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143 US lawmakers support doubling religious institution security grants

Several Jewish organizations advocated in the past two years to increase the project’s funding in light of antisemitic attacks in several states across the US.

|ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden as the next US president in the US Capitol in Washington
Eric Fingerhut

JFNA to help thousands of institutions apply for federal security grant

CEO: “We’re going to dramatically increase the number of professional assessments that are being done as part of this round of grant application.”

|ByOMRI NAHMIAS
US President Donald Trump holds a news conference in Washington DC

NY, California, Washington to receive emergency coronavirus assistance

Ohio, Louisiana, Dallas issue stay at home orders; 32,000 U.S. cases, over 400 deaths; 10% of quarter million tested have the virus. Trump: 'We are at war, and we are fighting an invisible enemy.'

|ByOMRI NAHMIAS, REUTERS
Hurricane Irma, a record Category 5 storm, is seen approaching Puerto Rico in this NASA's GOES-16 satellite image taken at about 15:15 EDT on September 6, 2017.

Florida synagogue continues its wait for aid a year after Hurricane Irma

For the second year in a row, the congregation at the Lakeland synagogue is locked out of its sanctuary during the most sacred period of the Jewish calendar.

|ByGARY WHITE/THE LEDGER

IN PHOTOS: In the wake of Irma - A flooded world

As hurricane Irma lays waste to whole islands, cities and blocks of flats - the world media venture to the eye of the storm to bring back cutting edge photographs.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017ByHAGAY HACOHEN
A woman receives a cloth after arranging produce on a piece of floating wood, after the passing of Hurricane Irma, in Havana, Cuba.

Trump takes churches' side in financial debate after Hurricane Harvey

Churches that acted as shelters and supplied food during the hurricane are now claiming they deserve fair reimbursement, and US President Donald Trump has sided with them in the controversial debate.

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017ByJACOB GOFF KLEIN
US President Donald Trump pauses during a statement at the White House