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Vita Fellig

Vita Fellig

Vita Fellig is a writer in New York City.

Mark Treyger, of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, told JNS that the legislative package “will help ensure the safety and security of our community.”
“This job should never have been posted in the first place,” the American Jewish Committee told JNS.
“There’s no crisis here that needs solving except for the dislike people have of the Chassidic community, and that to me is the issue,” Moshe Krakowski, of Yeshiva University, told JNS.
“There is not one iota of the union having done this because it was the right thing to do,” Jeffrey Lax, a CUNY law professor, told JNS.
“This will send a clear message that the harassment of Jewish students and faculty will not be tolerated at Columbia,” Brian Cohen, executive director of the Columbia Barnard Hillel, told JNS.
“Giving someone tefillin isn’t just handing them an object,” she told JNS. “It helps open up a whole world to them.”
“It’s important for Jews and non-Jews to see this kind of case come to closure in this way,” Jessica Anderson, of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, told JNS.
Heshy Tischler, a candidate for New York City Council, told JNS that he was assaulted at the gathering, which he said drew 200 anti-Israel protesters and 600 people supporting the Jewish state.
The Miller Institute for Democracy “is going to allow us to bring some of the best voices to go deep on the issues that young people care about,” Matthew Grossman, CEO of BBYO, told JNS.