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Portal to document anti-Semitic incidents launched by OU and Secure Community Network
Faygie HoltSeptember 22, 2022
The organizations are also rolling out a new system to notify synagogues who do not use electronics on Shabbat in the event of an emergency.
New York Mayor Eric Adams hosts a roundtable strategy meeting at City Hall about the rise of anti-Semitic hate crimes in New York City, Feb. 17, 2022. Credit: Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.
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Yeshiva U. suspends student clubs after SCOTUS declines to block LGBTQ group
Faygie HoltSeptember 19, 2022
At the heart of this case is whether the school must support an LGBTQ club on campus as it does other groups.
Yeshiva University in New York City. Credit: YU.edu.
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Canada changes program funding after giving thousands to entity linked to anti-Semitic posts
Faygie HoltSeptember 16, 2022
To that end, there will be increased diversity training for the staff at Canadian Heritage.
Flag of Canada. Credit: Pixabay.
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Lack of secular education prompts battle over New York ultra-Orthodox schools
Faygie HoltSeptember 15, 2022
In a measure aimed squarely at Chassidic yeshivahs, the New York State Board of Regents voted to allow significant oversight of all nonpublic schools in the state.
Religious schoolchildren sit in their classroom and listen to their teacher. Credit: David Cohen/Shutterstock.
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Celebrating 20 years of resettling North American Jewry into careers, homes and lives in Israel
Faygie HoltSeptember 12, 2022
“The partnerships that Nefesh B’Nefesh has established are critical in ensuring that olim are able to integrate and excel in Israeli society following their aliyah,” said public-relations and communication director Yael Katsman.
Sam Leeman, the 75,000th “oleh,” or new immigrant to Israel, arrived on a Nefesh B'Nefesh flight that landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Aug. 17, 2022. Photo by Shahar Azran.
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Hatzalah names volunteer house after Noam Raz, killed by Palestinian terrorist
Faygie HoltSeptember 8, 2022
The father of six and member of the National Counterterrorism Unit, Yamam, was killed during an operation in Jenin in May.
“Team Noam” volunteer house, named in memory of fallen United Hatzalah volunteer Noam Raz. Credit: United Hatzalah.
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Law students at UC Berkeley declare ‘victory’ for BDS
Faygie HoltAugust 25, 2022
“The university needs to examine the legality of marginalizing other students, and at a bare minimum, issue a statement denouncing the targeting of Jewish students for their identity,” says Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, director of the AMCHA Initiative.
A sign outside of the University of California, Berkeley. Credit: EQRoy/Shutterstock.
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USC grapples with responding to (and defining) incidents of anti-Semitism on campus
Faygie HoltAugust 25, 2022
University president Carol Folt accepts recommendations on how to improve an ongoing issue the same day that Hillel finds one of its windows smashed.
A broken window at the University of Southern California Hille. Source: Twitter/StopAntisemitism.org
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Canadian government suspends funding to diversity group after anti-Semitic history revealed
Faygie HoltAugust 23, 2022
Senior consultant to the Community Media Advocacy Centre Laith Marouf has a history of hate-filled social-media posts, including: “I have a motto: Life is too short for shoes with laces or for entertaining Jewish white supremacists with anything but a bullet to the head.”
Canadian flag waving with Parliament buildings in the background. Credit: DD Images/Shutterstock.
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‘Look forward,’ says lone soldier on 20th-anniversary ‘aliyah’ flight to Israel
Faygie HoltAugust 16, 2022
The group of new immigrants included 31 families, 99 children, seven retirees and 40 soldiers who will serve in the Israel Defense Forces.
Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founders Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart; executive vice president Zev Gershinsky; and Israeli Consul General in New York Ambassador Asaf Zamir with 40 future Lone Soldiers at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Photo by Shahar Azran.
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Rabbis, Jewish relief outlets offer aid and support to flood victims in Kentucky
Faygie HoltAugust 4, 2022
More than seven inches of rain fell in a matter of hours, leading to flooding and mudslides; causing homes to shift off their foundations and roofs to cave in; and leaving water simply everywhere. Rabbi Shlomo Litvin reported that “the devastation is awful.”
During a stop to deliver an aid package and a word of comfort, Rabbi Shlomo Litvin helped clear debris from the river bordering a home damaged in the flood. Credit: Courtesy of Chabad of Kentucky.
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Decades after serving, Jewish lieutenant receives World War II war medals
Faygie HoltAugust 3, 2022
Gerald Teldon (aka “Mr. Lucky,”) from Long Island, N.Y., joined the service in April 1944. He initially applied for the Navy Air Force, but it was over its “Jewish” quota, so he was denied a spot.
U.S. Army pilot Gerald Teldon. Credit: Courtesy of the Teldon family.
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British TV channel put on notice for airing anti-Semitic content, violating broadcasting rules
Faygie HoltJuly 28, 2022
The program “20th Hour—Money Power, Islam and a Just Order” featured speakers who dabbled in tropes debasing Zionism and the Jews.
The British television program, “20th Hour—Money Power, Islam and a Just Order,” on the Ahlebait TV channel in the United Kingdom on March 21, 2021. Source: Screenshot.
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Roger Waters talks of ‘apartheid’ Israel, bashes Golda Meir in online student forum
Faygie HoltJuly 20, 2022
“It’s about a bunch of Europeans back in the middle of the 19th century deciding that they were going to take over this piece of land, and kick out anybody that lived there and take it over for themselves and their own little cabal,” alleges the musician.
Roger Waters of Pink Floyd for his “Us + Them Tour” at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Oct. 28, 2017. Credti: James Jeffrey Taylor/Shutterstock.
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In Argentina and Bulgaria, recalling two deadly terrorist attacks
Faygie HoltJuly 18, 2022
U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt was in Argentina for the AMIA bombing ceremony, where attendees waved black-and-white photos of the victims.
Thousands attend a memorial event in Argentina dedicated to the 85 people killed and more than 300 wounded in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, July 18, 2022. Source: AMIA.
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