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Amid the surge in anti-Semitic attacks in United States, Orthodox Union Executive Vice President Rabbi Moshe Hauer joined the FBI-Newark field office this week to announce a hate-crimes awareness campaign so more people report hate crimes they've witnessed or experienced.

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HAFTARAH Isaiah 54:1 – 54:10

 
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