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- Israel limits public protest during coronavirus lockdown September 30, 2020Legislation passed Wednesday limiting protesters from traveling more than 0.6 miles to participate in a demonstration has already been challenged in the Supreme Court. The post Israel limits public protest during coronavirus lockdown appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Marcy Oster
- Are the Proud Boys anti-Semitic? Your primer on the far-right group Trump told to ‘stand back and stand by’ September 30, 2020The group Trump name-checked at the first debate, while not condemning white supremacists, is a far-right organization that has allied with neo-Nazis. The post Are the Proud Boys anti-Semitic? Your primer on the far-right group Trump told to ‘stand back and stand by’ appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Ben Sales
- In first debate, Trump fails to condemn white supremacists September 30, 2020"Proud Boys, stand back and stand by!" Donald Trump said when asked to condemn white supremacists. The post In first debate, Trump fails to condemn white supremacists appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Ron Kampeas
- Columbia University students pass college’s first-ever Israel boycott referendum September 29, 2020President Lee Bollinger responded that the university "should not change its investment policies." The post Columbia University students pass college’s first-ever Israel boycott referendum appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Hannah Dreyfus
- Mike Pompeo’s Yom Kippur visit to Thessaloniki posed ‘dilemma’ for Greek Jews September 29, 2020Hosting the secretary of state on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar was a difficult decision. But the city's head rabbi says it had enormous significance. The post Mike Pompeo’s Yom Kippur visit to Thessaloniki posed ‘dilemma’ for Greek Jews appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Cnaan Liphshiz
- ‘Avoidance is no longer an option’: This Yom Kippur, rabbis across the country focused their sermons on racial injustice September 29, 2020With no shortage of current events to mine, spiritual leaders chose to call on their white congregants to act rather than merely acknowledge racism in America. The post ‘Avoidance is no longer an option’: This Yom Kippur, rabbis across the country focused their sermons on racial injustice appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Gabe Friedman
- I co-officiated a wedding with Justice Ginsburg — and it exposed a tension in Orthodox life September 29, 2020As I reflect on that most memorable time in light of the justice's passing, there was a painful irony hovering over that ceremony. The post I co-officiated a wedding with Justice Ginsburg — and it exposed a tension in Orthodox life appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Rabbi Avram Mlotek
- Bibi Shapiro, the 6-year-old whose ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ went viral, sang at Central Synagogue’s Yom Kippur services September 29, 2020The inspirational story keeps growing. The post Bibi Shapiro, the 6-year-old whose ‘Avinu Malkeinu’ went viral, sang at Central Synagogue’s Yom Kippur services appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Philissa Cramer
- Congress members join global task force to combat online anti-Semitism September 29, 2020Along with the U.S., the global panel includes members of the national legislatures of Australia, Canada, Israel and the United Kingdom. The post Congress members join global task force to combat online anti-Semitism appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Marcy Oster
- Hezbollah is keeping secret arms depot in Beirut neighborhood, Netanyahu tells United Nations September 29, 2020The Israeli leader also asserted that Iran will have enough enriched uranium in a few months for two nuclear bombs. The post Hezbollah is keeping secret arms depot in Beirut neighborhood, Netanyahu tells United Nations appeared first on Jewish Telegraphic Agency.Marcy Oster