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Fast Forward HIAS Slams Court For Allowing Parts Of Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban
(JTA) — The Jewish resettlement agency HIAS decried the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to allow parts of President Donald Trump’s travel ban to be enforced. On Monday, the court said it would hear the appeals of two cases that had resulted from the travel ban, which aimed to keep the citizens from six predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States for…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Praise Supreme Court Green Light For Funding Of Religious Groups
The largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization said the Supreme Court’s latest church-state ruling puts public aid for synagogues on “solid constitutional footing.” On Monday, the court ruled 7-2 that the state of Missouri should not have denied Trinity Lutheran Church a grant to build a children’s playground because of the church’s status as a religious institution, since it met…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Denounce Flag Ban At Pride March In Chicago
(JTA) — Jewish groups denounced the banning of Jewish Pride flags at a march in Chicago celebrating the lesbian community and called for an apology. Organizers of the 21st annual Chicago Dyke March told the three women asked to leave the march that the rainbow flags with a white Star of David in the center would…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Defends Vote To ‘Freeze’ Western Wall Prayer Deal
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office said it was working to ensure that Jews of all streams can feel comfortable praying at the Western Wall after the Cabinet voted to freeze an agreement that would have made a permanent space there for women and men to pray as they wish. Non-Orthodox and feminist groups in…
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Fast Forward Will Jewish Tech Mogul Become First Gay Governor Of Colorado
(JTA) — Less than 10 years after his Washington debut, Congressman Jared Polis now has his sights set on a new goal: to serve as governor of Colorado. The Jewish Democrat announced earlier this month that he was joining the already crowded race with an ambitious three-pronged platform: to ensure Colorado uses only renewable energy by 2040, provide free…
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Fast Forward Delaware Professor Fired For Slamming ‘Spoiled’ Otto Warmbier
(JTA) — An adjunct professor at the University of Delaware who said American Jewish college student Otto Warmbier “got exactly what he deserved” will not be rehired to teach at the university. Katherine Dettwyler, who teaches anthropology, criticized Warmbier on social media and in the comments section of an article published on the National Review…
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Fast Forward Hungarian Jews Slam Premier’s Praise For Hitler Ally
(JTA) — Hungarian Jews condemned their prime minister’s praises for a former leader who was an ally of Adolf Hitler and oversaw the murder of more than 500,000 Holocaust victims. In a speech on Wednesday, Orban included Miklos Horthy among people he said were “exceptional statesmen” in Hungary for leading the country after the disintegration…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Quizzed Again In Corruption Case Against Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (JTA) — American Jewish billionaire philanthropist Sheldon Adelson was questioned by police for a second time in a corruption investigation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Adelson met on Monday with investigators from the Israel Police serious crime investigative unit. His wife Miriam also was scheduled to meet with investigators. Police have assured the Adelsons that…
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