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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.”
“The best thing is that we don’t have to watch our back, and I don’t have to be scared to be Jewish here,” Olivia Weissberg, who attends high school in South Florida, told JNS.
According to the poll, 91% of respondents are concerned that social media amplifies the opinions of fringe movements, making them seem more widespread than they actually are.
Ted Deutch, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, told JNS that the survey data is a crucial tool in combating Jew-hatred.
“The era when the Reform movement was the largest, wealthiest and most self-confident denomination has come to an end,” Jonathan Sarna, professor of American Jewish history at Brandeis University, told JNS.
The Boca Raton Synagogue, which has grown some 150% since Goldberg took the helm, is poised to undergo a $20 million expansion.
“This institution of Yad Vashem, which is more necessary than ever, is now going to have a rightful place on the streets of New York,” Keith Powers, a New York City Council member, said at the street naming.
“It is 2025 and the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz being liberated, and there is someone Jewish in Ohio, in America, that is scared to walk home,” the student said. “You’ve got to be kidding me.”
Gabriella Major told attendees at an AJC event that she survived the Holocaust based on a stroke of luck some 80 years ago.