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Fast Forward Palestinian Shot During Clash At Site Of Attack On Hiking Children
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man was shot by an Israeli civilian during clashes between Palestinians and right-wing activists near the site of an attack several days earlier on a group of Jewish children hiking in the West Bank. On Monday, dozens of Palestinians reportedly threw rocks at the group of activists from Otzma Yehudit,…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Teacher Fired For Living With Her Boyfriend Wins Discrimination Case
(JTA) — A teacher at a Jewish nursery school in suburban London who said she was fired for living with her boyfriend won her case of religious and sexual discrimination. Zelda de Groen, 24, sued the Gan Menachem Nursery in Hendon after losing her job in July 2016. She had worked there for four years….
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Fast Forward Interfaith Organization Issues Guidelines For Religious Leaders To Prevent ‘Sexual Offenses’
(JTA) — An interfaith initiative based in Jerusalem has created international ethics guidelines for religious leaders to insure proper conduct with their congregants. The “Ten Guidelines” were announced last week in Jerusalem by the International Conference of the Israeli organization Tahel, Israel’s Crisis Center for Religious Women and Children. The new initiative calls upon religious…
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Fast Forward FBI Identifies Man Who Made Bomb Threats To Kansas City Jewish Institutions
(JTA) — A Missouri man made several bomb threats to Jewish institutions in the Kansas City area and in Washington DC, a federal complaint charges. Ford Kevin Coots, 25, of Urich, Missouri, allegedly threatened the synagogues and Jewish community centers and later assaulted a federal officer sent to question him, local media reported. On April…
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Fast Forward Longest-Serving Current Jewish Congressman Rep. Sander Levin Retiring
(JTA) — Congressman Sander Levin, currently the longest-serving Jewish member of Congress, announced he would not seek reelection after more than three decades in office. Levin, a Democrat from Michigan, made the announcement on Saturday that he would not run for a 19th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. He has served in the…
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Fast Forward Met Investigating Sexual Misconduct Allegation Against Conductor James Levine
(JTA) — The Metropolitan Opera announced that it is investigating charges of sexual misconduct against its conductor James Levine so that it can take “appropriate action.” The Met’s announcement on Saturday night came after the New York Post reported on its website that Levine allegedly molested an Illinois teenager from the time he was 15 years…
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Fast Forward WATCH: After Bette Midler Tweeted This Video, Geraldo Rivera Finally Apologized
(JTA) — Television host Geraldo Rivera apologized to Bette Midler for an incident in which she says he groped her. “Although I recall the time @BetteMidler has alluded to much differently than she, that does not change the fact that she has a right to speak out & demand an apology from me, for in…
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Fast Forward Naked Tag Video At Nazi Gas Chamber Leads To Polish Investigation
(JTA) — Poland’s interior minister has instructed prosecutors to follow up on an investigation by groups representing Holocaust survivors on a video featuring nudity that was filmed at a former death camp in the country. The video shows several naked men and women playing a game of tag inside what its creators said was a…
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