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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.
“The fact that this is happening around Purim is especially meaningful, as Purim tells the story of standing up to the genocide that Haman had planned for the Jews,” said Rabbi Shlomo Litvin.
With a cameraman heard laughing in the background, the student said “96 percent of Germans said that it made their lives much more positive … the other 4 percent said it only moderately improved their lives ... it protected the German minorities; you know, they were being oppressed by the Jews out in Poland … it redistributed wealth ... .”
Amid an arctic freeze, members of the Lone Star State opened doors to friends without power, cooked meals, arranged for medication pickups for the homebound, and, in one extreme case, mobilized to ensure that hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccines would not go to waste.
In response, the Israel Embassy in Portugal tweeted: “As a proud Zionist bulldog, I can promise that If Israel develops a cure for COVID-19, Colonel Sousa e Castro will have access to it if needed.”
“Despite the passing of 75 years since the end of World War II, Poland still struggles to come to grips with its history,” said Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
A computer generated representation of COVID-19 virions (SARS-CoV-2) seen under an electron microscope, Feb. 5, 2020. Credit: Felipe Esquivel Reed via Wikimedia Commons.
Jewish philanthropists increase charitable giving amid pandemic, finds survey
Some 76 percent of funders boosted their spending in the first six months of the coronavirus crisis with more than half broadening their scope to address emergency needs like food insecurity.
The Twitterverse responded to his announcement of tzedakah with people calling the football player a “mensch” and inviting him for latkes, coffee and even to Friday-night Shabbat dinner.
“Despite a tough year, Jersey City is as strong as ever, and we remain an amazingly diverse city with different communities working together to build a better future,” said Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, the grandson of Holocaust survivors.