🌱 How a Kiryas Joel flag dispute landed a Satmar man in ICE custody

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• How a Kiryas Joel flag dispute landed a Satmar man in ICE custody

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• Thursday: A morning shower; humid, with a high of 73 and low of 62 degrees.
• Friday: Warmer; a shower in the p.m., temps: high: 82, low: 52.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny and cooler, with a high of 67 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Hasidic Jew Who Protested Israeli Flag Faces Deportation (commstrader.com) — A Kiryas Joel resident, Satmar Hasid Yehonatan Ovadia, is now in ICE detention after loudly opposing the display of an Israeli flag in the village, turning a local religious dispute into a federal immigration case. The story explains Satmar's anti‑Zionist beliefs, outlines how a flag protest may have led to immigration enforcement, and highlights growing concern among civil liberties advocates and some neighbors about free speech and religious freedom implications.
   

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• Alex Prizgintas begins a four-month residency at Sweet Clover Farm this week (thephoto-news.com)

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