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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.
“You all are on the front lines ... people will heed your advice in ways they won’t mine as surgeon general,” Dr. Jerome Adams told Jewish leaders.
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.