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Fast Forward Israeli Transgender Man Recognized as Child’s ‘Father’ in Same-Sex First
Israel’s Interior Ministry has recognized the two biological fathers of the same baby. The baby is the son of Yuval and Matan Topper-Erez. Yuval Topper-Erez, the first Israeli transgender man to get pregnant, gave birth to the baby in December 2011. The Interior Ministry at first refused to recognize Matan as the baby’s biological father,…
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Fast Forward Did Benjamin Netanyahu Suggest Cutting Deal With Russia on Syria?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged John Kerry to talk to Russia about a deal to destroy Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons. The Wall Street Journal, citing American and Middle Eastern officials briefed on the exchange, reported Monday that Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke about the issue on Sept. 11. During…
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Fast Forward Synagogue in Flood-Ravaged Colorado City Holds Yom Kippur Service
Some 300 worshipers attended Yom Kippur services in the lobby of the Chabad on Campus center in flooded Boulder, Colo. The lobby of the synagogue building is above the flood line, according to Chabad.org, which reported Sunday on the services. Rabbi Yisroel Wilhem, co-director of Chabad of the University of Colorado, said many were unable…
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Fast Forward Jewish-Backed Argentine Soccer Team Blasted for Racist Chants
A Jewish-backed professional Argentinian soccer team has been blasted for racist chants against a rival team. In a letter to the Disciplinary Court Argentine Football Association, the Simon Wiesenthal Center late last week urged the court to take measures against the fans of the Atlanta Football Club, due to their racist chants against Chacarita Juniors….
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Fast Forward California Regulators Ordered a Stop to Kapparot on Eve of Yom Kippur
California regulators ordered two Orthodox Jewish groups in Los Angeles to stop performing the Yom Kippur ritual kapparot. The state’s Department of Food and Agriculture on Friday shut down kapparot at the Ohel Moshe synagogue and the Beit Aaron outreach organization. They were accused of operating unlicensed slaughterhouses, according to reports. Animal rights activists had…
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Fast Forward London Soccer Fans Use Banned ‘Yid’ Slur at Match on Yom Kippur
Supporters of London’s Tottenham Hotspur team chanted “Yid Army,” a term banned by the governing body of English soccer, during a match on Yom Kippur. Spurs fans, who call themselves the Yid Army, also chanted “We’re Tottenham Hotspur, we’ll sing what we want” during the Premier League match against Norwich City on Saturday and applauded…
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Fast Forward Israel Stopped Producing Nuclear Weapons in 2004, Says New Report
Israel stopped producing nuclear warheads nine years ago when it reached a stockpile of 80, according to a new report. The September/October issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, released over the weekend, calculated that some 125,000 nuclear warheads have been built since 1945, about 97 percent of them by the United States and…
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Fast Forward National Council for Jewish Women Official Arrested at Capital Sit In
The Washington director of the National Council of Jewish Women was among those arrested during an immigration reform sit-in at the U.S. Capitol. Sammie Moshenberg represented NCJW and the Jewish Social Justice Roundtable, an alliance 26 domestic policy groups, at the sit-in Thursday which drew more than a 100 women and which was organized by…
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