Jewish Synagogue Receives Another Threatening Call: Blotter – Patch.com

| December 7, 2020

NORTHBROOK, IL The following information comes from the Northbrook Police Department and court records as a record of incidents reported to police and those arrested on criminal charges, which represent accusations by the state that are often dropped or reduced. Updated information may be available from the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court.

Somehow, Ive Become the Threat – Slate

| December 7, 2020

Protesters gather in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park to denounce lockdowns of their neighborhood due to a spike in COVID-19 cases on Oct. 7.Spencer Platt/Getty Images In October, Blima Marcus, a nurse practitioner and ultra-Orthodox resident of Borough Park, Brooklyn, received a call from a close friend. The womans teenage son was showing COVID-19 symptomsa headache, fever, and decreased appetiteafter being exposed to a positive case of the virus at a local synagogue where he prayed daily

‘Beautiful in its own way’: Conversions to Judaism amid the pandemic – Jewish Insider

| December 7, 2020

Rabbi Adam Mintz, a Modern Orthodox rabbi based on Manhattans Upper West Side, has performed conversions each year for the past three decades, meeting in-person with hundreds of individuals undergoing the transformative process. Despite restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic including the halting of in-person religious services and the temporary closing of his mikvah Mintz is busier than ever. You would think, he told Jewish Insider, that conversions would be put on hold, that people wouldnt approach me to start studying for the process

Hot-Desk Judaism has arrived. | Sally Berkovic | The Blogs – The Times of Israel

| December 7, 2020

Hot-Desk Jews are the future. Flexible, cost-efficient, non-hierarchical and collaborative, the hot-desk work space offers opportunities for varied experiences, cultural exchange and heightened personal autonomy.

Work, history and dialogue keep Jews, Muslims happy together in sunny Marseille – The Times of Israel

| December 7, 2020

MARSEILLE, France Although punctuality isnt a dominant trait among most Jewish leaders (and non-leaders) who agree to sit down with The Times of Israel, Michel Cohen Tenoudji, the president of the Jewish community of Marseille, apologized through his black cloth mask as he barreled into his simple office on the second floor of the Great Synagogue compound a few minutes late. He was unable to let the interview run overtime, he said, because a local Muslim leader would be visiting him directly afterward.

THIS WEEK: Fort Bend County legislators to discuss upcoming Texas Legislature – Houston Chronicle

| December 7, 2020

With the Texas Legislature scheduled to meet in January, area representatives and senators are gearing up for the session. From 8:30 to 10 a.m

‘Jesus wins’ daubed on shul and Shoah monument in Greece – Jewish News

| December 7, 2020

An unidentified man spray-painted the words Jesus Wins in black on the walls of a synagogue in Greece and a nearby Holocaust monument. The incident Thursday in Larissa, in northern Greece, was reported immediately to police but the man fled before he could be apprehended

California issues new stay-at-home orders after hospitalizations more than triple in the last month – Yahoo News

| December 7, 2020

The Week Since 2007, Senator Mitch McConnell has been the leader of the Republican caucus in the Senate and by far the most effective political strategist in his party. He was the architect of the scorched-earth opposition to everything President Obama did, which paid dividends in the form of the Republican wave in 2010 and eventually Donald Trump's victory in 2016

US election result: Impact on healthcare for undocumented communities – Medical News Today

| December 7, 2020

In this perspective article, Dr.



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