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Fast Forward Adas Israel, Prominent Washington Synagogue, Hires Co-Senior Rabbis
(JTA) — A prominent Washington, D.C., synagogue has hired co-senior rabbis. Adas Israel announced Monday that it hired Rabbis Lauren Holtzblatt and Aaron Alexander to succeed Gil Steinlauf, who left the congregation four months ago to create an Innovation Lab for the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism. Adas Israel President Ricki Gerger in the announcement…
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Fast Forward Trump Ignores Israeli-Palestinian Peace In UN Speech
(JTA) — President Donald Trump told the U.N. General Assembly that the United States cannot “abide” the Iran nuclear deal as it stands but notably omitted mention of Israeli-Palestinian peace. “We cannot abide by an agreement if it provides cover for an eventual nuclear program,” Trump said Tuesday on the first day of this year’s…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Says Non-Orthodox Jews Using Western Wall For Leverage
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called out the Reform and Conservative movements in Israel for using their partnership in the Western Wall agreement as a clandestine way to gain recognition. Netanyahu told reporters in New York on Monday night that the Reform and Conservative movements wanted to get recognition “via the backdoor,…
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Fast Forward High Holidays Outreach To Reach 70,000 Israelis
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Tzohar Rabbinical Organization in partnership with Yachad Ohr Torah Stone will host holiday services on both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, expecting to reach close to 70,000 people throughout Israel. Through its network of volunteers, 250 shofar blowers will provide their services in cities, moshavim and kibbutzim around the country and…
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Fast Forward Church Killer Dylann Roof Wants To Fire Jewish Lawyers
(JTA) — Charleston church gunman Dylann Roof, who was sentenced to death for killing nine black worshipers, has told a federal appeals court he wants to fire the attorneys handling his appeal because one is Jewish and the other is Indian. Roof, a white supremacist whose racial manifesto said the Jewish “problem” would be solved “if…
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Fast Forward Israeli Consulate In New York Receives Second Threat In A Week
The Israeli Consulate in New York was briefly closed after the second threat in less than a week. The consulate was closed and employees prevented from leaving after an envelope containing a white powder and a threat against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was sent to the building on Monday, Ynet reported. The envelope arrived…
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Fast Forward Polish Leader Calls Israel ‘Modern-Day Miracle’
(JTA) — The person widely-regarded as the most powerful politician in Poland called Israel a “great country” whose establishment is a “modern-day miracle” in a speech in which he also condemned anti-Semitism and attempts to boycott the Jewish state. Jaroslaw Kaczynski, a founder of Poland’s nationalist Law and Justice Party, made the statements Monday during…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Hospital To Help Disabled Children In Russia
(JTA) — In a move designed to address the growing plight of disabled Jewish children in Russia, their community paired up with an Israel-based world-leader in treating their problems. The Sept. 14 signing of a cooperation agreement between Shalva, an Israeli organization with over 25 years of experience in treating children with disabilities, and the…
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