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Fast Forward Israeli Supreme Court Revokes Law Giving More Yeshiva Students Draft Exemptions
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court struck down a law that increased the number of draft exemptions for haredi Orthodox yeshiva students. The legislation, passed two years ago, was “unconstitutional, disproportionate, and harms equality,” the justices wrote in the majority decision, which passed 8-1. The law’s stated purpose of reducing the inequality of the burden of…
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Fast Forward Some Trump Lawyers Thought Kushner Should Step Down Over Russia Scandal
(JTA) — Some lawyers for President Trump recommended that Jared Kushner step down as senior White House adviser over the Russia scandal. The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that the president’s lawyers were not united in the opinion. The article also said that Trump believed Kushner had done nothing wrong, thus there was no reason…
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Fast Forward Trump Tweet Raises Hopes Hurricane-Battered Synagogues Will Get FEMA Aid
A tweet by President Trump about hurricanes Irma and Harvey is renewing hope among Jewish groups that have long advocated for emergency assistance to synagogues. “Churches in Texas should be entitled to reimbursement from FEMA Relief Funds for helping victims of Hurricane Harvey (just like others),” Trump said on Twitter, referring to the Federal Emergency…
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Fast Forward German Court Drops Case Against 96-Year-Old Auschwitz Medic
(JTA) — A German court officially dropped its case against a 96-year-old former Auschwitz medic because he has dementia. The decision on Tuesday came after Hubert Zafke was found unfit to stand trial for his role in the murder of more than 3,600 people at the Nazi death camp. German prosecutors submitted a motion last…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Teen Pulls Knife On Israeli Police In Hebron
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian teen was arrested near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron after he was found to be concealing a knife. The incident on Tuesday is the third in the last week, according to Israel Police. The boy, 15, had been hiding the knife under his shirt, and when he was…
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Fast Forward ‘The Prince And The Dybbuk’ Scoops Award At Venice Film Festival
ROME (JTA) – A documentary film about a Polish-Jewish filmmaker has won an award at the Venice Film Festival. The Polish-German co-production, “The Prince and the Dybbuk,” by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski, received the Venice Classics Award for Best Documentary on Cinema. The film traces the life of Moshe Waks, who was born into a poor Jewish…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Ari Berman Celebrated As New Yeshiva U. President
(JTA) — Yeshiva University celebrated the investiture of Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman as its fifth president. More than 2,000 people, including Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Consul General of Israel in New York, Dani Dayan; former Sen. Joseph Lieberman, former Israeli Ambassador Danny Ayalon; and Israel’s United Nations Amb. Danny Danon, were in attendance at the…
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Fast Forward Kansas City Library Official Acquitted In Dennis Ross Speech Fracas
(JTA) — A Kansas City library official charged with interfering in the arrest of a library patron during a talk featuring former U.S. diplomat Dennis Ross was found not guilty. Steve Woolfolk, the Kansas City Library’s director of programming and marketing, was arrested in May 2016 and charged with interfering with the arrest of Jeremy…
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