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Will federal security grants require synagogues to cooperate with ICE? Concerns are running high.

JL;DR SUMMARY Many progressive Jewish groups and synagogues are boycotting the federal security grants due to new conditions that include support for federal immigration enforcement, perceived as conflicting with Jewish values. 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 AdministrationBoycottJewish ValuesJewish SafetyAntisemitic AttacksDepartment Of Homeland SecurityProgressive Jewish GroupsNonprofit Security Grant ProgramFederal Security GrantsImmigration Enforcement

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
"We do not comply so we will not apply, Jill Maderer, the senior rabbi at Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia, posted on Facebook."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"One immediate impetus for the lawsuit was the worry that the Trump administration would withhold disaster recovery funds from victims of the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year."

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