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Jessica Russak-Hoffman

Jessica Russak-Hoffman

Jessica Russak-Hoffman is a writer in Seattle, Wash.

Nathan Diament, of the Orthodox Union, told JNS that the statement “could not come at a more important time with bad actors weaponizing Catholicism to spread antisemitic views.”
King County prosecutors say Joshua Cole Scott left antisemitic voicemails targeting the Reform Temple De Hirsch Sinai.
“Even the smallest, or what might seem to be the smallest, detail could be what helps us solve this crime,” a spokesperson for the police department in Clayton, Mo., told JNS.
Ben Shuldiner, the outgoing superintendent of the Lansing School District in Michigan, told JNS that deep-blue Seattle is a better political fit for him than somewhere like Kentucky.
The only reference to the student, whom JNS is not naming, that still appeared to be live was in a PDF file of an annual report.
“My heart dropped when this happened,” the customer said. “Totally twisted a nice night of celebrating.”
“They usually do this during these times,” the CEO of a private security company told JNS. “Then they go back to being complacent like normal.”
The Jewish producer spoke with JNS about his new movie, “Merv,” and “Judaism’s connection to family.”
Recognizing day school teachers is important to “ensure a Jewish future and strengthen our connection to Israel,” Richard Sandler, of the Milken Foundation, told JNS.