Faigy Mayer’s Sister Hangs Herself

Faigy Mayer’s Sister Hangs Herself

 

November 23, 2015
JTA Daily Briefing

Sister of Faigy Mayer, former Hasid who took own life, hangs herself

Faigy Mayer
Sara Mayer, who had been treated for mental illness, was found in her parents’ Borough Park home four months after her sister Faigy jumped to her death from a rooftop bar in Manhattan. Read more »

Patriots to hold moment of silence for Ezra Schwartz before Monday night game

The American yeshiva student killed last week in a terror attack in Israel was a diehard fan of the NFL team. Read more »

What if the Nazis had won? Amazon’s new drama has answers

A new sci-fi series from Amazon Studios, „The Man in the High Castle,” unfolds in a German- and Japanese-occupied U.S. in the 1960s. Read more »

Though confined to NY, Jonathan Pollard can explore the Internet for the first time

The ex-spy’s lawyers are challenging the requirements that he wear an ankle bracelet and undergo government surveillance of his and any employer’s computers. Read more »

Breaking News

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FROM THE JTA ARCHIVE: 2011

Report: Biden prevented Pollard clemency 

During a meeting with Florida rabbis, the vice president reportedly said, „Over my dead body are we going to let him out before his time.” Read more »

What We’re Reading

WWII hero credits luck in foiling Hitler’s nuclear ambitions (N.Y. Times) 

What was Albert Einstein’s true relationship to Judaism — and Zionism? (Forward) 

The problem with comparing Syrian and Jewish refugees (New Republic)

Middle East peace isn’t quite dead yet (Daily Beast) 

Transgender and fighting to be invisible (Keshet)

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