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Fast Forward David Hartman, Rabbi and Philosopher, Dies at 81
Rabbi David Hartman, a Jewish philosopher who founded the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, has died. Hartman died Sunday in Israel at the age of 81, following a long illness. Born in New York, Hartman studied at Yeshiva Chaim Berlin and the Lubavitch Yeshiva. He also studied with Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik before receiving his…
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Israel News Boycott Israel Push Against SodaStream Could Hurt Palestinian Workers
For proponents of the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement, SodaStream would appear to be a straightforward target. The Israeli company, which sells a popular kitchen gadget that turns tap water into carbonated drinks, has a large factory in a West Bank settlement. When SodaStream announced that it would run an ad during the Super Bowl, the…
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Fast Forward New England Shuls Close Amid Blizzard
Some synagogues have cancelled services ahead of a potentially historic blizzard. At least two synagogues in Providence, R.I., have called off Shabbat services this week in light of the expected severe weather. More than two feet are expected in Providence, one of the highest predicted snowfalls. “Due to the impending blizzard all worship services have…
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Fast Forward Synagogues Shut as Jewish Community Readies for Nor’easter Blizzard Nemo
Some synagogues have cancelled services ahead of a potentially historic blizzard. At least two synagogues in Providence, R.I., have called off Shabbat services this week in light of the expected severe weather. More than two feet are expected in Providence, one of the highest predicted snowfalls. “Due to the impending blizzard all worship services have…
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Fast Forward Iran and Argentina To Form Commission on 1994 Bombing
Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner defended her decision to cooperate with Iran in investigating the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center. “What I want to avoid … is the pain of the [victims’] families and the country’s shame by finding the path to break the deadlock,” de Kirchner said in a speech Thursday,…
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Fast Forward Google Ordered To Name Defamers of Scrutinized London Rabbi
A British judge reportedly ordered Google to help identify people who may have defamed a London rabbi accused of inappropriate conduct toward women. Justice Elizabeth Gloster of Britain’s High Court in London ordered the American Internet company to identify the authors of online comments said to have defamed Rabbi Chaim Halpern, the Jewish Chronicle reported…
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Fast Forward Jewish Cemetery Desecrated in Tunisia Twice in One Month
For the second time in a month, vandals desecrated Jewish graves in Tunisia. On Feb. 4, unidentified individuals smashed and overturned ten gravestones in Kef in Western Tunisia, according to the Tunisia News Network. An earlier incident in the coastal Tunisian town of Sousse left more than 68 Jewish graves ransacked and looted on Jan….
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Fast Forward More Than a Quarter of Israeli Households Sought Welfare in 2011
Twenty-eight percent of Israeli households said they required welfare services in 2011, according to official data. A report published on Feb. 6 by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics said that 520,000 out of 1.83 million registered households approached welfare services for assistance in 2011. Out of those, 15 percent were single-parent households and 47 percent…
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