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Fast Forward Georgia Enacts New Kosher Labeling Law
Georgia amended its kosher labeling law to require public disclosure for unpackaged food represented as kosher. Under the Georgia Kosher Food Consumer Protection Act signed May 20 by Gov. Sonny Perdue, stores in Georgia will be required to inform the public as to the identity of the kosher certifier and other relevant kashrut information. The…
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Fast Forward Court Upholds Evacuation of Jews in E. Jerusalem Neighborhood
A Jerusalem court has rejected an appeal by Jewish families to allow them to continue living in an eastern Jerusalem building. The Jerusalem District Court on Tuesday decided not to overturn an order to seal off the Beit Yonatan building in Silwan, a predominately Palestinian neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem. Eight families live in the building,…
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Fast Forward Rahm Emanuel Is in Israel To Celebrate Son’s Bar Mitzvah
Rahm Emanuel arrived in Israel to celebrate the bar mitzvah of his son. The White House chief of staff reportedly landed in Israel over the weekend and traveled to Eilat, and will return to a hotel in Jerusalem for the rest of his stay, according to Ynet. The bar mitzvah for Zach Emanuel, which is…
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Fast Forward Britain Sees Spike in Haredi Population
Synagogue membership has stopped declining in Britain, due to a rise in the number of fervently Orthodox Jews. Membership numbers for central Orthodox and liberal synagogues are still down from five years ago, according to a new survey by the Board of Deputies and the Institute for Jewish Policy Research. But the numbers of haredim,…
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Fast Forward Jews for Jesus Founder Dies
Moishe Rosen, the founder of the Jews for Jesus movement, died Wednesday at 78 from prostate cancer. Rosen, born to Reform Jewish parents from Austria, converted with his wife to Christianity in 1953 and later became a Baptist minister devoted to converting Jews. He founded the Jews for Jesus organization in 1973, although the movement…
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Fast Forward Jewish Theater Cancels Madoff Play After Wiesel Objects
A Jewish theater in Washington has cancelled a play scheduled for the coming season after objections by Elie Wiesel. Theater J announced that it cancelled its first play of the season, “Imagining Madoff” by Deb Margolin, in which Wiesel is a character, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. The play, which had been scheduled to begin…
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News Charlotte Jacobson, 97, Communal Leader
Charlotte Jacobson, 97, who as Hadassah national president reclaimed the Jerusalem land where the organization’s flagship hospital now sits, died on May 14 in Florida. Jacobson was Hadassah president from 1964 to 1968, including during the Six Day War. For 60 years, she served in many leadership positions in American and world Zionist organizations. In…
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Fast Forward Major Powers Agree on Iran Sanctions
The five members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany have agreed on a sanctions package against Iran. The agreement by the major powers on “strong” Iran sanctions comes partly in response to Iran’s attempts to defang international efforts to monitor its nuclear development, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. “We have been working…
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