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Fire at Florida Chabad center before Rosh Hashanah investigated as potential hate crime

JL;DR SUMMARY A fire at the Chabad of Charlotte County in Punta Gorda, Florida, damaged a classroom just prior to Rosh Hashanah and is being investigated as a potential hate crime. 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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Rosh HashanahJewish HolidaysChabadFloridaHate CrimeVandalismArsonSecurityCommunity Resilience

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Punta Gorda, Florida, United States
"The fire broke out late Friday night following Shabbat services at the Chabad of Charlotte County in Punta Gorda, Florida, charring a childrens classroom, according to the centers director, Rabbi Simon Jacobson."

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