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Press Room May 1, 2019
Report: PA, NJ rank high in anti-Semitic attacks
Nationwide, the Anti-Defamation League reported 59 assaults on Jewish Americans, a 105 percent increase from the year 2017. New Jersey ranked third in ...
Press Room April 30, 2019
Report: Anti-Semitic incidents dip in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware had fewer anti-Semitic incidents in 2018 compared with 2017, according to a new audit from the Anti-Defamation ...
Press Room April 28, 2019
Locals of All Faiths Walk for Peace in Aftermath of Synagogue Shooting
People of all faiths marched in our area in support of a California synagogue where a deadly shooting took place ...
Press Room April 28, 2019
Holocaust Remembrance Day Takes On New Meaning At North Philadelphia Synagogue
A pre-planned event with Holocaust survivors took a whole different meaning Sunday. The victims of both the San Diego and ...
Press Room April 28, 2019
‘Hate affects all of us’: Hundreds gather at Holocaust memorial with San Diego shooting on their minds
A Philadelphia Holocaust memorial served a dual purpose for hundreds Sunday after another American synagogue comes under fire. Philadelphia’s ...
Press Room April 28, 2019
Hundreds gather in Spring Garden to remember Holocaust victims
More than a thousand people from the Philadelphia region gathered to remember victims of the Holocaust. For the Holocaust survivors ...
Press Room April 27, 2019
Police release identity of suspect after synagogue shooting leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
Authorities have identified the suspect in a shooting at a synagogue outside San Diego as John Earnest and say he’...
Press Room April 27, 2019
‘We’re All On Edge’: Jewish Federation Of Greater Philadelphia Horrified By San Diego Synagogue Shooting
A house of worship was the target of another act of violence. A woman is dead and three others are ...
Podcast April 19, 2019
Jewish Philly Podcast Episode 14: Holocaust Survivor Ann Jaffe
This month, we’re breaking down the history of Jewish and interfaith activism, followed by a conversation on Israel’...
Press Room April 8, 2019
Rising hunger among the elderly could mean higher rates of malnutrition
Lenny Pakula is still alive. Either luck or God is the reason, he’ll tell you. He can’t decide. ...