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Fast Forward Hebrew National Will Nix Non-Kosher Food Videos
Kosher hot dog brand Hebrew National will no longer post videos with non-kosher dishes on its website, JTA has learned. A Hebrew National official wrote to JTA in an email Wednesday that the company’s website and social media accounts “will no longer feature non-kosher toppings and hot dog combinations.” The email comes after an Aug….
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Fast Forward Iconic Jewish Cafe Reopens In Shanghai
A cafe in Shanghai that was a popular meeting place for Jewish refugees during World War II has reopened. The Zum Weissag Rossi’l Cafe, or White Horse Cafe, originally opened in 1939. It opened again in a ceremony Wednesday after being rebuilt, according to the news website Shanghaiist. “A lot of people visited, Jewish people…
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Fast Forward Will Daniel Berenboim Play Iran Concert?
Israeli-Argentinean conductor Daniel Barenboim is negotiating with Iran to conduct a concert of a top German orchestra in the Iranian capital of Tehran. Barenboim conducts the Staatskapelle Berlin at the Berlin State Opera, and has the State Opera’s endorsement to negotiate the concert, as well as that of German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, according to…
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Fast Forward 11 Jewish Ex-Lawmakers Back Iran Deal
Eleven former Democratic Jewish congressmen signed a letter supporting the agreement over Iran’s nuclear program. The letter backing the deal, released Thursday, touted the signers’ pro-Israel bona fides, and said the agreement “halts the immediate threat of a nuclear-armed Iran.” Congressional rejection of the deal, the letter warned, would “put Iran back on the path…
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Fast Forward Nepal Bans Surrogate Births — Worry for Gay Israelis
Nepal’s Supreme Court has issued an injunction to stop women from carrying surrogate pregnancies, depriving Israel same-sex couples of the option to begin the pregnancies there. The injunction, issued this week, came as the court will rule on a petition to ban the process outright in Nepal. The petition argues that surrogacy exploits poor women’s…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden Will Push Iran Deal in Miami Jewish Meeting
Vice President Joe Biden will meet with American Jewish leaders in Florida to make the case for the Iran nuclear deal. Biden, who is pondering a campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential election, will appear at a small roundtable event in Miami on Sept. 3, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Florida…
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Fast Forward Hamptons Eruv Will Expand to 2 More Towns
A local town board will allow the expansion of an eruv to encompass the towns of Quogue and Westhampton on Long Island, New York. On Tuesday night, the Southampton town board announced that it will not appeal a June 30 decision by State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Farneti, who ruled that the ritual boundary —…
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Fast Forward Matisyahu Plays Show in Synagogue Near Auschwitz
Three days after a performing at a reggae festival in Spain that had previously disinvited him, Matisyahu brought his music to a synagogue near the gates of Auschwitz. The Jewish-American singer gave an intimate acoustic concert Tuesday night in the tiny Chevra Lomdei Mishnayot synagogue in Oswiecim, the town in southern Poland where Auschwitz was…
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