Jackie Hajdenberg
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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News Hadar’s new plan has it minting rabbis, opening synagogues and sending teens to Israel. Is it a denomination now?
The traditional egalitarian flagship aims to present “a strong religious vision that has all the entire Jewish community as its audience,” co-founder Rabbi Ethan Tucker said
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Fast Forward Closed-door espionage trial of American Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich begins in Russia
Jewish groups have lobbied on behalf of Gershkovich, who was arrested more than a year ago
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Fast Forward Jewish parents join lawsuit challenging Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools
The families say the state is privileging Christian doctrine over that of other religious traditions
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Fast Forward Patis, NYC’s largest and buzziest kosher bakery chain, files for bankruptcy
The company sold gift cards to raise capital. Now customers are racing to cash them in.
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Fast Forward Missouri judge rejects suit by interfaith clergy, including rabbis, that challenged abortion ban
The petitioners had argued in their lawsuit that the bill established its own religion. But the judge wrote that the main argument of abortion opponents is not exclusively a religious belief
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Fast Forward U of Michigan, CUNY agree to make changes following federal antisemitism investigations
Both schools failed to adequately protect Jewish students from discrimination, the U.S. Department of Education found
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Fast Forward Heather Conn Hendel, 48, beloved teacher, caregiver, matchmaker and newlywed, dies days after giving birth to a daughter
Conn Hendel was very involved in her New York City synagogue before moving shortly before her death to Toronto
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Culture A new movie about fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg explores legacy of her mother’s Holocaust experience
“I had realized who I was. And where I came from,” the inventor of the wrap dress said about speaking about her mother’s survival of Auschwitz
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