Jackie Hajdenberg
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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Fast Forward Citing ‘outpouring of interest,’ Yeshiva U restores women’s Talmud classes whose cancelation incited an uproar
After a student-led petition collected more than 1,400 signatures, the administration at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women has added Talmud classes back to the course schedule
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Fast Forward Lee Zeldin, ex-congressman on Republican Jewish Coalition board, endorses Trump for president
Zeldin was an avid defender of Trump while in Congress but distanced himself during his failed bid for New York governor
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Fast Forward Women’s Talmud classes are back on at Yeshiva University after uproar over cancellation
A petition asked the Modern Orthodox university not to curtail lessons for women in one of Judaism’s most fundamental texts
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Fast Forward ‘A Series Of Unfortunate Events’ author to write horror film based on the Golem of Prague
The upcoming film will be an adaptation of the golem of Prague, where a young woman is terrorized by 'a creature with a mysterious past'
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News Two late iconic Israeli singers have been resurrected via AI for a duet. Not everyone is happy about it.
The song features Ofra Haza, known as Israel’s Madonna, and Zohar Agrov, a popular Mizrahi singer who was also a convicted rapist
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Fast Forward Shake Shack is coming to Israel in 2024, bringing its burgers and custard to Tel Aviv
The company did not answer questions about whether any of its 15 planned locations would be kosher — something that would make its signature products impossible to pair
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Fast Forward Marcus Mumford to perform at controversial joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial event
One of the groups organizing the memorial, Combatants for Peace, attributed defense minister Yoav Gallant’s decision to reject travel permits for Palestinians attending the event to his near-termination
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Fast Forward Hedda Kleinfeld Schachter, Holocaust survivor and bridal empire builder featured on ‘Say Yes to the Dress,’ dies at 99
A granddaughter says her grandmother never saw an episode of the show that brought her namesake store into millions of homes.
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