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“In a world that’s so much darker, with so much evil, we have to do more good to outweigh it,” said comedian Eli Lebowicz, who thinks 30 to 40 people are donning tefillin regularly upon his suggestion.
“I felt that it was my own people that this was happening to,” says Samuel Wearp from Texas.
The Israelis asked the pontiff to issue a clear call for the release of all the roughly 240 people held by Hamas.
Hesham Ayyad, 20, falsely claimed that he was the victim of a violent, anti-Palestinian hate crime.
Six soldiers from the community have been killed in action against Hamas terrorists in Gaza.
The traditional Christmas mass and prayers will still take place, but without Christmas trees or festive lights.
The Islamic Center of Hamburg and affiliated groups were targeted at 54 locations across seven federal states.
The Christian Zionist leader said he was there to deliver the singular message that the Jewish state is not alone.
Israeli incubators being transferred to Shifa Hospital • Two more IDF soldiers killed in Gaza • Two soldiers seriously wounded on the Lebanon border.
There is “underlying violent and raging antisemitic sentiment” through the republic, CRIF official tells JNS • “Antisemitism has no place in France,” says a source close to Marine Le Pen.
“Failing to stand proudly with Israel on the side of truth is a blot on the Christian community,” said Grace Bydalek, who delivered white roses to Manhattan synagogues.
“We’re seeing an immense amount of people wanting to connect, wanting to double down and leaning into their Jewish identity and practice,” Rabbi Motti Seligson, a spokesman for Chabad, told JNS.
