In a move that will provide a seamless network of shared intelligence, resources and training stretching from New York to the border of Maryland, nine Jewish organizations have joined forces to create the Jewish Security Alliance of New York/New Jersey. “This grew naturally out of the violence and serious plots against the Jewish community,” said Scott Richman, director of the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) New York/New Jersey Region.
When Rabbi Naftali Bursztyn began studying the Talmud years ago, he became so fascinated with its revelations that he began studying some parts over and over again, each time learning something new.
Protestors have taken to the streets in Israel to protest judicial reforms that would broaden the governing coalition’s control over the judicial system, including giving it veto power over the Supreme Court and over the appointment of judges.