Jewish Ledger
NY rabbi receives threatening note after banning Jewish paper
(JTA) – Rabbi Kenneth Hain and other leaders of Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence, N.Y., banned the
5 Towns Jewish Times from their synagogue because the newspaper featured a front-page photo of one of its columnists at the Jan. 6 protests in Washington, D.C. When the paper arrived Friday, Jan. 15 on Hain’s doorstep, the front page was obscured by a threatening note calling on the rabbi to resign from his pulpit.
“You are aligning your behavior with the radical anti-American Democrats who are now in full gear to destroy not only America, but who are poised to target Israel and all Jews,” the note read. The note was not signed, but its author apparently is known to the Hain family, according to the
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Rabbi Kenneth Hain banned the 5 Towns Jewish Times from his synagogue after a local Trump supporter who attended the Jan. 6 protests in Washington was featured on the paper s front page. (Screenshot from 5 Towns Jewish Times)
JTA Rabbi Kenneth Hain and other leaders of Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence, New York, banned the 5 Towns Jewish Times from their synagogue because the newspaper featured a front-page photo of one of its columnists at the January 6 protests in Washington, D.C.
When the paper arrived Friday on Hain’s doorstep, the front page was obscured by a threatening note calling on the rabbi to resign from his pulpit.