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Arsonist sets Yeshiva U. dorm on fire using matches meant for Chanukah candles

(JTA) — A man who works as a software engineer broke into a Yeshiva University dormitory in Manhattan and set three separate fires using matches intended to light Chanukah candles. Students were asleep in the building when the incident occurred after 3 a.m. on Friday, New York City Fire Commissioner Daniel A. Nigro announced on […]

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A Note To Our Reader Community: Jewish Journalism Needs Everyone’s Support

As 2019 draws to a close, it is time to reflect on the year that is ending and look ahead to 2020. Sadly, it has been another difficult year. Journalists are still being attacked and their work called into question, both here and around the world. Well-researched and carefully written reports are dismissed by some […]

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