Ben Harris
By Ben Harris
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News John Adler, Polymath Descended From Hasidic Royalty
(JTA) — John Adler was a descendant of Hasidic royalty, tracing his family lineage back to Reb Shmelke of Nikolsburg, one of the earliest Hasidic rabbis. But for years, Adler was estranged from Jewish practice. That changed some time after he arrived in Bristol, England, where for nearly three decades he worked in the drama…
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News Rabbi Bruce Goldman, 84, antiwar gadfly unafraid of flouting Jewish mainstream
. (JTA) — Rabbi A. Bruce Goldman’s peak moment of notoriety came in 1968 when, as the Jewish chaplain at Columbia University, he supported campus antiwar protesters who had occupied administration buildings. Goldman lost his job at the university the following year, having assumed the post only in 1967, apparently over his role in antiwar…
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News Daniel Scully, 69, lived in Vegas but his heart was with the Cubs
(JTA) — Daniel Scully was a fanatic Cubs fan — so much so that it was his standard sign-off. Every time he hung up the phone or finished a text message, he would end with “Go Cubs.” Scully was born and raised in the Chicago suburbs, the middle child of three siblings. He worked for…
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Fast Forward Rabbi who recovered from COVID donates plasma in experimental treatment
(JTA) — Among the mysteries of the coronavirus is that some patients suffer and ultimately die from the disease while others experience the symptoms as akin to a mild cold. Rabbi Daniel Nevins is in the latter category. The dean of the rabbinical school at the Jewish Theological Seminary, Nevins was laid up for a…
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Fast Forward Conservative Movement leaders say virtual minyans are permissible during ‘crisis situation’
(JTA) — The leaders of the Conservative movement’s Jewish law committee issued a crisis declaration allowing the recitation of the Mourner’s Kaddish with a virtual online prayer quorum. In a statement issued this week, Rabbis Elliot Dorff and Pamela Barmash, the co-chairs of the Committee on Jewish Law and Standards, said that given the current…
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Fast Forward 29 coronavirus cases confirmed at one New York Jewish school
(JTA) — Administrators at the SAR Academy say they know of 29 confirmed cases of coronavirus at the New York City Jewish day school, including faculty, students and staff. The number was disclosed in an email Monday to parents and faculty. Fewer than 1,000 cases of the virus had been confirmed throughout the United States…
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Fast Forward Families of Pittsburgh synagogue victims to get $3 million from donated funds
(JTA) — The three congregations housed at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue will distribute more than $5.4 million donated in the aftermath of the deadly October 2018 shooting there. In a news release Monday, the congregations announced that they planned to distribute just over $3 million to the families of the 11 people killed in…
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Fast Forward Jeff Sessions Meets With JCC Leaders To Discuss Bomb Threats
(JTA) — Representatives of the umbrella organization of Jewish community centers discussed recent bomb threats against their institutions with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Officials from the Anti-Defamation League, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Jewish Federations of North America, Secure Community Network and the Jewish Community Center Association met with Sessions…
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