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Fast Forward American Orthodox Rabbis Slam ‘Disgrace’ Rejection of Conversions by Israel Rabbinate
— The Rabbinic Council of American has slammed the Chief Rabbinate of Israel for rejecting four conversions approved by a prominent Orthodox American rabbi without providing explanations. The haredi Orthodox-dominated rabbinate rejected the conversions approved by Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz, according to documents obtained by Haaretz. Since 1991, Schwartz has been the chief presiding judge of the National…
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Fast Forward Israel Rallies To Beat Britain in World Baseball Qualifier
Team Israel rallied for four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning and went on to defeat Great Britain, 5-2, in its opener of the World Baseball Classic qualifying tournament on Thursday night. Israel’s decisive inning included four hits, two walks and two sacrifice flies to erase a 2-1 deficit at MCU Park on…
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Fast Forward New York Attorney General Says Trump ‘Opened Door’ to Anti-Semitic Rhetoric
Eric Schneiderman , New York State’s attorney general, said Donald Trump “opened the door” to anti-Semitic rhetoric in reaction to Schneiderman’s probe into Trump’s activities. “Deeply disappointing that @realDonaldTrump has opened the door to this type of anti-Semitic rhetoric,” Schneiderman, a Democrat, said Friday on his Twitter feed. It linked to a New York Daily…
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Fast Forward NYC’s Chelsea Attack Called ‘Intentional’ But Not Terror-Related
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called an explosion on the West Side of Manhattan that injured at least 29 people “intentional” but not terrorist in nature. One of the people injured in the Saturday night blast in a dumpster in the Chelsea neighborhood was injured critically. The injured included a pregnant woman and…
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Fast Forward Early Morning Attack Equals 6th Against Israelis Over Weekend
An Israeli soldier was stabbed and moderately injured outside the West Bank settlement of Efrat. The attack at 6 a.m. on Sunday, followed five other attacks on Friday and Saturday that left three Arab assailants dead. The assailant in Sunday’s attack was shot in the dead after stabbing the Israeli officer patrolling near the entrance…
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Fast Forward Elie Wiesel Honored in Unanimous Vote in Congress
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved a resolution honoring the life and work of Elie Wiesel. The resolution approved by voice vote on Monday “reaffirms Elie Wiesel’s efforts to preserve the memory of those who perished and prevent the recurrence of another Holocaust, to combat hate and intolerance in any manifestation, and to never…
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News Rabbi Ari Berman Is Top Candidate for Yeshiva U. President
Rabbi Ari Berman has emerged as the search committee’s top candidate to be the next president of Yeshiva University, sources familiar with the process told JTA. A product of both Y.U.’s college and its affiliated rabbinical seminary, Berman served for 14 years as a rabbi at The Jewish Center, a prominent modern Orthodox congregation on…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Blames Deadly Construction Accident on Sabbath Desecration
An Israeli rabbi said the collapse of a parking garage under construction in Tel Aviv that killed six was due to lack of Sabbath observance. Rabbi Meir Mazuz, the head of the Tunisian Jewish community in Israel, made the comments during a lecture he delivered Saturday night in Bnei Brak, Ynet reported. “What happened, the…
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