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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Demonstrate Against Movie Theater on Shabbat
Thousands of haredi Orthodox Jewish men clashed with police during protests against a new cinema in Jerusalem that stays open on Shabbat. Some of the protestors threw stones at police and broke the windows of a building on Friday night, the Times of Israel reported. Two separate demonstrations took place throughout the night in the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Labor Leader Blasts Left-Wing Frontrunner
A Jewish politician from Britain’s Labor Party said the views of Jeremy Corbyn, the frontrunner to head the party, are cause for “serious concern.” Ivan Lewis, the shadow, or minority, party cabinet minister who is also a former chief executive of the Manchester Jewish Federation, urged his party not to vote for Corbyn. “Some of…
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Fast Forward Reform Movement ‘Deeply Concerned’ about Israel’s African Asylum Policy
The Reform movement and Jewish refugee agency HIAS called on the Israeli government to re-examine its asylum policy for African migrants. In a news release issued Friday, North America’s Union for Reform Judaism, its Israeli counterpart and HIAS, took issue with Israel’s “anti-infiltration law,” which allows the government to detain asylum-seekers for up to 20…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Organize ‘Gaza Sur Seine’ Rally at Paris Tel Aviv Event
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered near a Paris event celebrating Tel Aviv beach culture and established an alternative event called Gaza on Seine. Tel Aviv on Seine, part of the weeklong Paris Plages (“Paris Beaches”) festival, occurred Thursday as planned despite opposition from a Paris lawmaker and pro-Palestinian groups. The festival turns the banks of the Seine…
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Fast Forward Osama Bin Ladin’s Son Calls for Attacks on Jewish Institutions
The national Jewish community’s security arm asked Jewish institutions to be on the alert after Osama Bin Laden’s son called for attacks on Jewish American interests. The Secure Community Network alert Friday said that Hamza bin Laden, who has ambitions to lead Al Qaeda, the terrorist organization founded by his father, posted an audio message…
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Fast Forward Lithuania Chief Rabbi Fired in Cemetery Construction Flap
The Jewish community of Lithuania fired the country’s chief rabbis amid his objections to the the government’s plan to build on an area the used to be a cemetery. The dismissal of Chaim Burshtein, an Israeli who has served as Lithuania’s chief rabbi for the past 11 years, was announced Friday by Shmuel Levin, chairperson…
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Fast Forward Is Mystery Tel Aviv Shipwreck Baron Rothschild’s Lost Yacht?
A shipwreck discovered off Israel’s coast almost 40 years ago has been identified as likely a vessel belonging to Edmond James de Rothschild, a French Jewish banker and philanthropist. Although discovered in 1976 off Dor Beach, near Zichron Yaakov, which is on the Mediterranean coast between Haifa and Tel Aviv, the shipwreck had not been…
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Fast Forward Ex-N.Y. City Chancellor To Lead East Ramapo Schools Panel
The New York State Education Department appointed a panel to study the operations of the haredi Orthodox-controlled school board in the East Ramapo school district. The board in the school district, located in New York’s suburban Rockland County, has stirred controversy and local ire for its decisions over the years to significantly cut public school…
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