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Fast Forward Watch Ted Cruz Make Matzo With Kids in Brooklyn
Ahead of the presidential primaries in New York, Ted Cruz helped Jewish children make matzo in Brooklyn. At the Chabad-run Model Matzo Bakery in Brighton Beach Thursday evening, the Texas senator and Republican presidential hopeful led some 15 children in making the unleavened Passover bread, singing “roll, roll, roll the matzah dough.” WATCH: @TedCruz makes…
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Fast Forward Fugitive Israeli Rabbi Accused of Sex Abuse Arrested in South Africa
(JTA) — An Israeli rabbi who has been on the run to avoid extradition back to Israel on sex abuse charges has been arrested in Johannesburg, South Africa. Rabbi Eliezer Berland, 78, has been hiding out in South Africa for the past nearly eight months with several of his followers. Since the accusations in 2012,…
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The Schmooze Lena Dunham is Turning ‘Lenny Letter’ into a Publishing Imprint
(JTA) — Lena Dunham and writing partner Jenni Konner have signed a deal with Random House to turn their lifestyle newsletter Lenny into a publishing imprint. Dunham and Konner will oversee a line of books featuring “exciting, emerging voices in fiction and nonfiction,” Random House announced Wednesday. Both women are Jewish. “Working with Lena, Jenni…
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Fast Forward The First Official Jewish Same-Sex Wedding in Latin America
(JTA) – A synagogue in Buenos Aires will host the first official same-sex Jewish marriage held in a synagogue in Latin America. The synagogue and Jewish community center NCI-Emanu El and the LGTB organization Judios Argentinos Gay (Jews Argentinian Gays), or JAG, announced Wednesday that the assembly of NCI last month unanimously approved a request…
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Fast Forward German Town Strips Hitler’s Honorary Citizenship
(JTA) — The southern German town of Tegernsee has revoked the honorary citizenship granted 83 years ago to Adolf Hitler. The 16 members of the Tegernsee city council voted unanimously on Tuesday to strip Hitler of the honor bestowed upon him in 1933, when he was named chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg, the Tegernsee…
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Israel News Israel On Alert For Annual Cyberattack by ‘Anonymous’
Israel’s security agencies are bracing for potential cyberattacks on Thursday. Agence France Press that the country is on high alert in anticipation of attacks by the international hacker group Anonymous, which targets Israel each year on April 7 as a demonstration of solidarity with the Palestinians. Since 2013, the group has targeted Israel each year,…
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Israel News ADL Slams Sanders for Exaggeraring Palestinian Death Toll in Gaza War
The Anti-Defamation League has called on Sen. Bernie Sanders to publicly correct his statement that “over 10,000 innocent people were killed in Gaza” in the war between Israel and Hamas in 2014. Sanders, I-Vt., a Democratic presidential candidate, made the statement in an with the editorial board of the New York Daily News published Monday….
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The Schmooze Helen Mirren To Host 2016 ‘Jewish Nobel’ Ceremony in Jerusalem
Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren will host the 2016 Genesis Prize award ceremony in Jerusalem. At the June 23 ceremony, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu will present the $1 million Genesis Prize to an acclaimed violinist, educator and advocate for individuals with disabilities. The Genesis Prize, which has been referred to as the “Jewish Nobel,”…
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