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Benamin Mueller writes at the New York Times Jewish Groups United by Prayers for 3 Missing Youths


On the windswept shore of Atlantic Beach, on Long Island, merriment was postponed as a bride and groom said a prayer on Sunday for three teenagers kidnapped late last week in the West Bank.

That night, a congregation in the Riverdale section of the Bronx delayed the start of its 40th annual dinner to pray for the boys. On Monday, a synagogue in Flatbush, Brooklyn, did the same at the start of its 92nd anniversary celebration.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/18/nyregion/new-yorks-jewish-groups-united-by-prayers-for-abducted-youths-in-west-bank.html?_r=0

Huffington Post has an article about Jewish voices who stand with Presbyterians who support divestment from certain companies doing business in Israel. At the end of the article are videos of Jewish men and women who support divestment. The first features a man who is a graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. He has a blog which was updated on June 17th with a post about Jewish support of divestment.  A June 13th post is about the same topic. A June 1st post is about destroyed tree groves. A post about uniting in prayer for the three youths is sadly absent.



A post which does reflect concern for the three teens can be found at Chabad.org under the title Mitzvot for the Israeli Students.


Mollie Hemingway has written an article titled Friends Don’t Let Friends Read Dana Milbank.