The 3,697 US antisemitic incidents the Anti-Defamation League recorded in 2022 represent a 36% increase over the 2,717 it tracked in 2021 and “the highest number on record since ADL began …
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3/29/23
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Rabbi Avi Shafran, director of public affairs for Agudath Israel of America, recently wrote in Religious News Service that according to “Israeli law, non-Muslims may go up to the Temple Mount …
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Commentary by Rabbis Natan Tzvi Brinn and Yehuda Levi, and Dr. Milissa Jane Kronfeld
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1/11/23
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Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican candidate for governor, joined a chorus of Jewish leaders on Tuesday in attacking the state Board of Regents following its action to crack down on secular-subject shy …
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9/14/22
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Gov. Kathy Hochul visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan last Wednesday to announce an increase in state funding to help secure communities against hate crimes.
“This place …
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10/14/21
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For Orthodox Jewish advocacy groups, the last day of the US Supreme Court’s 2020 session brought a big win.
On Tuesday, the high court handed school voucher proponents a victory in ruling …
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By Shira Hanau, JTA
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7/2/20
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Agudath Israel of America issued this statement late on Tuesday.
Yesterday [Monday] a Jewish school in Brooklyn, NY was found hosting students learning in apparent violation of Governor …
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Agudath Israel of America
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5/20/20
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When Rabbi Moshe Hauer last week told Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top health adviser, that synagogues wouldn’t let congregants sit within 8 feet of each other once services resume, he was previewing a set of formal guidelines that the organization he helps lead, the Orthodox Union, would release just a day later. …
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By Marcy Oster, JTA
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5/13/20
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On Friday, Agudath Israel of America issued this statement:
We are all encouraged to see several states ease, or begin talks of easing, the long and difficult quarantine which has successfully …
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From Agudath Israel of America
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5/9/20
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Among the most disturbing spectacles over the months since the coronavirus was unleashed on the world have been the attacks on haredi Jews in both Israel and the United States.
Some …
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By Rabbi Avi Shafran
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5/6/20
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Leaders of six major Orthodox organizations urged in strong terms this week that observant Jews follow the advice of health officials and observe social distancing rules designed to fight the spread …
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3/25/20
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