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Fast Forward Robinson’s Arch Deal Angers Reform and Conservative Leaders
Leaders of the Reform and Conservative movements expressed concern over reports that the Israeli government agreed to put a right-wing organization in charge of the Robinson’s Arch area of the Western Wall. In a letter sent Thursday to Cabinet Secretary Avichai Mandelblit, who is working on a government plan to make the area an egalitarian…
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Fast Forward Soccer Star Nicolas Anelka Gets 5-Game Ban for Quenelle Goal Celebration
Nicolas Anelka, a French soccer player for a British club, was fined $130,000 and suspended five games for performing the quenelle gesture in a game. The British Football Association handed down its penalties on Thursday following an investigation by an independent regulatory commission, which ruled that Anelka was guilty of performing an act that was…
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News Y.U. Won’t Ordain Rabbi Student Who Held Partnership Minyan Service
The rabbinical school of Yeshiva University is withholding the ordination of a student who held a partnership minyan for his wife in their home. Rabbi Menachem Penner, acting dean of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, or RIETS, sent a letter to the student ordering him not to participate in partnership minyans “nor create a…
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Fast Forward Israel Donates 300 Anne Frank Books to Tokyo Libraries After Vandalism
Israel’s embassy in Japan is donating 300 copies of Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl” to Tokyo libraries following a vandalism spree. More than 300 copies of the diary and other books about Anne Frank have been found damaged in libraries throughout the country’s capital. Police have established a task force to investigate the…
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Fast Forward Gay Jews Hope To Float Their Own Boat in Amsterdam Pride Parade
Amsterdam’s annual gay boat parade may feature a Jewish float for the first time. The Jewish boat for the Amsterdam Pride Canal Parade 2014 is a project launched by a group called Exodays, whose board is made up of several young Jewish activists. “For a long time Amsterdam has been called the Gay Capital of…
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Fast Forward Argentina Rabbi-Congressman Sergio Bergman Skips Shabbat Session
Rabbi Sergio Bergman, a lawmaker in Argentina’s National Parliament, will miss the opening of the 2014 legislative session and the State of the Union Speech because it occurs on Shabbat. The opening session is scheduled to take place this year on Saturday, March 1. The newly elected parliament will be seated for the first time,…
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Fast Forward U.S. Jewish Groups Facing ‘More Agressive Effort’ From Hackers, Alert Says
U.S. Jewish groups face “a more concerted and aggressive effort” from Internet hackers, the national community’s security arm said in an alert. “It is imperative that all IT departments understand how to mitigate the threat and are up-to-date on the necessary technologies and processes to use in order to be proactive and prevent these incidents,”…
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Fast Forward Extremist Rabbi Warns Yair Lapid Could Be Assassinated Like Yitzhak Rabin
Israeli police launched an investigation into a well-known haredi Orthodox rabbi’s statement that Finance Minister Yair Lapid could be assassinated in the same way as Yitzhak Rabin. Rabbi Dov Halbertal made his remarks in an interview this week on Galei Israel Radio. “I had a guest over on Shabbat, an important scholar, and he told…
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