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By John A. Oswald
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Fast Forward Reconstructionist Rebels Form Splinter Group After Schism Over Intermarried Rabbis
Twenty Reconstructionist Rabbis at the center of a debate over whether spiritual leaders should be allowed to marry outside the Jewish faith have formed a new association to “affirm a serious commitment to traditional Jewish thought and practice.” It’s caled : The Rabbinic Partnership for Jewish Peoplehood, and news of its formation was announced Thursday…
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The Schmooze Hey Mandy! Looks Like Barry Manilow Is Bound For Israel
Calm down Israeli Fanilows! Really, try and keep it together. But it is confirmed: Barry Manilow is bringing his “One Last Time” tour to you shores. The ‘Copacabana’ showman announced his plans on Facebook with these three words: Manilow. Israel. June. And that’s all he wrote — at first. Natch, fans in Israel wanted —…
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Fast Forward Merle Haggard Is Dead — and No, That ‘Hippy’ Bob Dylan Did NOT Hate Him
Don’t call Bob Dylan a hippy. Ever. Longtime country music bad boy Merle Haggard, who died Wednesday on his 79th birthday, found that out the hard way last year. In February, 2015, as the Jewish folk singing legend accepted the MusicCares lifetime achievement award, Dylan, 74, said something about the born again Haggard that many…
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The Schmooze VIDEO: Billy Eichner Dishes on Stuyvesant High School, Being Gay — and Madonna
When “Billy on the Street” star Billy Eichner got a chance to interview First Lady Michelle Obama, he did what any other comedian would do. Uh, actually not. “It’s pretty much my id as a 12-year-old kid blown up.” What Eichner did was this: “I had her push me around in a shopping cart while…
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News Whole Foods CEO John Mackey Leaves Marc Gafni’s Think Tank
Disgraced spiritual guru Marc Gafni has suffered another black eye as Whole Foods co-founder and CEO John Mackey has left the board of his vaunted think tank, The Forward has learned. The Center for Integral Wisdom, writing about its annual conclave, noted that Mackey had left as chairman of the board. A spokesman for Gafni…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Warns Israel To Curb Occupation and Stop ‘Indiscriminate’ Attacks on Palestinians
Bernie Sanders says he is an ardent supporter of Israel but if he becomes President of the United States, he would demand the Jewish state stop the expansion of settlements in the West Bank, halt “indiscriminate” attacks on Palestinian civilians — and strive for peace. Sanders’ remarks came in a wide-ranging talk with the pro-Israel…
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Fast Forward The Associated Press Defends Itself Against Nazi Allegations
(Editor’s note: This is an updated post to The Forward’s original publication of a JTA story about the Associated Press and its use of photos supplied by Nazi propagandists.) The Associated Press has issued a full-throated defense against a historian’s accusations that its photographers worked closely with Adolf Hitler’s regime during World War II. The…
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Fast Forward Battle for New York Heats Up With Bronx Bernie and Harlem Hillary
A day after Hillary Clinton rallied the faithful in Harlem, her Democratic primary opponent Bernie Sanders rocked the Bronx Thursday. And the two New Yorkers had some hardcore New Yorkers making the case for them. Clinton had her former Senate colleague and fellow Dem, Sen. Chuck Schumer. Sanders rolled out two Hollywood heavy hitters —…
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