The Jewish Community Federation of Richmond (JCFR) and its Jewish Community Relations Committee (JCRC) note with deep disappointment two Israeli Government decisions announced Sunday, June 25. The first suspended a government resolution of January 2016 to create a permanent, egalitarian area…
On May 13, a group of white nationalists carrying torches rallied in front of the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in a Charlottesville park. In a Ku Klux Klan-esque rally, the demonstrators made their displeasure known with that city’s decision to remove that statute.
Yesterday, an 18-year-old man, with dual Israel-U.S. citizenship, was arrested in Israel as the primary suspect for the majority of bomb threats called and e-mailed into Jewish Community Centers and other Jewish institutions in 40 U.S. states and 4 Canadian provinces. The Jewish Community Fe…