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“All Americans should understand the inextricable, indelible and important links between our nation and its Jewish communities,” Phil Darivoff, chair emeritus of the museum, told JNS.
“You were my best friend, you made me who I am, thank you for everything,” said his brother, before adding, “Laila tov.”
“He has negotiated with some of the toughest people in the world, including the Taliban,” the president-elect wrote.
“Even though Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi is dead, we assume the investigation behind his crimes, including one count of terrorism, will not end,” Daniel Goldwin, a spokesman for the Jewish Federation of Chicago, told JNS.
“It’s time to hold accountable organizations whose traitorous efforts to block arms sales to Israel endanger Jewish lives,” the group’s leaders say.
“The city and the state should not only preach but also practice zero tolerance for antisemitism,” said New York Rep. Ritchie Torres.
“The way I learned it, you sell on Rosh Hashanah and buy back on Yom Kippur,” said the “altar boy from Jersey City” who had the “chance to learn a little Yiddish.”
Matthew Miller, the Foggy Bottom spokesman, criticized the Israeli government for “much more intense conversations than should have been necessary” about extending the Israeli-Palestinian banking agreement.
The 22-year-old Israeli-American, whose death on Oct. 7 was recently confirmed by Israel, “was a good neshama,” or “soul,” said Michelle Rich, who leads teen travel programs of the Conservative Judaism youth movement.
“This horrific news shakes all New Yorkers to our core,” Kathy Hochul said in response to the death of Omer Neutra.
“Those responsible will be hit harder than anybody has been hit in the long and storied history of the U.S.,” the president-elect wrote. “Release the hostages now.”
“He reads broadly, and he’s fascinated by history and the lessons of history, and where that can take us going forward,” the White House adviser said.
