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With the Jewish holiday of Succoth beginning this evening and lasting for eight days, the Jewish community of Providence is taking precautionary measures, Schlevin said. "We have special police protection for Jewish buildings and certain homes during the holidays for the next three weeks," he said, adding that "Greater Providence area synagogues are receiving special police protection...
...Samuel Schlevin, president of the Rhode Island chapter of the Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai Brith, said, "We are taking necessary action and precaution...
...Schlevin attributed the act of vandalism, which he said was the first attack on Jewish property in Providence in years, to a combination of anti-Israeli feeling due to the Lebanon invasion and domestic economic problems. "This would all disappear if the economy took an upturn," he added...
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