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Behind the Aegis

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Tue May 20, 2025, 12:29 AM Tuesday

(JEWISH GROUP) Jewish woman pleads guilty to antisemitic vandalism at Chabad of Squirrel Hill

Talya Lubit, a Pittsburgh Jewish woman, pled guilty at a May 15 hearing in federal court to conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and damaging or defacing religious property.

Lubit, 24, was arrested last year with Mohamad Hamad in connection with graffiti painted on both Chabad of Squirrel Hill and the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh. In April, the federal government filed a superseding indictment and added Micaiah Collins as a defendant for her alleged role in building bombs with Hamad, a former member of the Pennsylvania National Guard and Hamas sympathizer.

Collins’ father is Chad Collins, a pastor at Valley View Presbyterian Church and national organizer with the anti-Israel group Friends of Sabeel North America. Her sister Nesta Collins took part in last summer’s encampments at the University of Pittsburgh. She was arrested and charged with obstructing law enforcement and disorderly conduct at the encampment, which her father also attended.

Lubit originally pled not guilty but accepted a plea deal about two weeks after the superseding indictment was filed.



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This self-loathing POS should read up on what happened to Judenratts and Kapos.

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(JEWISH GROUP) Jewish woman pleads guilty to antisemitic vandalism at Chabad of Squirrel Hill (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Tuesday OP
What a POS. Too bad she was given a plea deal. JohnSJ Tuesday #1
From the article at the link: madaboutharry Tuesday #2

madaboutharry

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2. From the article at the link:
Tue May 20, 2025, 02:06 PM
Tuesday
Chabad of Squirrel Hill Rabbi Yisroel Altein said that he, too, wanted to thank the authorities for their work.

The $5,000 restitution Chabad will receive, Altein said, is necessary because while the city did some initial cleaning, completely removing the graffiti and properly restoring the wall required a more extensive and costly procedure.

He said he was glad Lubit took responsibility for her actions.

Hopefully, this can be the beginning of a process of her finding the proper path in her Jewish roots,” he said.


Dear Rabbi Altein, I wouldn't hold my breath.
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