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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.”
“If it happened in Israel, and we weren’t prepared for it, it can happen to other countries too,” Yifat Bitton told JNS.
Danny Danon told reporters in New York that the ceasefire and hostage release deal comes at a “very heavy price.”
“They refuse to accept Israel as a normal part of discourse at Columbia University and in the world,” Elisha Baker, a junior at the school, told JNS.
“I would call this a Trump effect,” Kenneth L. Marcus, chair of the Brandeis Center, told JNS.
“I was so afraid of marrying the wrong person,” said Aviela, 31, of Tampa, Fla.
“The incoming administration is widely anticipated to be far more demanding of defendant universities to be responsive to complainants,” Lori Lowenthal Marcus, of the Deborah Project, told JNS.
A co-sponsor of the legislation told JNS that it pro-Israel posters “should be protected as our freedom of speech.”
New York State and City have “engaged in what can be described as ‘lawfare’ against yeshivahs,” a leader in the Bobov Chassidic community told JNS.