Julie Wiener
By Julie Wiener
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Graffiti Scrawled Near Lakewood Yeshiva
— Several swastikas and other anti-Semitic messages were spray-painted on equipment at a playground across the street from an Orthodox yeshiva in the heavily haredi Orthodox township of Lakewood, New Jersey. The graffiti discovered Thursday included the words “Hail Hitler,” the Asbury Park Press reported. A spokesman for the Lakewood police said the department received a report of…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Hasid Charged in Beating of Gay Black Man Wants Non-Jury Trial
NEW YORK — A Hasidic Jew charged in the brutal beating of a gay black man opted to have a judge try his case rather than a jury trial. Mayer Herskovic, one of five Hasidic men indicted in the December 2013 beating that left the victim blind in one eye, will have his case heard by Brooklyn…
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Life Orthodox Synagogue Hires Female ‘Rabbanit’ in First for Israel
— In a first for an Orthodox congregation in Israel, a woman has been hired as a spiritual leader at a Jerusalem synagogue. Karmit Feintuch will serve at the Ramban Synagogue in the Old City alongside Rabbi Benny Lau, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. She will have the title “rabbanit.” A committee of the religious Zionist synagogue in…
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Fast Forward Former Israeli Minister: Israel-Saudi Peace ‘In the Cards’
— A former Israeli minister, part of an Israeli group that met with a Saudi delegation in Ramallah last month, said Israelis could be able to visit the Gulf state “much sooner than you dream about.” In a conference call Tuesday with British media hosted by the Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre, Rabbi Michael Melchior…
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Fast Forward Natalie Portman Heads to HBO With ‘Homeland’ and ‘Friends’ Producers in Tow
— Natalie Portman will star in and executive produce an HBO miniseries adaptation of Karen Joy Fowler’s 2014 novel “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.” The Israeli-born actress is working together with “Friends” producer Marta Kaufmann and Kaufman’s production company Okay Goodnight, IndieWire reported Friday. Gideon Raff, the Israeli producer of the hit show “Homeland,”…
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Fast Forward ‘We Killed 11,000 Israelis,’ Palestinian Leader Boasts on Facebook
(JTA) — On Facebook, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party cited killing 11,000 Israelis as an example of its many achievements. The post appeared Tuesday on the party’s official Facebook page, Palestine Media Watch. The list does not mention the Oslo Accords or any other peace talks or negotiations, listing only acts of violence and…
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Fast Forward As Rio Olympics Starts, Israelis of Munich ’72 Officially Commemorated
— More than four decades after they were held hostage and then murdered, the 11 Israeli victims of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre were commemorated in an official International Olympic Committee ceremony on Thursday. The ceremony was held at a memorial site in the Olympic Village in Rio, the Jerusalem Post reported. Called the Place…
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Fast Forward Wisdom of the Israeli Teen Injured in London Stabbing
— “We want to continue the trip as usual, see a musical, and get more done,” she told Ynet. “I’m not afraid in Israel, so there is no reason for me to start worrying in London.” “”)) — The Israeli teen injured in a London stabbing attack in which an American woman was killed said she…
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