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Fast Forward Rabbi Hawks ‘Chametz’ Bread to Warren Buffet
A Nebraska rabbi symbolically sold some leavened bread products to legendary investor Warren Buffet. Rabbi Jonathan Gross of Omaha had reached out to Buffet proposing that the billionarie buy his community’s chametz, the stash of leavened bread products that Jews traditionally sell to a non-Jew prior to Passover only to buy it back after the…
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Fast Forward Conservatives Refused Scroll for Mixed Service
An Israeli hotel denied the use of a Torah scroll to a group that intended to use it in a mixed-gender service. The religious supervisor at the hotel at Kibbutz Shefayim refused to allow a group of students from the Conservative Solomon Schechter Day School in Westchester, N.Y., to use the hotel’s Torah scroll for…
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Fast Forward Play About Holocaust Debuts in China
A play about the 30,000 Jews sheltered by China during the Holocaust premiered in Shanghai. The play, “North Bank Suzhou Creek,” premiered Thursday in Shanghai and will be brought to New York later this year, Reuters reported. “This is the Chinese version of ‘Schindler’s List,’” said Jeffrey Sichel, one of the directors. The play tells…
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Fast Forward Valerie Jarrett Will Speak at J Street
Valerie Jarrett, a top adviser to Barack Obama, is addressing the J Street conference. Jarrett will join Tony Blinken, the national security adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, in a session on Monday on the U.S. role in advancing Middle East peace. Jeremy Ben-Ami, the group’s director, had complained in an interview with Jeffrey Goldberg…
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Fast Forward Israel Threatens To Quit U.N. Rights Panel
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman reportedly said he might recall Israel’s ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Council after the council voted 36-1 to to investigate the effects of Jewish settlements on Palestinians. Lieberman also said Israel would not cooperate with the fact-finding mission established by the council to probe settlements, the Jerusalem Post reported….
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Oppose GOP Budget Plan
Jewish groups are among dozens of religious denominations and organizations endorsing a “Faithful Budget” in opposition to the Republican budget proposal, which would cut Medicaid spending and disproportionately shift Medicare costs to fixed-income seniors. Thirty-seven religious denominations and organizations signed on to the Faithful Budget proposal, which was unveiled Thursday. It pushes for investment in…
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Fast Forward Europe Slaps New Sanctions on Assad, Family
E.U. foreign ministers are slapping new sanctions on the wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad, three other Assad family members, and eight Syrian government ministers, according to reports. The new restrictions, which are slated to go into effect on Saturday, include a travel ban and the freezing of assets, The Associated Press reported. The wife…
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Fast Forward Conn. Condo in Mezuzah Discrimination Flap
A Connecticut condominium association has drawn queries from the Anti-Defamation League and a religious rights law office for allowing the display of items on doors but not doorposts. The association’s agreement with its residents effectively bans the display of mezuzahs but not crucifixes and Christmas wreaths. A March 13 letter to the California Condo Association…
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