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Developers seizing on Hasidic suburbs explosive growth – The Real Deal

| May 29, 2022

A photo illustration of Veyoel Moshe Gardens in Kiryas Joel (LoopNet, iStock) Developers are responding to the explosive growth in Hudson Valley suburb Kiryas Joel, setting the local Hasidic community up for a slew of new housing projects. The latest one in the Orange County municipality is Veyoel Moshe Gardens. The Times Herald-Record reported the 1,600-unit development recently opened and could ultimately house as many as 9,000 people across its 70 acres.

Voter fraud accusations rock ‘Borscht Belt’ resort in the Catskills – New York Post

| May 29, 2022

A tiny Borscht Belt town that beckons Orthodox Jewish vacationers in the summer staged a pivotal election this spring that was anything but kosher, according to an explosive lawsuit that has triggered a state investigation into alleged voter fraud.

Listen to the Silence – aish.com – Aish

| May 29, 2022

If you want to encounter God, you need to experience silence. The Jewish holiday of Shavuot commemorates the giving of the Torah to the Jewish people at Mount Sinai. To celebrate, many stay up the entire night studying the Torah, and as part of the morning services, the portion of the Ten Commandments is read from a Torah Scroll.

After the Curses: Bechukotai 2022 – Jewish Journal

| May 29, 2022

How to read the Torah section of the tochacha, the curses, in the synagogue, has always been a delicate matter. The Torah discusses the consequences of Gods covenant with the Jews twice; there are blessings for fulfilling the covenant, and curses for violating it

New Jersey to investigate Twitch and Discord content policies in wake of Buffalo shooting – PhillyVoice.com

| May 29, 2022

Payton Gendron, a white 18-year-old wearing military gear and livestreaming on the video platform Twitch, opened fire with an AR-15 at a supermarket in Buffalo on Saturday, May 15, killing 10 people and injuring two others in what authorities are describing as "racially motivated violent extremism." Gendron, who drove into the predominantly Black community from a neighboring New York town about 500 miles away, shot 13 peopleboth in the parking lot and inside a Tops Friendly Market. He fatally shot several people before aiming at a white man hiding in a check out line. Gendron said "Sorry!" to the man before he retreated away from him.

Jewish Queer Youth ‘means the world’ to queer Orthodox teens J. – The Jewish News of Northern California

| May 29, 2022

Students come to Jewish Queer Youth secretively through a Google search, a meme on social media, a pamphlet in their local pizzeria, a chat between two friends who suspect they might be the same in some way. I told my parents I was hanging out with a friend after school, said N., a Bronx area native who asked to remain anonymous because some of their family members dont know that theyre trans. N.s alibi was technically true

Pandemic’s impact on Jewish schools: more students, more tuition aid J. – The Jewish News of Northern California

| May 29, 2022

Over the last two years, the Bay Areas Jewish schools have gotten larger. And while they welcome that growth, the schools have also had to expand their tuition assistance, lending support to many families whose needs increased during the pandemic.

The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem: 6 Jewish Communities Who’ve Long Called Jerusalem Home – aish.com – Aish

| May 29, 2022

Israels capital has always been home to diverse Jewish communities. One of Netflixs most popular new shows is the Israeli import The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem

JPAC, Jewish caucus tout big wins in Newsom’s proposed budget J. – The Jewish News of Northern California

| May 29, 2022

In Gov. Gavin Newsoms $300.6 billion spending proposal for the upcoming year sent to the state Legislature on May 13 $93.2 million is allocated for issues on the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of Californias legislative agenda. JPAC executive director David Bocarsly said the advocacy network, which lobbies in Sacramento to make sure the voice of the states Jewish community is heard, has never seen so many of their priority items funded this early in the budget process

The Jewish Refugees Who Fled Nazi GermanyThen Returned to Fight – History

| May 29, 2022

When U.S. soldiers fought Germany during World War II, there was one group that was particularly motivatedabout 2,000 mostly German and Austrian Jewish refugees who fled the Nazis and then returned to Europe to take on their tormentors as members of American military intelligence. The so-called Ritchie Boys were among roughly 15,000 graduates of training programs at Camp Ritchie, a former National Guard Camp in Maryland named for the late Maryland Governor, Albert C.


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