Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward Rabbinic Court Refuses to Consider Domestic Violence as Divorce Grounds
(JTA) – An Israeli woman who is seeking unsuccessfully to divorce her violent husband appealed to Israel’s attorney general to overturn a Rabbinic court’s denial of her request. The woman’s lawyers made the unusual appeal Thursday, following the Jerusalem Rabbinic Court’s denial last week of her divorce motion on grounds of documented domestic violence, which…
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Fast Forward American Chabad Rabbi Booted From Russia as ‘Security Risk’
(JTA) — An American rabbi who has worked for the Chabad movement in Russia since 2002 said he and his family are facing deportation under a provision dealing with threats to national security. Ari Edelkopf, a father of seven who grew up in the United States and lived in Israel before settling in the Black Sea…
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Fast Forward European Union Slams Israel for Creating ‘One-State Reality’ With Settlement Push
(JTA) – In an unusually harsh statement, the European Union’s foreign policy chief said Israel’s new legislation on settlements was illegal and would “entrench a one-state reality of unequal rights.” The statement Tuesday by Federica Mogherini, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, was over the passing the previous day in the…
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Fast Forward Emmanuel Macron Vaults Into Lead With French Jews in Rollercoaster Presidential Race
(JTA) — With old favorites knocked out of France’s presidential race and the far-right National Front party making worrisome gains, many Jews are joining fellow voters in supporting Emmanuel Macron, the 39-year-old independent politician and surprising front-runner. A banker who is 18 years younger than the average age of past presidents in France, Macron was…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Hopes Meeting With Theresa May Will Cement Ties With Britain — and U.S.
LONDON (JTA) — En route to London, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would use his meeting with British counterpart Theresa May to tighten the trilateral alliance with Britain and Washington. Netanyahu made the statement Sunday, one day ahead of his first meeting with May, a right-wing leader who replaced David Cameron last year following…
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Fast Forward Dutch Anti-Islam Pol Calls ‘Muslim Ban’ Critics ‘Hypocrites’
AMSTERDAM (JTA) – Citing Arab countries’ bans on allowing in Israelis, the Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders called critics of the U.S. visa ban “hypocrites.” Wilders, whose rightist Party for Freedom has been leading in five major polls conducted this month ahead of the March general elections, on Sunday made the assertion about President Donald Trump’s…
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Fast Forward ‘Muslim Ban’ Catches Jewish Refugees, Too
(JTA) — A year after they submitted their application for asylum in the United States, Shahi and his mother expected to be let in. As Iranian Jews who applied for asylum through a federally recognized agency for refugee status, their case was expected to be simple. Shahi (not his real name) is in his late…
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Fast Forward HIAS: Jewish Families Caught by Entry Ban
(JTA) — The U.S. temporary ban on issuing entry visas citizens of seven predominantly-Muslim countries has affected several Jewish families, according to HIAS, a global Jewish nonprofit that protects refugees. The 90-day ban, which came Friday in an executive order signed by President Donald Trump, has plunged into further uncertainty the lives of a Jewish Iranian man…
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