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Jersey City’s outgoing Jewish mayor Steven Fulop signs antisemitism orders as ‘guardrails’ for his successor

JL;DR SUMMARY Steven Fulop, the outgoing Jewish mayor of Jersey City, took decisive action before leaving office by signing two executive orders aimed at protecting the local Jewish community. 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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Jewish CommunityJewish LeadershipBdsCommunity RelationsJersey CitySteven FulopLocal GovernmentExecutive Orders

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Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
"Fulop, who has served as Jersey City's mayor since 2013, signed two executive orders on Dec. 22: one banning the city from participating in efforts to boycott, divest from, and sanction the State of Israel, and the other to protect houses of worship and congregants from protest."
New York City, New York, United States
"Fulop said that, so far, protests outside of synagogues and BDS efforts had not been as prevalent in Jersey City as they have been in New York in recent months."
New Jersey, United States
"The governor and attorney general were reluctant to call it an antisemitic attack, and I pushed publicly, Fulop recalled."
Israel
"Fulop, who has served as Jersey City's mayor since 2013, signed two executive orders on Dec. 22: one banning the city from participating in efforts to boycott, divest from, and sanction the State of Israel, and the other to protect houses of worship and congregants from protest."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"James Solomon, who is being sworn in on Wednesday after being elected in November, has not publicly commented about Israel or the war in Gaza."

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