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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.
British actress Dame Maureen Lipman said, “This appalling betrayal of liberty and fraternity, not to mention humanity, by the cassation court is the next chapter of the historic anti-Semitism of the French nation.”
Formerly known as American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, the organization will now be called Americans for Ben-Gurion University, April 2021. Credit: Courtesy.
American Associates, Ben-Gurion University changes name to ‘spark’ movement
Its new name, Americans for Ben-Gurion University, is geared to more concretely connect the organization with people and action.
Philip Gomperts, a major fundraiser for the university in the Negev and a friend of Howard and Lottie Marcus, who themselves gave $400 million after initially investing with Warren Buffett, believes that the future of Israel lies in the desert.
Avoiding this designation was Norway, which has a comprehensive national plan to combat the scourge, as well as sufficient funds for security measures to protect the Jewish community.
TORCH: Torah Outreach Resource Center of Houston alleges that the city is trying to enforce a “residential-use deed restriction” on the property, which would force it to close.
“This was an inexcusable act. The objectification of women and religious insults are intentional actions,” said Paul D’Ambrosio, the executive editor of the “Asbury Park Press.”
The incident in part of the city’s “vibrant Jewish community” is being treated as a hate crime by police.
Included in the bill’s provisions is a $2.75 billion allocation for nonpublic K-12 schools with a substantial percentage of low-income students that communal officials think will help Jewish day schools.