Jacob Gurvis
By Jacob Gurvis
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Fast Forward Menorahs across the US are vandalized as Jewish communities celebrate Hanukkah amid a spike in antisemitism
A Chabad spokesman said there are more public menorahs this year than ever before, and attributed the increase to the Israel-Hamas war
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Fast Forward FBI arrests California minor for role in synagogue swatting ring
The suspect is believed to be a member of a swatting ring that carried out false bomb threats and swatting attempts targeting at least 25 synagogues in 13 states during July and August
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Fast Forward Suspect charged with murder in death of Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll
“There’s not a shred of evidence to suggest this was a hate crime,” a prosecutor said
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Fast Forward A rising South African cricket star dedicated an award to Israel. Then he was investigated for hate speech.
Teenager David Teeger, who observes Shabbat and keeps kosher, is the captain of South Africa’s under-19 cricket team
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Fast Forward Austrian teen arrested for alleged plan to attack Vienna synagogue
The suspect reportedly planned to obtain a weapon and was learning how to build a bomb
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Fast Forward Barbra Streisand, Billy Crystal, Jamie Lee Curtis and more headline Claims Conference Hanukkah event for Holocaust survivors
“This year has more significance than others, perhaps, because the seeds of antisemitism are growing around us once again,” said Billy Crystal
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Fast Forward Rabbi David Wolpe resigns from Harvard antisemitism committee over president’s ‘painfully inadequate testimony’ on campus antisemitism
Wolpe, who is a visiting scholar at Harvard Divinity School, has built a reputation as one of the country’s most prominent rabbis and Jewish thinkers
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News ‘All about light overcoming darkness’: How US Jews are celebrating Hanukkah with Israel at war
From Los Angeles to New York, many Hanukkah events are drawing connections between the holiday and the ongoing war in Israel
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Fast Forward Their Pacific Palisades synagogue is standing, but all three rabbis lost their homes
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Fast Forward A synagogue that survived the Palisades fire has become a ‘refuge’ for many who lost their homes
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