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Police scoured the Shaare Zion Temple in Brooklyn and Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx at around 6.15am following a 911 call, NYPD said.

The FBI believes that the nationwide swatting spree that targeted close to 200 Jewish institutions over the weekend were coordinated by a group based outside of the US.

Environmental action Jewish organization Dayenu is organizing local Jews to phone bank to get out the vote for November’s midterm election.

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Jewish Ledger WHAT’S HAPPENING – February 16 – March 18 “The Garden of the Finzi-Continis,” screening & discussion Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust presents a screening and discussion of the 1970 classic film “The Garden Of The Finzi-Continis” on Feb. 11 at 2 p.m. Ricky Ian Gordon, composer of the operatic adaptation of the film, and Portia Prebys, longtime companion of Giorgio Bassani, join Italian film and history experts fo...

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Jewish Ledger WHAT’S HAPPENING – February 9 – March 18 Politics & Identity among Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews Joshua Shanes, PhD, associate professor of Jewish Studies and director of the Center for Israel Studies, College of Charleston, will discuss “A Growing Schism: Politics and Identity Among Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jews,” on Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. The FREE webinar is sponsored by the Judaic Studies Program in collaboration with the Bennett Center for Judai...

The plague that is often taboo: Religious leaders discuss racism, religion, faith Jan. 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail STAMFORD — Fittingly, Stamford Stands Against Racism’s first discussion on racism and faith opened with a prayer. “We come together today in a spirit of listening and learning — to engage with one another around the topic and the plague that is often taboo to discuss in our culture: racism,” said the Rev. Shelley Donaldon of First Presbyterian Church. “It is racism th...

A group of East Bay synagogues teamed up to donate more than $115,000 to the Alameda County Community Food Bank this holiday season. That’s enough to purchase 232,000 meals for East Bay residents in need, food bank spokesperson Katherine Avila said. The Jewish community has been “great partners in our work for decades,” Avila told an interviewer with local CBS affiliate KPIX. “The Jewish community shows up every year to support us.” The donors, a collection of 11 East Bay synagogues, ...