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Fast Forward SAR Launches Probe Of Alleged Sex Abuse By Ex-Assistant Principal
(JTA) — A liberal Orthodox Jewish day school in New York City has launched an investigation after a former assistant principal was accused of sexually abusing a student in the 1970s. Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy in the Bronx, known as SAR, informed its community of the investigation in an email Tuesday night. A former student…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Of Rabbis Urge Netanyahu Not To Demolish Palestinian Village
WASHINGTON (JTA) — More than 300 Jewish clergy wrote Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging him not to demolish nearly half the building in a Palestinian village that Israel has deemed unauthorized. “The village of Susiya, like its counterparts throughout Area C of the West Bank, has consistently had its applications for building permits denied,”…
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Fast Forward Gay Men Can Now Donate Blood In Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — In a policy change, gay men will be allowed to freely donate blood in Israel. Last year, Israel’s Health Ministry announced that gay men would be able to donate blood provided that a year had passed since their last sexual encounter with a man, which was challenged by gay rights groups in…
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Fast Forward Tunisian Synagogue Firebombed Amid Unrest
(JTA) — Unidentified assailants hurled a firebomb at the Ghriba synagogue in the Tunisian island of Djerba, causing minor damage and no injuries. The incident occurred on Tuesday night amid protests over economic condition in several Tunisian cities, though not in Djerba itself, Reuters reported. In 2002, terrorists blew up a vehicle near the synagogue,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Father Of 6 Killed In West Bank Drive-By Shooting
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli father of six was killed in what is presumed to be a terror-related shooting in the West Bank. Rabbi Raziel Shevah, 35, was shot Tuesday night by a passing car near Nablus, in the northern West Bank, while he was driving past the Gilad Farm junction. He died of his…
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Fast Forward 2 Paris Kosher Markets Hit By Arson On Anniversary Of Terror Massacre
(JTA) — Two kosher shops were damaged in a fire near Paris on the third anniversary of the slaying of four Jews at a different kosher supermarket in that city. The fire Monday night at the Promo Stock store in the Paris suburb of Creteil and at the local branch of the Hyper Cacher kosher…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Won’t Restart Peace Talks Until U.S. Rescinds Jerusalem Decision
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The chief negotiator for the Palestinians said they will not resume any kind of peace negotiations with Israel until the United States walks back its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. “The Palestinian leadership will not accept any offers for negotiations unless the American decision on Jerusalem is annulled,” Saeb Erekat said…
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Fast Forward Knesset Passes Law Keeping Supermarkets Closed On Shabbat
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Knesset approved a controversial bill which will keep supermarkets and other businesses closed on the Sabbath. The so-called mini-markets bill passed Tuesday morning by a narrow vote of 58 to 57 in its second and third readings. The vote came after a 15-hour filibuster by the opposition parties. Under the new legislation,…
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