H EADLINES
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were killed, were also linked
to the Black Hebrew Israelite
movement. The man who appears to
have shot the extended video
and uploaded it to Instagram
has the handle @hoi_philly.

HOI, or the House of Israel, is
a subgroup of Black Hebrew
Israelites that also took part
in a widely publicized alter-
cation at the March for Life
in 2019.

Th e owner of the Instagram
account has posted other
content disparaging Jews. Th is
week, he posted a meme juxta-
posing a photo of an Orthodox
man wearing a yarmulke with
a photo of a Black man. Th e
caption reads “Jew-ish” below
the Orthodox man and “Jew”
below the Black man.

Th e ADL’s fact sheet on
the group notes: “It should be
emphasized that the extremist
and anti-Semitic sects of Black
Hebrew Israelites are unrelated
to the thousands of black
Jews and other Jews of color
in the U.S., who are genuine
members of the Jewish faith.

Furthermore, they should not
be confused with Ethiopian
Jews who mostly live in Israel
today.” Graie Hagans, a Jew of color
who lives in West Philadelphia
and participated in last week’s
racial justice protests, said he is
“deeply heartbroken” because
of Wallace’s death and police
abuse he’s seen, and he is
concerned that the video will
reinforce the mistaken idea,
among some Jews, that crowds
of Black people are inherently
dangerous. ●
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as long as it usually was on
Election Day.

Sam Maron came from
the bris as well. Fearful that
mail-in voting would not be
secure, Maron had decided
to vote in person. As the full
length of the line came into
view, Maron shook his head.

“I hope they’re voting for
Trump,” he said.

Yaakov Yermish, a fellow
past president of Ahavas Torah,
joined the back of the line with
his son; both were wearing
MAGA apparel.Th e latter was
excited to push the button in
the voting booth, whereas the
former was more excited about
who the button was being
pushed for.

“It’s an important year,”
Yermish said.

Andrew Goldman brought
his daughter to vote with him,
just as he had in 2016. Like
everyone else, he was astounded
at the length of the line, and
was thankful that he had arrived
early. Lift ing his kippah for a
moment, he said, “I’m voting
for the same guy that 90% of
people who wear this are.”
Meanwhile, in Center
City, the line to vote at the
Th e Kimmel Center for the
Performing Arts already
stretched down Spruce Street,
along Broad and onto Pine
before 8 a.m. Several news
crews set up cameras outside
and representatives from the
Biden campaign off ered voters
free selfi es with a cardboard
cutout of Joe Biden and Kamala
Harris (no donations allowed).

Th e lines for other polls in
the area were shorter.

Th e William Way LGBT
Community Center on Spruce
Street and the Philadelphia
Senior Center and the Land
Title Building on Broad each
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had a dozen or fewer voters
waiting outside this morning.

A few older voters brought
chairs to sit on.

And in Fishtown around
8:30 a.m., voters lined up by
district outside the Fishtown
Recreation Center, and in a
shorter line at the Alexander
Adaire School playground.

Ronnie Kessler, a Jewish
parent at the school, was
staffi ng a bake sale fundraiser
for the nonprofi t Friends of
Adaire and had already cast
her ballot by mail.

She couldn’t say anything
political due to her volunteering
position, but she was happy to
see everyone complying with
rules about masks. She noted
that there was strong turnout,
though there seemed to be
fewer children accompanying
their parents than she had seen
in previous years.

“It’s really exciting to see so
many people here,” she said. ●
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