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Fast Forward After Netanyahu Flip-Flop, Israel Continues Ban On Gay Surrogacy
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Knesset passed a surrogacy law that expands those eligible to include single women, but excludes single men and gay couples. The legislation passed Wednesday night by a vote of 59 to 52. Following the vote, hundreds of demonstrators blocked streets in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. LGBTQ groups called for a nationwide…
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Fast Forward Austrian State Might Limit Sale Of Kosher Meat To Registered Jews
(JTA) — A regional politician in Austria defended a plan to limit access to kosher meat, conditioning its sale on permits that would be individually issued to observant Jews. The Wiener Zeitung daily reported about the draft decree in the state of Lower Austria, one of nine states that make up the federal Republic of…
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Fast Forward Israel Passes Controversial Law That Defines It As A Nation For Jews
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Knesset passed controversial legislation making Israel the “nation-state of the Jewish people,” angering groups in Israel and the Diaspora. The so-called Nationality Law enshrines in Israel’s quasi-constitutional Basic Law that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people. It passed early Thursday morning after hours of contentious debate by a vote…
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Fast Forward Zuckerberg Clarifies Comments Defending Holocaust-Denying Posts On Facebook
(JTA) – Mark Zuckerberg clarified remarks he made in an interview published online in which he said that he would not automatically remove Holocaust-denying posts from Facebook. The remark by Zuckerberg, the founder and chief executive of Facebook, said in an interview with tech journalist Kara Swisher that was published on the Recode website, was…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Mob Harasses Teen Girl In Jerusalem Over ‘Immodest’ Clothing
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A haredi Orthodox mob chased a teenage girl down a main thoroughfare in the Jerusalem suburb of Beit Shemesh due to her “immodest” attire. City residents have been complaining about religiously motivated violence in the Ramat Beit Shemesh Bet neighborhood outside Jerusalem for years. Extremists there frequently clash with police attempting to…
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Fast Forward Jewish Australian Lawmaker’s Office Defaced With Anti-Israel Stickers
(JTA) — Vandals defaced the headquarters of a Jewish-Australian lawmaker with anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian slogans. The glass doors of Michael Danby’s storefront headquarters in Melbourne on Saturday evening were plastered with stickers accusing the pro-Israel member of parliament of being “silent on apartheid” and “the mass murder of unarmed men, women [and] infants.” The group…
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Food Arizona State University Now Offers Kosher Option
Students who observe kosher laws have a new campus choice: Arizona State University. The Tempe school, home to at least 3,500 Jews, will feature kosher lunches and dinners starting this fall at the Hassayampa Academic Village Dining Hall. The move is “enabling Jewish students to easily follow kosher dietary laws,” the university said. Rabbi Shmuel…
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Fast Forward Hamas May Stop Sending Fire Kites In Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Hamas terror organization may cease sending incendiary kites and balloons into Israeli territory, the Palestinian Al Quds newspaper reported on Wednesday. Over the past several months, thousands of acres of Israeli farmland and nature reserves have been torched by incendiary devices sent over the border. According to sources quoted by Al-Quds,…
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