Jackie Hajdenberg
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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Fast Forward Queer yeshiva to publish first-ever collection of Jewish legal opinions written by and for trans Jews
“Halacha has to be informed by the real lived experiences of the people about whom it is legislating,” said Laynie Soloman, who teaches at and helps lead Svara, a Chicago yeshiva that serves queer Jews
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News For Zionist LGBTQ group, Israel’s right-wing government has created an urgent crisis
A Wider Bridge has doubled its donations to Israeli LGBTQ groups this year, in the face of an Israeli government that includes anti-LGBTQ officials
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Fast Forward In Orthodox communities where women don’t read Torah, Purim offers a rare opportunity
According to the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, at least 105 women-led megillah readings, for both mixed-gender and women-only audiences, are taking place worldwide this year
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Fast Forward Elan Ganeles, American killed in West Bank attack, remembered for his wit and friendship
Ganeles, who was raised in West Hartford, Connecticut and graduated from Columbia University, was shot while driving in the eastern West Bank
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News Meet the real-life sister act behind the two new ’90s Jewish American Girl dolls
Authors and twins Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy on growing up in an interfaith household and creating the newest American Girl characters
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Fast Forward Jewish comedian Modi Rosenfeld says he still has plenty of Orthodox fans after opening up about being gay
Rosenfeld discussed the past few weeks at the first-ever in-person taping of the popular Jewish interview podcast 18Forty
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Fast Forward Torn pants of late haredi Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky will be auctioned starting at $3,200
The bidding at the Prime Judaica auction house Lakewood, New Jersey, begins March 1
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Fast Forward Jewish communities nationwide gather in person and online to observe Repro Shabbat
It’s the first time the Shabbat initiative is happening since the Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections in June
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