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My Facebook feed is filled with altruistic friends and relatives going above and beyond to help those less fortunate during the Covid-19 crisis. One spent all weekend in her basement sewing masks. Another organized a community effort to make face shields to donate to first responders. Many are organizing chesed programs, volunteering for food drives, […]
Alone at the grave, and reciting Kaddish for a family far away.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Former Vice President Joe Biden marked the one-year anniversary of the deadly shooting at a synagogue in Poway, California, with a proposal to add protections for Jews and other targets of hate attacks. “These are acts of terrorism, plain and simple,” Biden said Monday in a statement to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. “They are […]