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Faygie Holt

Faygie Holt

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

Some experts say costs are steep even when adjusted for inflation, while kosher-food companies point to other factors, such as staff shortages.
Most, but not all, of the state’s Jewish lawmakers are on board.
The New York nonprofit’s staff will undergo training on antisemitism as part of a settlement
Police search for a man who toppled a wooden menorah, damaged a car and threw bricks at the synagogue’s front door.
“People are all shook up; they are very hurt,” said Rabbi Yosef Gopin, director of the Chabad House of Greater Hartford. “I remember him as a kid … he was such a good, good kid.”
Florida State Rep. Randy Fine, (R-District 53). Credit: Florida House GOP.
Leaders, law enforcement: White supremacists not welcome in Central Florida
“It is an affront to our Jewish community and our general community,” says Rob Lennick, executive director of the Jewish Federation of Volusia & Flagler Counties.
It is crucial to stay vigilant, says CEO of Community Security Service Evan Bernstein, but “we cannot let these groups stop us from practicing our Judaism or going to synagogue.”
“We have a crisis right now in Maryland and in the country when it comes to hate crimes,” said Joe Vogel, the Democratic state delegate who introduced a bill that has gained bipartisan support.
One attendee tells JNS that the gathering “revamps my soul.”
UCSB student leader urges people to show up when Jews tell them “something is antisemitic, even if you don’t understand, or may disagree.”
Stamford Hill, London
Jewish boy, 12, assaulted on London bus
Budget cuts mean local police cannot investigate hate crimes properly, a Jewish neighborhood watch tells JNS.
The 37-year-old confessed to threatening to “shoot up” a Nevada synagogue.