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Lithuanian Synagogue Faces Bomb Threats Amid Security Concerns · Antisemitism Watch

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Antisemitism Watch. I'm Rachel Adler. Antisemitism Watch, Mid-Atlantic,
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  Speaker 1: which provides focused coverage from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut,
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  Speaker 1: and the Philadelphia region, is now available. You can find
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  Speaker 1: it at clockworkmedia.org slash MA in Lithuania. The Jewish community
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  Speaker 1: is contending with serious threats. According to reporting from UNIT,
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  Speaker 1: three separate threats have been made to bomb a synagogue
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  Speaker 1: and kill Jews. Community Chair Feina Kukliensky has warned that
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  Speaker 1: the community must rely on unarmed volunteers for the protection
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  Speaker 1: of their schools and religious sites, as vital security alerts
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  Speaker 1: are reportedly coming from abroad rather than Lithuanian authorities. In
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  Speaker 1: New York City, Mayor Zoran Mamdani was disrupted during a
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  Speaker 1: vigil on the third anniversary of October 7. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators
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  Speaker 1: denounced the mayor, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America,
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  Speaker 1: for what they described as his growing accommodation to Zionism.
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  Speaker 1: according to WSWS.org. The report also details internal conflict within
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  Speaker 1: the DSA, where the NYCDSA steering committee reportedly intervened to
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  Speaker 1: have social media posts promoting the protest removed and an
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  Speaker 1: endorsement revoked by the YDSA, citing concerns over pro-Hamas dog
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  Speaker 1: whistles and considering repercussions for chapter leadership. I'm Rachel Adler,
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