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Fast Forward Lakewood Haredi Rabbi Accused In Sprawling $1M Benefits Scam
A New Jersey rabbi and his wife were arrested with three other Jewish couples for underreporting their incomes to receive government benefits. The couples, including the rabbi’s brother and wife, were arrested Monday in raids that resulted from an investigation into Lakewood, a New Jersey town that is home to a large haredi Orthodox community. More arrests are expected,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Urge Senate To Oppose GOP Health Bill
NEW YORK (JTA) — A coalition of Jewish organizations led by the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism urged members of the U.S. Senate to oppose the bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. The letter sent to all 100 senators Tuesday, signed by 14 organizations, says that the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017…
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Fast Forward Israel Only Country To Like Trump Better Than Obama — And Russia
(JTA) — Israel and Russia were the only two countries to have a more favorable view of President Donald Trump than his predecessor, Barack Obama, at the end of his time in office, a survey found. The annual survey by the Pew Research Center on America’s image abroad also found that some 81 percent of…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Rabbi Found Dead At Jewish Summer Camp
(JTA) — A haredi Orthodox rabbi was found dead at a Jewish camp in upstate New York. Rabbi Pinchas Elya Weinberger, 38, was found on Monday morning dead in his bed at Kasho Camp in the Town of Wawarsing, New York. An investigation by the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office found that the rabbi died of…
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Fast Forward PJ Library’s Free Books For Kids Spur Jewish Connections: Study
(JTA) — Families that receive free Jewish children’s books from the Massachusetts-based PJ Library say the program has helped them feel more connected to their Jewish communities, with interfaith families especially saying it has spurred them to celebrate Jewish holidays and Shabbat and to learn more about Judaism, a new study found. The study, released Tuesday…
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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Gaza Hours After Rocket Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Air Force struck two targets in Gaza hours after a rocket launched from the coastal strip landed in southern Israel. A rocket fired from Gaza landed in an open area at the Shaar HaNegev Regional Council on Monday night. The rocket caused no injuries or damage, according to the IDF. The…
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Fast Forward Former Anti-Semitism Envoys Call On Congress To Fund Office
NEW YORK (JTA) — Two former officials who served as the State Department’s special envoy to combat anti-Semitism called on President Donald Trump to fill the position and said they expected Congress to fund the envoy’s office in the coming budget. The office of the envoy, whose job is to monitor and document anti-Semitism around…
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Fast Forward Reform Movement Launches First Latin American Rabbinical School
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — The Reform movement is launching its first school to train and ordain rabbis from Latin America, Spain and Portugal to work in those communities. The Ibero American Institute for Rabbinical Education of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, or WUPJ, will begin classes in August in Buenos Aires. “This project will transform the regional reality,”…
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