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The Schmooze Richard Gere to Star in Israeli ‘Oppenheimer’ Flick
Actor Richard Gere reportedly is set to star in a new film by award-winning Israeli director Joseph Cedar. Cedar also wrote the screenplay for the movie, which will be filmed in both New York and Israel, the Israeli daily Yedioth Acharonot reported Sunday. Two of Cedar’s films, “Footnote” and “Beaufort,” were nominated for Academy Awards….
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Fast Forward Remains of World War I Jewish Legion Leader Brought to Israel for Reburial
The remains of the commander of World War I’s Jewish Legion have been brought to Israel in fulfillment of his wish to be buried in Israel alongside his former soldiers. The ashes of Lt.-Col. John Henry Patterson and his wife, Frances Helena, were brought to Israel for interment, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a…
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Fast Forward Women of Wall Push for Bat Mitzvahs at Western Wall
Women of the Wall launched an ad campaign on public buses in Jerusalem to promote bat mitzvah ceremonies for girls at the Western Wall. The ads unveiled on Sunday evening feature Israeli girls ages 11 to 14 wearing a prayer shawl and holding a Torah scroll in front of the Western Wall. The ad reads…
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Fast Forward Women Can Dance With Scroll on Simchat Torah
Women are permitted to dance with a Torah scroll on the Simchat Torah holiday, a national-religious rabbinical organization has ruled. The Beit Hillel organization posted the religious ruling on its website. The ruling also encourages synagogues to be more inclusive of the elderly, the youth and people with disabilities during the holiday celebration, which includes…
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The Schmooze Bill Clinton’s ‘King David’ Defense in Monica Lewinsky Scandal
Call it the King David defense — for Bubba. A noted Jewish studies professor once suggested President Bill Clinton was not guilty of adultery with White House intern Monica Lewinsky under a Talmudic approach — and noted that the Biblical David was never ousted for much worse sins, a newly released email reveals. The email…
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Fast Forward Rome Mayor Denounces ‘Vulgar’ Tribute to Nazi War Criminal Erich Priebke
The mayor of Rome condemned a public commemoration in the city for the late Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke. Ignazio Marino called Saturday’s event downtown a “vulgar provocation” that “wounds the entire civic community and represents a real slap in the face to the city of Rome, which played a fundamental role in the Italian…
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Fast Forward Lancet Editor Regrets Anti-Israel Letter — No Retraction
The editor of The Lancet wrote in the British medical journal that he regrets the polarization caused by the publication of an open letter accusing Israel of a “massacre” in Gaza, but did not retract it. “At a moment of unbearable human destruction in Gaza, the unintended outcome of the Manduca et al letter was…
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Fast Forward Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Letters Go Online
A new website on convicted Soviet spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg provides access to a collection of more than 500 letters between the couple while they were imprisoned. The website was launched last week by the Howard Gotlieb Archival Center at Boston University. Maintaining their innocence until the end, the Rosenbergs were executed on conspiracy…
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