Jewish Life
The justices’ ruling bypasses the dispute on appointing women to Israel’s Chief Rabbi Election Assembly.
The assailant also is said to have told the young Jewish victim “free Palestine.”
Brent Wood, 35, faces up to 60 years in jail for the attack at Kesher Israel in Georgetown.
Some young men were deterred from reporting for duty by a violent protest outside the induction base.
“I would have liked to see the offender charged with a hate crime,” Jonathan Aghion, vice president of the Kemp Mill Civic Association, told JNS.
Security footage shows the perpetrators filmimg themselves in the act, causing consternation among congregants.
The defendant allegedly wrote checks to herself, altered bank statements and took out cash advances in her employer’s name.
“This surge in antisemitic incidents underscores a profound failure of leadership and societal response,” said Shimon Koffler Fogel, president and CEO at the Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs.
“This should dispel the false perception that “shechita” does not abide by the highest standards of animal welfare,” says Kashruth Council of Canada.
“Sam’s unimaginable and tragic loss continues to resonate deeply within the Detroit Jewish community,” Rabbi Jason Miller, who knew Woll since childhood, told JNS.
The jury acquitted the defendant of first-degree murder but was deadlocked on other charges, including felony murder.
The plan is to call up another 2,000 ultra-Orthodox men soon.
