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Fast Forward Mila Kunis Says Ukrainian Owner Barred Her From Childhood Home
(JTA) — The Hollywood actress Mila Kunis, her parents and husband tried to visit her childhood home in Ukraine but a local who opened the door wouldn’t let them in, she said in an interview. Kunis, who is Jewish and in 2012 recalled experiencing anti-Semitism in her native Chernivtsi, recalled her August trip there with…
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Fast Forward Chabad Gets Unearthed Book From Disputed Schneerson Trove
(JTA) — Rabbis of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement were able to obtain in Israel a book that is part of the the Schneerson collection, which they are fighting to receive from Russia. The volume was recently discovered at Kedem Auction House in Israel and returned to the Chabad rabbis in the United States, according to a…
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Fast Forward Aly Raisman Says Team Doctor Molested Her At Age 13
(JTA) — Six-time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman said that she was sexually abused by Dr. Larry Nassar, who worked as the women’s gymnastics national team doctor for decades. Raisman, who is Jewish and is one of the most accomplished gymnasts in US history, made the allegation in an interview scheduled to air Sunday on CBS’…
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Fast Forward Letters To Oskar Schindler From Jews He Saved To Be Auctioned
(JTA) — More than 70 letters from Jews saved from the Nazis by German businessman Oskar Schindler will be auctioned off. Lawrences Auctioneers of England will be handling the Dec. 8 sale. After Schindler and his wife, Emilie, fled Europe for Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1949, they began to receive letters of gratitude from the…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva University Students To Be Fined $150 For Skipping Prayers
(JTA) — Male students who violate the rules of a coed shabbaton at Yeshiva University will now be fined $150. The Office of Student Life at the flagship institution of Modern Orthodoxy instituted the fine for violations of the rules that the male students sign in an agreement before the start of the shabbaton, a…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Authority Resumes Full Security Cooperation With Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The head of the Palestinian Authority police confirmed that it had resumed full security cooperation with Israel. Hzem Atallah told journalists in Ramallah on Wednesday that security coordination had resumed completely about two weeks ago after it was partially suspended in July by order of P.A. President Mahmoud Abbas. The decision to…
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Fast Forward GOP Tax Bill’s Endorsement Rule Will Hurt Jewish Groups, Many Say
(JTA) — Dozens of Jewish nonprofits and religious institutions are urging Congress to oppose efforts to weaken or repeal a law that prohibits tax-exempt nonprofits from supporting or opposing candidates for public office. A letter signed by 55 Jewish groups was sent Wednesday to the chairman and ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives…
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Fast Forward Judge Tells SFSU Students To File New Complaint In Anti-Semitism Lawsuit
(JTA) — A federal judge said a lawsuit filed in June by former and current Jewish San Francisco State University students did not establish that the university tolerates and encourages anti-Semitic activity, and told the lawyers to try again. Judge William Orrick of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco said Wednesday that the lawsuit…
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