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Fast Forward Shanghai Reform Temple Gets First Torah Scroll
The newly-established Reform Jewish community of Shanghai, China, will receive its first Torah scroll from a sister congregation in Brazil. The donation of the scroll by ARI, Rio de Janeiro’s Progressive congregation, to the Kehilat Shanghai community was announced at a ceremony Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro, where 300 delegates are attending at the World…
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Fast Forward 21 Palestinians Hurt in Clashes Over Joseph’s Tomb
At least 21 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli troops in Nablus, Palestinian media reported. The clashes erupted early Friday following a visit by Israelis to Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus, Palestinian security officials told the Ma’an news agency. Over 30 Israeli military jeeps entered the city late Thursday and soldiers took up positions on…
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Fast Forward Rio Gets 2 Orthodox Synagogues for Olympics
Rio de Janeiro is set to open two new Orthodox synagogues ahead of the Brazilian city’s hosting of the 2016 Olympic Games. One of the new synagogues will open in August in the neighborhood of Ipanema, the famed tourist destination known for its beach scene. The opening was announced Wednesday on the website of CONIB,…
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Fast Forward Vienna’s Freud Museum Hit by Anti-Semitic Vandals
Vienna’s Sigmund Freud Museum, a Jewish French cemetery and a Polish watchdog on anti-Semitism all were hit by vandalism in recent days. In France on Sunday night at least six tombstones were smashed at a Jewish cemetery in Lille, northern France’s largest city, according to a report sent out Thursday by France’s National Bureau for…
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Fast Forward Toulouse Sued for Banning ‘Israel Apartheid’ Event
The City of Toulouse is preparing to defend in court its decision to prevent activists from meeting to promote a boycott of Israel and protest “Israeli apartheid.” The activists of the New Anticapitalist Party, or NPA, in the Haute-Garonne region sued the southwestern French municipality last week over a decision in March by Mayor to…
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Fast Forward Jewish Foundation Chief Badly Hurt in Amtrak Crash
Joyce Dubensky, a veteran Jewish community professional and now CEO of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, was among those seriously injured in an Amtrak crash Tuesday night in Philadelphia. Officials at Tanenbaum confirmed to JTA that Dubensky was among the wounded but declined to provide any information about her condition. A friend, Marc Gopin,…
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Fast Forward Illinois Lawmakers Pass Anti-BDS Measure
A bill that would bar state pension funds from including companies that participate in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel passed an Illinois State House of Representatives committee. The bill on Wednesday was unanimously approved by the Illinois State House of Representatives Executive Committee by a vote of 10-0 and will now move…
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The Schmooze First RBG, Now Jackie O — Natalie Portman is On a Roll
Oscar Award-winning actress Natalie Portman will portray Jackie Kennedy in a movie about the first four days in the life of the former first lady after the assassination of her husband President John F. Kennedy. Variety reported on the new role for Portman, who is Jewish and a native of Israel, on Wednesday. The film…
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