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Muslim veterans offer to guard Jewish sites across US

"If your synagogue or Jewish cemetery needs someone to stand guard, count me in. Islam requires it," a Marine tweeted in the wake of anti-Semitic threats and vandalism.

By Gabe Friedman March 1, 2017 5:31 pm

Sen. Charles Schumer urges FCC to help solve JCC bomb threats

The New York lawmaker wants special waivers for targeted institutions allowing them to work with law enforcement to access caller ID information.

March 1, 2017 4:30 pm

Meet the Harlem Globetrotters’ Jewish Basketball-Spinning Founder

The Harlem Globetrotters are known for gravity-defying slam dunks, trick shots and improbable long shots. What’s less known is that the razzle-dazzle comedic showmanship was the idea of British-born Jewish businessman Abe Saperstein. Saperstein was a leading figure in black basketball and baseball from the ‘20s to the ‘50s, before those sports were racially integrated. […]

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