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Fast Forward Egalitarian Prayer Supporters Barred From Western Wall
(JTA) — Security guards at the Western Wall prevented a group of men and women promoting gender-egalitarian prayer for accessing the holy site’s main plaza with a Torah scroll. In the incident Friday, about 300 people were barred from entering the main plaza of the Western Wall while holding a Torah scroll, according to Women…
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Fast Forward Manhattan Psychiatrist Charged With Trying To Murder Her Ex
(JTA) — A Manhattan psychiatrist was indicted for attempted murder in 2012 of the father of her son. The indictment alleges that Pamela Buchbinder enlisted her young cousin to bludgeon and stab Michael Weiss, whop is also a psychiatrist, in the alleged victim’s West 57th Street home office, the New York Post reportedThursday. The report…
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Fast Forward Jewish Group: Canadian Islamophobia Bill Hurts Free Speech
(JTA) — Jewish leaders in Canada are debating a measure meant to prevent intolerance aimed at Muslims and other minorities. Earlier this month, the head of B’nai Brith Canada outlined his objections to M-103, a parliamentary motion passed earlier this year that “condemns Islamophobia and all forms of systemic racism and religious discrimination.” The Standing Committee on…
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Fast Forward Israel Targets Syrian Army Post In Retaliatory Strike
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli airstrike hit a Syrian army post near the border in retaliation for a rocket that struck Israeli territory in the Golan Heights. The rocket that fell in Israel on Thursday afternoon is believed to be spillover from Syria’s long running civil war and did not cause any injuries or damage….
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Fast Forward Hungary Printer Honored For Helping Raoul Wallenberg Rescue Jews
(JTA) — A Hungarian printer who helped Jews flee the Nazis during the Holocaust was honored with a plaque in Budapest. Emil Wiesmeyer’s printing company printed 4,000 blank passports to assist Swedish ambassador Raoul Wallenberg in saving Jews from deportation to Nazi death camps. He then printed another 20,000 to help more Hungarian Jews. Wiesmeyer’s…
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Fast Forward Westchester Synagogue Defaced With Swastika
Anti-Semitic graffiti was spray-painted on a Jewish nursery school in Mount Kisco, a New York City suburb in Westchester County. Two swastikas were discovered Sunday on the wall of the Bet Torah synagogue preschool. The incident, which remains under investigation, is being treated as a hate crime by the Westchester County Police.
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Fast Forward Bulgaria Adopts International Definition Of Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — The Bulgarian government has adopted the international working definition of anti-Semitism and has appointed a national coordinator on combatting anti-Semitism. Bulgaria’s Cabinet on Wednesday voted to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism, which was adopted last year by the Berlin-based IHRA. The Cabinet also appointed Deputy Foreign Minister Georg Georgiev…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Protest Arrests Of Draft-Dodging Yeshiva Students
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Haredi Orthodox protesters declared a “day of rage” to protest the arrests of yeshiva students charged with draft evasion. Thursday’s day of rage comes after three days of protests in which hundreds of haredi Orthodox demonstrators blocked central roads in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak. Dozens of protesters have been arrested in recent…
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