Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward Amid #MeToo Wave, A Rabbi Seeks To Atone For His Wrongs
(JTA) — Thousands of women have posted experiences about sexual harassment using the #metoo hashtag. The #metoo posts have also prompted responses from men who acknowledge the enormity of the problem of sexual abuse, and are promising to do more to stop it. Rabbi Andrew Shapiro Katz, who lives in the Israeli city of Beersheva,…
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Fast Forward Wiesenthal Center Won’t Withdraw Prize For Harvey Weinstein
(JTA) — The Simon Wiesenthal Center said it hasn’t considered withdrawing an award given to movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, who was fired by the production company he founded following a string of sexual harassment allegations. Weinstein received the 2015 Humanitarian Award from the group, which promotes tolerance, and was honored at its annual gala dinner….
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Breaking News Israel-Style Scouting Movement Comes To America
NEW YORK (JTA) — The 16-year-old counselor stands in a tan uniform shirt, untucked, with green jeans, a green kerchief tied around her neck and epaulets on her shoulders. Two patches are embroidered on her chest. And she’s surrounded by a circle of 11-year-olds. Her task on this Sunday morning in uptown Manhattan is to…
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Fast Forward Israeli Trauma Expert Worried About Mass Shooting In ‘Open’ Las Vegas
When Dr. Avi Rivkind landed in Las Vegas three years ago to lecture as a trauma care expert, he saw something that troubled him. The airport, McCarran International, felt too open, almost exposed. He felt no less comfortable on the city’s Strip while watching crowds flow from hotels to casinos to shops to the street…
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Fast Forward For Yom Kippur, A Nantucket Synagogue Will Read The Book Of Jonah Under A Whale Skeleton
(JTA) — One of the more colorful portions of the daylong Yom Kippur liturgy is the reading of the book of Jonah, an enigmatic narrative of a reluctant prophet, an indignant God and a giant fish. But because of the service’s timing, relatively few people are around to hear it. So one rabbi is spicing…
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Breaking News Modern Orthodox Jews Are Mostly Observant, Wealthy And Gay-Friendly
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Orthodox Jewish world is even more fragmented than you think. That’s the key takeaway from a study published Thursday of Modern Orthodox Jews in the U.S., a group that adheres to traditional Jewish law while engaging with the secular world. Some of them think women should be rabbis and others…
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Breaking News How Puerto Rico Jews Are Braving Hurricane Maria’s Devastation
(JTA) — After he managed to bribe three van drivers to load their vehicles with aid supplies and drive him and his crew from the San Juan airport, Eli Rowe felt his humanitarian mission was off to a good start. Gas was scarce in Puerto Rico, but now all the food, medicine and hygienic supplies…
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Breaking News Rabbis Use Rosh Hashanah Sermons To Bash Trump – But Others Steer Clear Of Politics
NEW YORK (JTA) — As spiritual leader of one of the most widely known Reform synagogues in America, Rabbi Joshua Davidson tries not to be divisive on the holiest days of the year. So on the High Holidays of years past, when he stood before thousands of congregants at Temple Emanu-El in New York City,…
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