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Heather Robinson

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a “Westchester Stands United Against Anti-Semitism and Hate” rally at the Jewish Community Center of Mid-Westchester, N.Y., June 7, 2021. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.
New York Jewish voters divided on governor’s race
The focus is on crime, yeshivas as GOP’s Lee Zeldin seeks to close the gap.
In addition to helping with evacuations of Ukrainians, the organization’s team members in Ukraine and neighboring countries are helping to meet the needs of the aged and vulnerable, including providing them with Passover supplies.
Mithal al-Alusi, a Sunni Muslim who served in Iraq’s Parliament from 2005 to 2010, says America’s precipitous withdrawal from Afghanistan has created a “strategic vacuum” he believes will be exploited by Iran, Pakistan, China and Russia.
Mark Wildes believes that most worshippers could get more from Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur if they prepared for them in advance. To that end, he offers positive role models and suggestions on how to do that.
While Conservative movement clergy don’t necessarily have to be moderates, they do need to be able to make space for a range of perspectives, says Jan Uhrbach.
Ukrainian-born Inna Vernikov, who practices immigration and divorce law, says she was energized to run for New York City Council by distress over the state of the city and a belief in a two-party system that provides viable checks and choices.
The 81-year-old Holocaust survivor will engage in a cross-racial, intergenerational conversation via the social-media platform with thousands in honor of Yom Hashoah.
Lee Hendelman, a copywriter from Queens, N.Y., said that while he initially worried about “losing time” to dating as COVID-19 raged on, he has gotten in better shape, saved money and enjoyed his own company.
The star of “Blossom” and “The Big Bang Theory” (and now single mother of two) appears in a new weekly sitcom, “Call Me Kat.”
There’s no higher value in Judaism than protecting life itself, they say. Yet more than one poll has reported conflicting views about the public agreeing to get the vaccine, both in America and Israel.
Home to as many as 450,000 Jews, in many ways it is similar to Michigan, Wisconsin and even Georgia when it comes to the politics that led to it being so contested this election season.
David Hymes, 103, of Chicago, a veteran of World War II, retired public accountant and former national commander of the Jewish War Veterans, offers his “old geezer” advice: “Live right, eat a balanced diet, try to help, keep up with current events,” and above all, “do not hide.”