on Israel, using Nazi imagery to describe it is not only inaccurate and offensive, but deeply anti-Semitic,” said Scott Richman, regional director of the Anti-Defamation League NY/NJ.
“We are using all available avenues from high in the sky billboards to Instagram and everything in between,” said Elizabeth Abrams, assistant vice president of communications for JUF.
The leadership of the Satmar Chasidim in New York announced that they are backing of Brooklyn Borough president Eric Adams for mayor after previously endorsing his closest competitor former Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Yang.
An online rally urged people to share images on social media decrying anti-Semitism and to contact their elected officials—from their local mayor to their senator—and ask them to take a stand on the wave of Jew-hatred that has swept America and the world.
The 51-page booklet discusses “Palestine” and “colonization” by Israel, includes suggested reading materials and promotes BDS.
“We are living in very crazy times,” said Rabbi Raphael Tennenhaus, director of Chabad of South Broward, Fla.
“We have a message for all you anti-Semites out there: We are a people of righteousness, we are a nation of peace,” Rabbi Elie Mischel of Suburban Torah Synagogue in New Jersey.
Condemnation came swiftly from local politicians and Jewish groups. It was one of several area incidents that have occurred in recent days that appeared to be targeting Jews.