Brad Orsini believes now is the time to run through all the “what if” scenarios, and by that he means asking the hard questions, such as: “What if armed antisemitic mobs storm my city or attack my synagogue?”
As the national security director for the Secure Community Network, Orsini knows that after the Jan. 6 extremist riot at the Capitol, Jews and Jewish institutions are at risk.
While emphasizing that there are presently no known credible and specific threats, Orsini said in a webinar Friday that all Jewish communities need to prepare.
“This is a good chance to break out emergency operations plans, review them and convene security teams,” said Orsini, the former director of community security at the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.
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It’s perhaps the most unofficial Christmas tradition there is.
On Christmas Day, many members of the Jewish community go out to eat at Chinese restaurants because they are usually the only ones open.
This is often followed by a trip to the nearest bowling alley.
It’s a ritual that goes back more than 100 years, when Jewish and Chinese immigrants shared a neighborhood on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
With Pennsylvania restaurants closed by state order through the holidays, however, the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh is encouraging people to use the money they’re saving on a Christmas Chinese meal to help those in need during the pandemic.
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Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld of Ohev Sholom, an Orthodox synagogue in Washington, DC, participated in the Moderna vaccine trial, posting video of himself receiving the shot to the video-sharing platform TikTok.
“We have been given the Torah to live by its laws,” said Herzfeld. “The value of preserving life is the essential, axiomatic value of Judaism. Over the next few months, we encourage our communities to go to run when it’s their turn to get the vaccine.”
Herzfeld’s participation in the clinical trial was an expression of religious faith and personal ethics. “I wanted to try to make a difference in whatever way I could to help those on the front lines fighting this virus,” he said. “It was important to me as a person of faith to embrace the gifts G-d has given us.”
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