Will ‘Other Shoe’ Drop In Hasidic Village After Developer Pleads Guilty To Voter Fraud? – Forward

| June 7, 2017

In his years-long battle to build thousands of homes for Orthodox Jews in the small upstate New York village of Bloomingburg, developer Shalom Lamm often cast himself as a victim of anti-Semitism. On Tuesday, Lamm took on a new role: admitted felon. Lamm, son of one of Modern Orthodoxys most prominent rabbinic leaders, pled guilty in federal court in White Plains to a single count of conspiracy to corrupt the electoral process

Should Moms Have A Dress Code? – Forward

| June 7, 2017

Getty Images Women visiting the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Who among us would disagree with the suggestion that we unite to show our children that there is another way

In Attacks by Right-Wing Extremists, Guns are More Likely Than Bombs to Kill and Injure – The Trace

| June 7, 2017

Attacks by violent members of the American far right were more likely to kill or injure when perpetrators used guns than when they used bombs or other weapons, a review of 25 years of extremist incidents shows. A majority of attacks committed between 1993 and 2017 using solely firearms were successful, with 37 out of 55 total incidents resulting in deaths or injuries, according to data provided to The Trace by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The group, a nonprofit that combats anti-Semitism and other bigotry, examined the attacks in a May report titled A Dark and Constant Rage: 25 Years of Right-Wing Terrorism in the United States.



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