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Fast Forward Jewish Couple Killed In Brooklyn Fire Remembered As ‘Righteous’
(JTA) — A Brooklyn couple killed in a house fire was remembered as “genuine,” “righteous” and “devoted to family” at their joint funeral. Mourners spilled outside a Borough Park chapel on Monday afternoon for the joint funeral of Howard and Evelyn Gluck, who were killed early that morning in a blaze that ripped through their…
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Fast Forward Israeli Ministry Drops Opposition To Same-Sex Adoption
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Ministry of Welfare and Social Affairs has reversed its opposition to allowing same-sex couples to adopt in the country. The ministry said in a Supreme Court brief that there is no problem in principle with adoption by a same-sex couple. The brief was filed in response to a petition regarding adoption…
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Fast Forward Houston Jewish Community Ravaged By Harvey’s Flooding
(JTA) — Most Houston-area Jewish institutions have been flooded due to Tropical Storm Harvey and a large portion of the city’s Jewish population is living in areas that have experienced flooding, the Jewish Federation of Greater Houston said. “While we do not yet know the full extent of the damage, we know that most of…
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Fast Forward 25-Year-Old Atlanta Jewish Woman Is Missing For More Than A Week
(JTA) — Police are searching for a 25-year-old Jewish woman from Atlanta who has been missing for a week and a half. Jenna Van Gelderen was last seen on Aug. 18, when she was house-sitting at her parent’s home while they were away on a trip. The following day her brother found the house locked…
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Fast Forward Israel Ordered To Halt Indefinite Detention Of African Immigrants
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel can continue to deport illegal migrants to third countries, but cannot continue its policy of indefinite detention, the Supreme Court ruled. The illegal migrants, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea in Africa, can now only be held in jail or a detention center for no more than 60 days, the court ruled…
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Fast Forward Belgium Exempts Holocaust Survivor Pensions From Taxes
(JTA) — Belgium’s Finance Ministry has exempted dozens of Dutch Holocaust survivors from penalties for not reporting special pensions they received from the Netherlands. The New Flemish Alliance, the ruling party of the Belgian state of the Flemish Region, led a reform in federal tax regulations implemented this month that exempts the survivors living in…
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Fast Forward Hungarian Holocaust Memorial Is Smashed
(JTA) — A monument in Hungary commemorating Jewish slave workers later murdered in the Holocaust was defaced. At least three marble plates signifying Jewish headstones were smashed Sunday in Balf, a town located 120 miles west of Budapest, the Jewish weekly Szombat reported Monday. A government spokesman issued a “strong condemnation” of the act, which police are…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitism Envoy Position Will Be Filled: Tillerson
(JTA) — The State Department will hire a special envoy for the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, but will do away with or combine dozens of other diplomatic positions. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made the announcement in a letter sent Monday to Sen. Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee….
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