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These fuckin clowns 🤡

"A 30-day funding freeze enacted by the #Trump administration at #FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, has caused an immediate pause to the millions of dollars distributed to help vulnerable #nonprofits, including many #Jewish institutions, meet their #security needs.

#Synagogues, Jewish day schools and other organizations that rely on the FEMA funding dispersed through the Nonprofit Security Grant Program have not received reimbursements allocated to them, according to representatives from the Secure Community Network, an organization that provides security services to Jewish nonprofits."

jewishinsider.com/2025/03/jewi

Jewish Insider · Jewish security grants in limbo amid FEMA funding freezeJewish institutions that rely on the Nonprofit Security Grant Program have not received grants allocated to them during a 30-day FEMA funding freeze

"The suit, filed Tuesday in federal court in Washington, D.C., was brought by dozens of #religious groups including the governing bodies of the #Reform, #Conservative and #Reconstructionist movements. The other groups represent a range of #Christian denominations. They are challenging the #Trump administration’s reversal of an order that prohibited #Immigration and Customs Enforcement from operating in “sensitive locations” such as #churches and #synagogues."

jta.org/2025/02/11/politics/3-

Jewish Telegraphic Agency · 3 of the largest Jewish denominations are suing the Trump administration over ICE raidsBy Ben Sales

"Investigators said data recovered from Abdallahi’s phone revealed #antisemitic motives and extensive planning. He had marked the locations of #synagogues, conducted online searches for “#Jewish community center” and “"gun store,” and stored over 100 antisemitic and pro-#Hamas images and videos."

Calling everything antisemitic makes the word meaningless, amirite? - Fediworse

ynetnews.com/article/ry6bdrgqj

ynetnews · Muslim suspect who shot Jewish man in Chicago planned attack on synagogueBy Itamar Eichner

The Confronting Hate Together exhibit that caused a Wing Luke Museum staff walkout over the content relating to Israel in the Jewish section seems to be a digital exhibit now.

I could have missed something for sure, and I'm happy to be corrected, but this is the only thing I found that references Israel. 🤷‍♂️

"Combatting #antisemitism remains a central goal of the #Jewish community. Over the past several years #Seattle #synagogues have been targeted with vandalism which has involved #antisemitic and anti-#Israel sentiments, as well as #Holocaust denial."

confrontinghatetogether.my.can

A blog post by Bob Cohen, American fiddler long resident in #Budapest, about fellow #fiddler Zoe Aqua's latest tour in the #synagogues of #Transylvania

I managed to visit a few of those on my trip to Romania almost a decade ago, though I think the only one that was open to see the interior was the one in #Sibiu, where an attendant tried her best to point out stuff to me and my dad in German
#FolkMusic #HungarianMusic #Romania #violin #MusicBlog
horinca.blogspot.com/2024/07/z

horinca.blogspot.comZoe Aqua: The Romanian Synagogue Concert TourThe Vizhnizer Kloys Synagogue, Sighet. We return to Romania every summer. We just can't get it out of our system. Like salmon swimming upstr...

Donavon Parish, 29, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi,
pleaded guilty today to one count of
#cyberstalking and five counts of #abuse and #harassment using a telecommunications device.

Parish also admitted to a special finding that he targeted his victims based on their actual and perceived #religion.

According to court documents, during April and May 2022, the defendant used a voiceover internet protocol service to make a series of phone calls to #synagogues and #Jewish-owned businesses in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

In these calls, the defendant spoke to individuals answering the telephone calls on behalf of their respective institutions, at which time he repeatedly referenced the #genocide of approximately six million Jewish people during the Holocaust, stating, among other things,
“Heil Hitler,”
“all Jews must die,”
“we will put you in work camps,”
“gas the Jews” and
“Hitler should have finished the job.”
justice.gov/opa/pr/mississippi

www.justice.gov · Mississippi Man Pleads Guilty to Cyberstalking and Making Antisemitic Threats Targeting Synagogues and Jewish-Owned BusinessesDonavon Parish, 29, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, pleaded guilty today to one count of cyberstalking and five counts of abuse and harassment using a telecommunications device. Parish also admitted to a special finding that he targeted his victims based on their actual and perceived religion.

"The way that they talked about #Zionism seemed like it was a synonym for '#Jew.' That seemed to translate into a…targeting of #Jewish stores, a wellspring of bullying against Jewish kids, and vandalism of #synagogues, and then all sorts of just random incidents that felt like you couldn't wish them away."

haaretz.com/israel-news/podcas

"Have more love, more light and stop trying to scare #Jewish people in the greater #Seattle area, cut it out," said Levi Levitin, a #rabbi for #Chabad Capitol Hill & Central District.

A stern message from Levitin reflected on a disturbing trend that's been popping up, throughout Seattle #synagogues.

"We're not the first to receive a very similar envelope," Levitin said."

king5.com/article/news/local/s