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Rabbi Calls Out Westchester Youth Hockey League Team For Anti-Semitic Slurs, Taunts Rabbi Calls Out Westchester Youth Hockey League Team For Anti-Semitic Slurs, Taunts
Rabbi Calls Out Westchester Youth Hockey League Team For Anti-Semitic Slurs, Taunts Children playing in a youth hockey league in Westchester were reportedly the target of anti-Semitic slurs and taunts during a game, according to a prominent rabbi from the area. Avraham Weiss, the founding rabbi of the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, and a longtime activist for Jewish causes and human rights, said that a member of his congregation who plays with the Scarsdale Youth Hockey Association was targeted during a game against North Park, along with some of his Jewish teammates. Weiss said that during a game on Sunday, Nov. 10, a particular player and teammates with Jewish names “wer…

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