Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward Orthodox protesters disrupt Conservative Tisha B’Av prayer at Western Wall egalitarian section
(JTA) — A crowd of Orthodox men disrupted a Conservative prayer service on Tisha B’Av, a Jewish day of mourning, at the Western Wall — shouting down worshippers, attempting to block the entrance and setting up a makeshift divider meant to separate between men and women. The disturbance happened on Saturday night at the non-Orthodox…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis restricts Latin Mass that caused controversy with Jews
(JTA) — Pope Francis has restricted the use of the Latin Mass, a form of the liturgy favored by traditionalist Catholics that calls for the conversion of the Jews and, until 2008, included a reference to Jewish “blindness.” Francis’ declaration, made Friday, is a repudiation of an earlier decree by his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI,…
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Fast Forward 3 Jewish filmmakers were arrested in Nigeria, accused of working with rebels. Their families say they were just donating a Torah scroll.
(JTA) — Three Jewish filmmakers working on a documentary about far-flung Jewish communities in Africa have been detained for days by Nigerian authorities and accused of aiding a separatist rebellion led by a Nigerian Jewish activist. Their families say they were doing nothing of the sort. They say the men were giving a Torah scroll…
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Fast Forward Professor Fired From Oregon University After Alleging Antisemitism Sues For $4 Million
(JTA) — A professor who was fired from an Oregon university after publicly criticizing its president for antisemitism and neglecting sexual harassment allegations has sued the university for $4 million. Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a tenured English professor at the Baptist-affiliated Linfield University, had accused President Miles Davis of making multiple antisemitic remarks to him in recent…
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Fast Forward Alleged assailant in stabbing of Boston rabbi charged with hate crime
(JTA) — The suspect in the stabbing of a Boston Chabad rabbi has been charged with committing a hate crime and civil rights offense. Khaled Awad, 24, was arrested Thursday after allegedly stabbing Rabbi Shlomo Noginsky outside of his school and synagogue in the Brighton neighborhood. Noginsky survived the stabbing and has been released from…
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Fast Forward Rep. Lauren Boebert says Biden’s COVID vaccine staff are ‘Needle Nazis’
(JTA) — Rep. Lauren Boebert compared federal COVID-19 vaccination efforts to Nazism, tweeting that Joe Biden “has deployed his Needle Nazis” to her Colorado district. Boebert, a first-term Republican, posted the tweet above a video of White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki discussing the administration’s efforts to raise vaccination rates through targeted outreach around the…
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Fast Forward Facebook will now provide Holocaust education in 12 languages — including German
(JTA) — Facebook is expanding its efforts to combat Holocaust denial by directing users to Holocaust education materials in 12 languages, including Arabic, Russian and German. Beginning in January, people who searched in English for information about the Holocaust or Holocaust denial were given a prompt to visit AboutHolocaust.org, a website that provides basic facts…
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News Rutgers Hillel director is leaving his post after 20 years. He’s worried about Jewish student life at the school.
(JTA) — As he ends his tenure as the director of the largest Hillel in the country after 20 years in the post, Andrew Getraer says Jews at Rutgers University face a reality out of Dickens: the best of times and the worst of times. Jewish life at the school, New Jersey’s flagship university, is…
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