In my morning @jdforward newsletter > Security costs soar at shuls ahead of High Holidays • Dolly Parton, our rhinestone rebbetzin
Plus > Netanyahu’s son was target of Iranian assassination plot in Florida • Gov. Josh Shapiro leads reelection bid, with eye on 2028 presidential race • Magazine accused of erasing Sephardic Jews • and how a Klezmer band outwitted the KGB
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Also grateful to @saidmehr_simone for giving us a little joy to go with the oy, and a revelation that there is a thriving Jewish community in Nigeria. https://t.co/2jHg7WKW3j
It's sad that when a house of worship is attacked, we have a Rolodex of mentors we can call. Still, grateful for their perspectives and to @benyamincohen for making those calls. https://t.co/6JwsRtdIQ0
What a life and what a story, related beautifully by @benyamincohen, of a Jewish man who liberated Dachau and who, at 102, is still traveling the world to tell it. https://t.co/cA3BNduOO5
🚨Satmar Rebbe (Wsb”g), Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, condemned Orthodox attacks against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during his annual address last night:
“We must remember that we are in exile,” he said. “To denounce the mayor and brand him an antisemite constitutes a true provocation against the nations.”
(Translated from Yiddish)
"Everyone agreed that the current course can’t go on," said one of the rabbis who met with Mamdani at City Hall today and talked with @jacobkornbluh afterward. "The way he vilifies Israel, and so constantly, is really causing harm.” https://t.co/LPKV9ALBkf
Looks like the end of the line for the Taïm falafel chain, which has had outlets padlocked by tax authorities. Founder Chef Einat Admony says she's no longer involved and can't comment. By @sagelattman https://t.co/jOUG19OMMz
American Jews who go to Israel to help Palestinian farmers harvest their crops have been denied re-entry. By the enterprising @TheaChantelle for @jdforward https://t.co/nYKVJ0JIq7
When I interviewed a @jdforward, I heard @thislouis was reporting on Shabbat scooters. I could not wait to see the results. As usual, he did not disappoint. Scoot on over to our site & read about a classic Jewish summertime debate. https://t.co/k3z8WCWnHK
@thislouis I’m so sorry, Louis. I’ve found these losses in particular, the colleagues and friends with whom I’ve fallen out of touch, profoundly painful in ways I can’t explain. May his memory be a blessing.
Arson caught on video destroys kosher pizzeria in Montreal. Canadian Jews tell @benyamincohen the all-too-familiar refrain these days — they saw it coming. – The Forward https://t.co/QUVhbXGYsx
There’s a lot on the line in Michigan on Tuesday. @jacobkornbluh explains how the Michigan primary is a referendum on Israel – The Forward https://t.co/uWfAKt8wjc
Regardless of whether it was intentional, scheduling a book festival on the Jewish High Holidays understandably does not sit well with People of the Book. @jdforward has the story. https://t.co/WGdxxcgHrf