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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 partnerships that Nefesh B’Nefesh has established are critical in ensuring that olim are able to integrate and excel in Israeli society following their aliyah,” said public-relations and communication director Yael Katsman.
“Team Noam” volunteer house, named in memory of fallen United Hatzalah volunteer Noam Raz. Credit: United Hatzalah.
Hatzalah names volunteer house after Noam Raz, killed by Palestinian terrorist
The father of six and member of the National Counterterrorism Unit, Yamam, was killed during an operation in Jenin in May.
“The university needs to examine the legality of marginalizing other students, and at a bare minimum, issue a statement denouncing the targeting of Jewish students for their identity,” says Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, director of the AMCHA Initiative.
University president Carol Folt accepts recommendations on how to improve an ongoing issue the same day that Hillel finds one of its windows smashed.
Senior consultant to the Community Media Advocacy Centre Laith Marouf has a history of hate-filled social-media posts, including: “I have a motto: Life is too short for shoes with laces or for entertaining Jewish white supremacists with anything but a bullet to the head.”
The group of new immigrants included 31 families, 99 children, seven retirees and 40 soldiers who will serve in the Israel Defense Forces.
More than seven inches of rain fell in a matter of hours, leading to flooding and mudslides; causing homes to shift off their foundations and roofs to cave in; and leaving water simply everywhere. Rabbi Shlomo Litvin reported that “the devastation is awful.”
Gerald Teldon (aka “Mr. Lucky,”) from Long Island, N.Y., joined the service in April 1944. He initially applied for the Navy Air Force, but it was over its “Jewish” quota, so he was denied a spot.