Rob Goldberg, CEO of the Buffalo Jewish Federation, spoke to the Forward about how the organization is supporting the city’s Black community in the aftermath of the horrific attack.
The rambling 180-page document is filled is riddled with antisemitic memes, tropes and caricatures
The head of a major Jewish not-for-profit in Buffalo, New York, has resigned, The Buffalo News reported. Peter Fleischmann, who’s been CEO at the Foundation for Jewish Philanthropies since 1982, has been on paid leave since late June. Since then, an outside firm has been reviewing the policies of the foundation, which supports Jewish charities…
(JTA) — About one dozen swastikas and racial slurs were drawn on cars and a building in a suburb of Buffalo, New York. A nearby elementary school playground and railway overpasses were similarly vandalized. The spray painted swastikas and slurs were discovered on Saturday morning and were believed to have been painted late on Friday…
The oldest synagogue in Buffalo was demolished despite the efforts of two demonstrators, who chained themselves to a pillar in the building. The Jefferson Avenue shul, once home to Congregation Ahavath Sholem, was demolished on Saturday after the demonstrators, identified as David Torke said he and Rabbi Drorah Setel, were peacefully removed from the building…
Among the 50 people who died in Thursday’s plane crash outside of Buffalo was Cantor Susan Wehle of Temple Beth Am in Williamsville, N.Y. Wehle, who was ordained at Aleph — Alliance for Jewish Renewal, had been working at the synagogue since 2002. She had recently released a CD titled “Shirei Refuah v’Tikvah — Songs…
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