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Fast Forward Fake Polish ‘Rabbi’ Doesn’t Know From Jewish
A local journalist in a western Poland city discovered that the local rabbi is not a rabbi, never lived in Israel, is not familiar with Jewish customs, and does not speak or understand Hebrew. Jacoob Ben Nistell, aka Yaakav – he used different forms of this name, claimed he was from Haifa. Members of the…
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Fast Forward Avi Weiss Shunned by Israel Rabbinate in Conversion List — Scandal-Plagued Rabbis Get Green Light
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has released a list of rabbis around the world that it trusts to confirm the authenticity of Jewish conversions, and it includes two Americans who have been mired in scandal and omits New York liberal Orthodox Rabbi Avi Weiss. The list released Tuesday features more than 100 rabbis, mostly from the United…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Man Guilty of Murder in Stabbing at Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade
The haredi Orthodox man who stabbed six marchers at the Jerusalem gay pride parade, killing a 16-year-old girl, was convicted of murder. Yishai Schlissel, 40, was convicted on Tuesday in Jerusalem District Court for murdering Shira Banki, 16, who was marching in the July 2015 parade in support of her gay and lesbian friends. He…
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Fast Forward John Kasich Talks Faith and Slurps Chicken Soup in Push for New York Jewish Vote
John Kasich gave an impromptu 20-minute speech about hope and religious faith to a suburban New York Orthodox synagogue. The Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate avoided politics in the address Saturday to hundreds of congregants at Long Island’s Great Neck Synagogue, Newsday reported. Kasich — who is second in the New York Republican primary…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden Tells J Street That Benjamin Netanyahu’s ‘Damaging Moves’ Block Peace
Joe Biden and John Kerry said the Obama administration remained committed to advancing a two-state solution and criticized Israel and the Palestinians for obstructing its path. Biden, the vice president, and Kerry, the secretary of state, addressed J Street’s annual gala and lavished praise on the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group for embracing the…
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Fast Forward Ben & Jerry’s Founders Busted With Hundreds at Washington D.C. Protest
The co-founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream were arrested Monday during a protest outside the Capitol building in Washington DC. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield were protesting against corporate political spending at a rally that is part of the “Democracy Spring” demonstrations that have been taking place in Washington for the past week, organized…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton Cites ‘Ancient Lessons’ of Passover on Eve of New York Vote
The day before the New York presidential primaries, Hillary Clinton distributed an essay linking her policies to the “ancient lessons” of Passover. In the essay, sent out to Jewish and other media in English, Yiddish and Hebrew on Monday, Clinton highlighted her record on religious freedom, state benefits, Israel and global justice – and pledged…
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Fast Forward U.S.: Golan Heights Not Part of Israel, Despite Netanyahu’s Claims
The United States and Germany both criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration that the Golan Heights “will forever remain part of Israeli sovereignty.” U.S. State Department spokesman John Kirby said Monday that the Obama administration does not consider the Golan Heights to be part of Israel, despite Netanyahu’s assertion at a Cabinet meeting there Sunday,…
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