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Fast Forward British Sephardi Rabbi To Keep Post After Gay Marriage Flap
(JTA) — Rabbi Joseph Dweck, Britain’s top Sephardi rabbi, will remain in his position following the ruling of a review process set up by the country’s chief rabbi in the wake of his comments welcoming the growing acceptance of homosexuality. Dweck, who serves as senior rabbi at London’s S&P Sephardi community, came under fire after saying at a…
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Fast Forward William Rapfogel, Disgraced Met Council Chief, Freed From Prison Early
(JTA) — William Rapfogel, who was sentenced to 3 1/3 years to 10 years in prison for stealing $9 million from the New York Jewish nonprofit he headed, was released from prison after serving serving less than three years of his term. Rapfogel, the longtime CEO of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, received a merit…
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Fast Forward Survivors’ Granddaughter Defends Snatching Auschwitz Relics: ‘Something I Had To Do’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum located on the site of the former Nazi camp said it will file a complaint with the Polish prosecutor against an Israeli woman who removed relics from site. Rotem Bides, 27, an art student at the Beit Berl College, visited the Auschwitz site six times and removed…
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Fast Forward Ken Loach Vows ‘Every Penny’ His New Film Makes In Israel Will Go To Palestinians
(JTA) — British film director Ken Loach, a fierce advocate of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, said “every penny” earned from the screening in Israel of his latest film will go to Palestinian organizations. In a letter to the editor of the London-based daily newspaper The Guardian, Loach, as well as producer Rebecca O’Brien…
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Fast Forward Temple Mount Closed To Jews After Prayer
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Police closed the Temple Mount to Jewish visitors after a group of Jews began praying at the site in violation of the rules of the site. Jerusalem District Commander Yoram Halevy ordered the closure on Wednesday over the Jewish group’s “violating the rules of conduct that apply to the holy site,” according…
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Fast Forward ACLU Urges Senators To Reject Anti-BDS Bill
NEW YORK (JTA) — The American Civil Liberties Union called on U.S. senators to oppose a measure targeting boycotts of Israel and its settlements. The Israel Anti-Boycott Act, introduced in March by Sens. Ben Cardin, D-Md., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, would expand 1970s-era laws that bar complying with boycotts of Israel sponsored by governments — laws inspired…
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Fast Forward Supreme Court Gives Israel Two Months To Rethink Gay Adoption Policy
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court has given the government two months to reconsider its opposition to allowing same-sex couples to adopt in the country. The decision Tuesday comes a day after the state told the court Monday that the government remains opposed to allowing same-sex couples to adopt, claiming that their decision “takes into…
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Fast Forward 5,000 Mark Anniversary Of Buenos Aires Terror Bombing — And Alberto Nisman Death
The death of Alberto Nisman, the special prosecutor in the AMIA Jewish center bombing in Buenos Aires, will forever be linked to the attack, the center’s president told thousands at a gathering marking the bombing’s 23rd anniversary. “We know the truth about the AMIA massacre due to the investigation by a prosecutor who honored his…
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