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“At a time when some are trying to silence our community, we have a voice at the table,” New York state Assembly member Sam Berger told JNS. “Make no mistake. We intend to use it.”
Voice of the People begins selecting its second cohort after concluding its inaugural cycle with 20 initiatives and a Budapest conference.
“When I go out and do things, it’s never, ‘Oh, look at what Sam did.’ It’s always like, ‘What Sam-the-Jew did,’” Sam Berger told JNS.
“His contribution to India’s Jewish heritage will be remembered for generations,” Israeli ambassador to India Reuven Azar posted on X.
Community leader said authorities have provided no special security after threats to blow up a synagogue and kill Jews.
“If the case is successful, if we’re able to come to a successful resolution of this matter, that will be what you might call the soil out of which CCJ will grow,” Rabbi Gary Zola, founding president of the College for Contemporary Judaism, told JNS.
“A lot of people voted practically, and to say we want whoever can pose a significant enough bloc or be able to replace Netanyahu,” Rabbi Josh Weinberg of the Union for Reform Judaism told JNS.
“This renovation will help us meet the growing demand for Jewish connection by creating more space for community, creativity and belonging at a time when Jewish joy matters more than ever,” Alexis Offen, executive director of the 14th Street Y, told JNS.
“I came back and painted, painted and painted everything I saw there, everything I felt. I literally couldn’t stop,” says Lior Marom.
“We have a really simple mission that binds everyone together,” Catherine Reed, CEO of American Friends of Magen David Adom, told JNS. “We save lives.”
“We’re not just building a warehouse,” David Greenfield, CEO of the Met Council, told JNS. “We’re building the infrastructure to fight poverty on a much larger scale.”
“I look at it as a form of tzedakah,” Ronnen Harary told JNS of his North America campus tour. “It’s not just giving back from writing a check. It’s giving back my time and my energy and my thoughts to the kids.”
