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Fast Forward Jewish Agency Vows No ‘Business As Usual’ With Israel After Western Wall Move
The Jewish Agency’s board of governors canceled a scheduled dinner with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israeli government decided to freeze a plan to create an egalitarian prayer section at the Western Wall. Also Monday, the heads of the Reform movement in the United States and Israel said they would cancel a meeting with…
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Fast Forward Gal Gadot Hits No. 1 On Hollywood Top Actors List
(JTA) — Gal Gadot, the star of the film “Wonder Woman,” landed at No. 1 on The Hollywood Reporter’s Top Actors list. She had been ranked at No. 4 for the last two weeks on the list, which is a ranking of the most popular actors on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Google Plus. The…
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Fast Forward Chicago Dyke March Ejects Jewish Pride Flag Wavers
(JTA) — A parade in Chicago celebrating the lesbian community banned three Jewish women carrying Jewish Pride flags. Organizers of the 21st annual Chicago Dyke March told the women that the rainbow flags with a white Star of David in the center would be a trigger to people they found offensive. A Dyke March collective…
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Fast Forward Israel Moves To Reject Conversions Except By Orthodox Rabbinate
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Knesset committee has approved the advance of a bill that would require the state to recognize only conversions completed under the auspices of the haredi Orthodox-dominated Chief Rabbinate. The measure would circumvent a March 2016 Supreme Court ruling that allowed those undergoing private Orthodox conversions in Israel to become citizens under…
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Fast Forward British Protesters Disrupt Radiohead Concert To Protest Israel Gig
(JTA) — British protesters disrupted the band Radiohead’s performance at a festival in Britain over its upcoming performance in Tel Aviv. Some waved Palestinian flags and raised a banner reading “Israel is an apartheid state. Radiohead, don’t play there,” the London-based website Jewish News reported. Some members of the audience shouted “free Palestine,” as well….
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Fast Forward Israeli Government: Western Wall Is Not For Egalitarian Prayer
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Cabinet has rescinded a government decision to create an official egalitarian prayer section at the Western Wall. The decision announced on Sunday comes after the haredi Orthdox United Torah Judaism party and the Sephardi Orthodox Shas party, both members of the current government, put pressure on Netanyahu…
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Fast Forward North Korea Denies Torturing Jewish Prisoner
(JTA) — North Korea has denied torturing Otto Warmbier, the American college student who was detained in the country for over a year and died shortly after returning home in a coma. A North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman on Friday called itself the “biggest victim” of the incident, insisting that Warmbier’s death was a mystery. “The…
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Fast Forward Reconstructionist Outpost In Scenic South Italy Becomes Official
ROME (JTA) – The Reconstructionist movement has formally approved the affiliation of an independent congregation in southern Italy. The Sinagoga Ner Tamid del Sud in Serrastretta, a small town in Calabria, becomes the movement’s third congregation outside North America. In a statement on its website, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College said the board of governors of…
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