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As Hanukkah approaches, the New York-based Yeshiva University Museum (YUM) has announced that its upcoming exhibition will feature a hand-drawn illustration of the Temple Menorah from a manuscript that contains notes by Moses Maimonides (Rambam, 1138-1204), one of the great luminaries of Jewish history.

In what has become an annual ritual, members of the Young Israel of Jamaica Estates last month purged their closets for the shul’s annual Clothing Sale. The Young Israel of Jamaica Estates has a long and storied history of chesed programs and activity. A signature event is the annual Clothing Sale, which benefits so many on different levels.

“A Manhattan Supreme Court judge has denied two requests from Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to keep would-be terrorist Matthew Mahrer in jail, where he belongs. Threats against the Jewish community must not be taken lightly, let alone individuals putting plans into action and going as far as stockpiling weapons and equipment to execute an attack on New York City synagogues.

Officials Announce New Hate and Bias Prevention Task Force; Commitment to Increase Federal Funding to Protect Jewish Community; New Efforts to Collaborate Across Communities

On Monday, December 12, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (Orthodox Union), the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, convened an urgent meeting with federal and local elected officials to address rising anti-Semitism across the United States.

On Tuesday, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (Orthodox Union) - the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization - welcomed yesterday’s announcement by The White House that President Biden is creating an interagency task force to focus upon and coordinate the federal government’s work to combat antisemitism.

Months ago, President Biden nominated longtime Democratic donor Elizabeth Frawley Bagley to serve as ambassador to Brazil. At her confirmation hearing in May, she faced bipartisan condemnation for a 1998 interview in which she claimed that Democrats entertained “stupid” pro-Israel viewpoints because of “the Jewish factor” and echoed old anti-Semitic tropes, saying, “There is always the influence of the Jewish lobby because there is major money involved.”