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Faygie Holt

Faygie Holt

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

Critics say the pendulum has swung too wide, and individuals are being released despite posing a danger to others, including some who have been accused of committing anti-Semitic crimes.
A supplemental $1 million allocation will also be given for the state’s Nonprofit Security Grant Pilot Program, which provides funds for nonprofits most at risk for potential terror attacks.
That attacks in Jersey City and Monsey, said Greg Kierce, director of the Jersey City Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, “show how critical the need is here.”
Members of the Chassidic community in Rockland County and elsewhere have expressed how vulnerable they feel because their clothing makes them identifiably Jewish.
N.J. State Attorney Gen. Gurbir Grewal, whose office is overseeing the case, said he’s investigating the case as an act of “domestic terror.”
“We need to take a moment and recognize the sacrifices that law-enforcement professionals are making all across the country to secure our shuls, our synagogues, our JCCs, our yeshivahs, our day schools,” said Chaskel Bennett, a co-founder of the civic and political group Flatbush Jewish Community Coalition.
“Holiday by Candlelight” features a Jewish hero who has moved to a small town in Montana, and must navigate his heart and a community Christmas party for which he pledges to bring “sufganiyot.”
“Our group of seniors will be graduating and going outside of their bubble, and need to see what’s out there and how to deal with it. They are seeing how the larger Jewish community is addressing the issue,” said Judaic-studies teacher Yael Weil of Teaneck, N.J.
“This is just the beginning. Camp Newman is coming back stronger than ever,” said Ari Vared, executive director of URJ Youth Camping West.
“I think everyone in the community who isn’t directly impacted is looking for ways to reach out and help others in the community,” says Alaina Yoakum of Camp Newman, which lost 80 percent of its buildings in the 2017 Tubbs Fire.
Community members open their doors to help others as California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares a state of emergency as fires are fueled by dry conditions and strong winds.
“Jewish people and fellow travelers of all faiths and no faiths are going to need to be together in solidarity in the coming days,” said Rabbi Noam Marans of the American Jewish Committee.