Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward London judge jails husband who withheld Jewish divorce from his wife
(JTA) — A judge in London has sentenced to 18 months in jail a Jewish real estate mogul who, among other abuses against his wife, refused to allow her to divorce him in a religious court. Alan Moher, 57, pleaded guilty to the charges of controlling or coercive behavior and was sentenced Friday, the Daily…
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Fast Forward Report: Jewish community leader In Ukraine stabbed while delivering aid
(JTA) — Police in western Ukraine arrested a man they suspect stabbed the leader of a Jewish community on Thursday. The assailant stabbed Igor Perelman, the director of the Jewish Community of the city of Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine, where many refugees have fled to escape Russian attacks in the eastern part of the country,…
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Fast Forward More Orban or a party with a neo-Nazi record? Hungary’s Jews don’t like their choices in this week’s election.
(JTA) — Hungary is nearing one of the most dramatic general elections in its history, so Peter Pretz has given some serious consideration to how he’s going to vote on April 3. The 64-year-old Jewish father of five from Budapest has finally reached a decision: He’s voting for the Two Tailed Dog Party, which was…
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Fast Forward Ukraine invasion puts Chabad of Russia ‘between a rock and a hard place’
(JTA) – Three days after Russian forces invaded Ukraine, a prominent rabbi in Moscow offered a striking dissent. “Stop the war!” Rabbi Boruch Gorin wrote on Facebook. He added, “This could cause fits of rage, but I have no other words now.” It was not just the use of the word “war,” which Russia later…
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Fast Forward Vandals put pig’s head and write antisemitic slogan outside Russian-Jewish journalist’s home
(JTA) — Earlier this month, Russian-Jewish journalist Alexey Venediktov was fined for speaking in Ukrainian on a radio show — a move many saw as an expression of solidarity with Ukraine during Russia’s ongoing invasion. Last week, he found a pig’s head on his doorstep and an antisemitic slogan posted on his door. Vandals wrote…
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Fast Forward ‘It’s God’s work’: Christians are helping hundreds of Ukrainian Jews escape the war to Israel
(JTA) — She risks her life to get Jewish people out of bombed-out parts of Ukraine’s capital city, but Nataliya Krishanovski doesn’t exactly see her actions as humanitarian work. Krishanovski, 60, is part of a 20-person team of Christians who for years have been helping Ukrainian Jews immigrate to Israel because they believe doing so…
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Fast Forward Following Roman Abramovich scrutiny, Portugal tightens rules for Sephardic Jews applying for citizenship
(JTA) — In response to scrutiny over the naturalization of Russian-Jewish billionaire Roman Abramovich, Portugal’s government is tightening its law that allows the descendants of Sephardic Jews to become citizens. Applicants must now demonstrate “an effective connection with Portugal,” Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva said Wednesday, according to the Publico newspaper. That involves proof of…
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Fast Forward Eight French women say Jewish far-right presidential candidate sexually abused them
(JTA) – Eight women have accused Éric Zemmour, a Jewish candidate in France’s presidential elections, of sexual misconduct, dating as far back as 1999. The women spoke on camera to Mediapart, a left-leaning news channel, about Zemmour, a far-right politician, with some saying he groped and kissed them against their will. Seven of the interviewees…
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