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Amid antisemitic attacks, Trump has forced an impossible choice on American synagogues

JL;DR SUMMARY Amid a surge in antisemitic violence, the Trump administration has imposed stringent conditions on the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, challenging synagogues to choose between receiving necessary security funding and maintaining their commitment to aiding immigrants. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Trump AdministrationReform JudaismImmigrationSecurity FundingJewish ValuesJewish SafetyDei ProgramsGovernment PolicyNonprofit Security Grant Program

Places mentioned

West Bloomfield, Michigan, United States
"A police officer patrols outside of a Bat Mitzvah at Tam OShanter Country Club on March 13 in West Bloomfield, Michigan."
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"In the past few months, shots were fired at three congregations in Toronto;"
Belgium
"an explosion rocked a synagogue in Belgium;"
Mississippi, United States
"and an arsonist caused massive damage to Beth Israel Congregation in Mississippi."
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
"The program was established in 2004 to help houses of worship pay for cameras, barriers, armed guards and alarm systems, then expanded after the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre in 2018."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"Rabbi Jill Maderer in Philadelphia put it even more bluntly,"

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