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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox School Bans Reuven Rivlin Over Gay Stabbing
A haredi Orthodox school in Jerusalem canceled a visit by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin reportedly over his support for the LGBT community following the deadly attack at the city’s gay pride parade. Kehilat Yaakov administrators sent a letter to Rivlin on Tuesday via the Jerusalem municipality nixing the visit, which was scheduled for Sunday, the…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitism Envoy Opposes Restrictions on Free Speech
The top U.S. official combating anti-Semitism said he does not counsel any restrictions on speech in his interactions with foreign officials. “In our interactions with other governments and civil society outside the United States we make very clear that we support freedom of speech and assembly and oppose criminalizing speech – even the most odious…
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Fast Forward London Hasidic School Denied Funding After Mothers Driving Flap
A request for state aid from a Belz Hasidic school in London was rejected weeks after the school’s threat to ban students whose mothers drive stirred controversy. The Hackney Council said it decided not to grant the Beis Malka School Voluntary Aided status due to the amount of money the school requires for new building…
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Fast Forward Extremist Settler Attacks Israel Defense Minister
A far-right Jewish activist and onetime Knesset candidate attacked the Israeli defense minister’s car in the West Bank city of Hebron. Calling Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon an “enemy of the settlements” who was “strong against Jews and weak against Arabs,” Baruch Marzel jumped on the minister’s car while Yaalon was visiting the Tomb of the…
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Fast Forward Donald Sterling Sues Girlfriend Over Racist Rant Tapes
Donald Sterling, the disgraced former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, is suing celebrity gossip site TMZ and ex-girlfriend V. Stiviano. Sterling, the former basketball team owner, filed suit against the two in Los Angeles Superior Court Friday, the Washington Post reported. Sterling’s suit alleges that Stiviano “illicitly” recorded a phone conversation without his knowledge….
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Fast Forward 2 Brooklyn Yeshiva Teachers Killed in Arizona Crash
Two young Jewish women from Brooklyn were killed and two others seriously injured in an Arizona car accident. The vehicle’s driver, Raizel Morgenstern, 23, and a passenger, Hindy Spira, 27, both of the Borough Park neighborhood, were killed Monday afternoon when their rented Jeep Cherokee was hit by a tractor-trailer in Holbrook, the Daily News…
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Fast Forward Baltimore Jewish Educator Dies in Car Crash
Neely Tal Snyder, a Jewish educator and advocate who was known for her professional dedication, was killed in a car crash. Snyder, 37, was waiting to make a left turn on Route 30 in Reistertown, Maryland, near the Pearlstone Center, where she was the program director, on Monday morning when a tractor-trailer struck her car…
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Fast Forward Israeli Police Question Head of Extremist Anti-Coexistence Group
Israel Police questioned the head of the Lehava anti-coexistence group, days after he said he supports the burning of churches and mosques. Rabbi Bentzi Gopstein was released on Tuesday after being asked “about his comments regarding the burning of churches,” a police spokesman told the French news agency AFP. Gopstein has not been linked to…
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