A Jewish community center in Ulyanovsk, Russia, was vandalized. The AEN news agency reported that vandals threw a bottle Monday afternoon through a second-floor window of the Jewish center in the Volga region city, shattering the glass in one office.
An Israeli airline has an onboard Torah. Israir announced that on Thursday it would install a Torah scroll aboard one of its planes as part of efforts to accommodate religious passengers who want to hold prayer services midair.
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