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Fast Forward Boston Rabbi Barry Starr Leaves Pulpit Over Affair and Missing Cash
Rabbi Barry Starr, a leader in the Conservative movement who has served a suburban Boston synagogue for nearly three decades, resigned after acknowledging his marital infidelity. Starr informed congregants at Temple Israel, a Conservative synagogue in Sharon, of his resignation in an emailed letter sent last week, the Boston Globe reported. In addition to engaging…
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Fast Forward Anita Diamant’s ‘The Red Tent’ To Become Miniseries
“The Red Tent,” a best-selling novel by Anita Diamant, is being made into a four-hour miniseries by the Lifetime network. The miniseries, based on a book that explores the lives of women in ancient biblical times, is expected to be broadcast later this year. It begins production this month in Morocco. First published in 1997,…
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Fast Forward Israel Rejects ‘Baseless’ Accusations of Spying on U.S.
Senior Israeli officials continue to assert that Israel does not spy on the United States, in the wake of a second Newsweek magazine article accusing Israel of “aggressive spying” against the U.S. Strategic and Intelligence Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz told Israel’s Channel 10 over the weekend that someone is trying to ruin the cooperation between…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Urge Action Against Arab Attacks on Mount of Olives
More than 100 Orthodox rabbis, mostly from the United States, are urging action against ongoing Arab attacks on the Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. The rabbis signed a petition organized by Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn, president and chairman, of the Religious Zionists of America – Philadelphia Chapter, together with Rabbi…
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Fast Forward Knesset Approves Life Sentence Without Parole for Murderers
A Knesset committee approved a bill that would allow murderers to be sentenced to life in prison without parole. The Ministerial Committee for Legislation passed the bill Sunday by a vote of 7 to 3. Committee members from the Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu and Jewish Home parties voted in favor of the bill, committee members from…
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Fast Forward Israel Divestment Move Fails at University of California at Davis
The student senate at the University of California, Davis did not approve a divestment resolution targeting Israel. The vote at 2 a.m. on Thursday ended in a tie, with five student senators voting in favor, five opposed and two abstaining. The student government vice president, Maxwell Kappes, declined to break the tie, abstaining instead. The…
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Fast Forward British Kosher Slaughter Group Wants Better Labeling for Meats
Citing animal welfare and consumer rights considerations, a British Jewish group supporting kosher slaughter called for stricter labeling practices for the general meat industry. “Consumers should be informed whether an animal has been mechanically stunned prior to slaughter and whether it has endured repeat stuns if the first attempt was ineffective,” Shechitah UK chairman Henry…
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Fast Forward Latvian Nursery School Posts ‘No Jews’ Sign
The entrance to a nursery school in Latvia owned by an traditionalist lawmaker featured a German-language sign that advertised the establishment as being “Jew-free.” The posting of the sign, which reads “Judenfrei,” was revealed Monday by the Latvian daily Vesti Segodniya. The paper published a photo of the sign on the fence of the Pucite…
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