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Rabbis, counselors, day schools offer solace in wake of mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas
Faygie HoltMay 26, 2022
“Our job as adults is to share adequate information with children and to help them assimilate the information in terms they understand,” said Rabbi Dovid Fox.
Uvalde, Texas, Credit: Seven Maps/Shutterstock.
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Israel’s Minister of Aliyah touts recent Diaspora immigration
Faygie HoltMay 25, 2022
Speaking with Nefesh B’Nefesh co-founders Rabbi Yehoshua Fass and Tony Gelbart, Israel’s Aliyah and Integration Minister Pnina Tamano-Shata said that more than 100,000 new immigrants have moved to Israel from other countries in the last four years.
From left: Nefesh B'Nefesh co-founder and chairman Tony Gelbart, Israel’s Minister of Aliyah and Integration Pnina Tamano-Shata, and Nefesh B'Nefesh co-founder and executive director Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, May 23, 2022. Photo by Naga Malasa.
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In sweltering heat, tens of thousands march in New York City to show support for Israel
Faygie HoltMay 23, 2022
“It’s heartwarming to see such a huge crowd,” said Robin Feit of Long Island, N.Y., whose son, Marc, was marching with his school. “It’s a real morale boost.”
Children march in the “Celebrate Israel Parade” in New York City on May 22, 2022. Credit: Don Pollard/Office of Gov. Kathy Hochul.
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Canadian Jewish groups, leaders challenge Vancouver residency of designated terrorist
Faygie HoltMay 20, 2022
“Khaled Barakat’s ongoing presence raises serious questions about the efficacy of Canada’s immigration and anti-terrorism laws,” said Michael Mostyn, CEO of B’nai Brith Canada.
Khaled Barakat. Source: YouTube Screenshot.
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Jewish groups, Kentucky House speaker decry use of trope in campaign materials
Faygie HoltMay 17, 2022
“It’s no mistake; it’s no slip of the tongue. It’s passive-aggressive anti-Semitic behavior,” said the Jewish Federation of the Bluegrass.
A controversial campaign mailer that was sent out by Kentucky House Rep. Thomas Burch prior to the Democratic Primary in May 2022. Source: Twitter.
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Palestinian terrorist shoots and kills Israeli counter-terrorism officer, volunteer paramedic
Faygie HoltMay 13, 2022
Sgt. Maj. Noam Raz, 47, who was evacuated to Rambam Medical Center in Haifa, succumbed to his injuries. He leaves behind a wife and six children.
Noam Raz teaching a training course before Passover to his team in the Shiloh region. Credit: United Hatzalah.
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Jewish children targeted in latest anti-Semitic incidents in United Kingdom
Faygie HoltMay 2, 2022
“This attack against religious adolescent girls is not an isolated incident but part of a trend in the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Stamford Hill, which continues to experience violent anti-Semitism like New Yorkers are seeing Brooklyn, N.Y.,” said the Campaign Against Antisemitism.
Chassidic Jews in the Stamford Hill neighborhood of London, Nov. 28, 2006. Credit: Flickr/Wikimedia Commons.
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Anti-Israel protester assaults New York man at Palestinian ‘resistance’ rally
Faygie HoltApril 27, 2022
“He threw me down, punched and kicked me in the face, then left and said, ‘That’s what you get for being a terrorist,’ ” said Matt Greenman of Westchester County in New York, who was already on crutches.
Matt Greenman of New York (left) was assaulted at a rally outside Israel’s consulate and Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Midtown Manhattan on April 20, 2022. Source: StopAntisemitism.org.
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New York Jewish leaders urge ‘concrete action’ after string of anti-Semitic attacks
Faygie HoltApril 4, 2022
“We need a more visible police presence in at-risk neighborhoods, and need to build stronger educational frameworks and closer relationships with those in the broader community,” said Gideon Taylor, CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council-New York.
A gang of men approach a Chassidic man in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, N.Y.—home to the Satmar community—before assaulting him on April 1, 2022. Source: Twitter/NYPD Crime Stoppers.
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Security guard at Columbus Jewish school arrested for online anti-Semitic threats
Faygie HoltApril 1, 2022
Thomas Develin posted a photo of himself holding a gun, saying: “I’m at a Jewish school and about to make it everyone’s problem.”
Columbus Torah Academy. Source: Columbus Torah Academy/Linkedin
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Nefesh B’Nefesh ‘Medex’ info session eases path for medical professionals to make aliyah
Faygie HoltMarch 31, 2022
Unlike other events that are broader in scope and may be attended by people in different fields, MedEx is only for medical professionals who are planning to move to Israel in the next year or two.
During the program, the 325 participants were able to meet with representatives of medical facilities in Israel to discuss job opportunities, get their paperwork filed and notarized, and expedite their medical-licensing process, March 2022. Photo by Nir Arieli.
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Webinar on confronting anti-Jewish sentiment highlights ‘Gadfly’ response
Faygie HoltMarch 28, 2022
It may mean asking someone what “settler colonialism” is or whether they can define a “Jewish lobby,” explains Jonah Cohen of CAMERA. “It can also mean prodding someone about why they believe a certain position they hold is true.”
A woman holds a sign opposing anti-Semitism at a rally. Credit: AndriiKoval/Shutterstock.
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McGill administrators push back against student passage of Palestine Solidarity Policy
Faygie HoltMarch 25, 2022
Fabrice Labeau, deputy provost of student life and learning, has asked the leadership of the student senate “to take prompt and appropriate remedial action” regarding the measure. If they fail to do so, the university will “terminate” the agreement.
McGill University main building. Credit: Awana JF/Shutterstock.
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Jewish students convey concern over anti-Israel measures passed at two Montreal universities
Faygie HoltMarch 23, 2022
“When Jewish students feel they cannot express their support of the Jewish homeland, that’s unsafe,” says Jonah Fried, an international student in McGill’s Honors program and a CAMERA Fellow on Campus.
Students at Montreal's McGill University. Credit: EQRoy/Shutterstock.
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Jewish students demand Virginia Tech to cancel upcoming speech by known anti-Semite
Faygie HoltMarch 22, 2022
Steven Salaita is scheduled to be keynote speaker at the 2022 Graduate and Professional Student Senate Research Symposium; he was removed from his tenured position at the University of Illinois in 2014 after a series of anti-Semitic tweets were discovered.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). Credit: Andriy Blokhin/Shutterstock.
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