Julie Wiener
By Julie Wiener
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Breaking News Albert Klass, Helped Found New York’s Jewish Press, Dies at 105
NEW YORK — Albert Klass, who founded the Jewish Press, long an influential publication in Brooklyn’s Orthodox community, has died at 105. Klass died Friday at his home in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, the Orthodox news site Voz Is Neias reported. The Brooklyn native and his brother Rabbi Sholom Klass founded the weekly Jewish…
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Breaking News Hebrew U. Hits No. 17 in Ranking of Top Universities in Asia
— Hebrew University of Jerusalem ranked No. 17 in a new ranking of Asian universities — the highest-rated Israeli university on the list. Hebrew University’s placement in the 2016 Times Higher Education Asia University Rankings, released Monday, represented an eight-spot jump from the previous year, when it placed #25. The Hebrew University was also the highest-rated Israeli…
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Breaking News Orthodox School District Gets Funding Boost — but More Oversight From New York State
NEW YORK — New York’s state legislature approved a bill that would provide greater oversight of an Orthodox-controlled school district along with $3 million in aid. The bill concerning the embattled and financially troubled East Ramapo School District in New York’s Rockland County, passed both houses of the legislature Thursday and will now go to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s…
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Breaking News Israel Imposes Penalties on Cultural Groups That Shun West Bank Settlements
— In a step critics say amounts to a political litmus test stifling free expression, Israel’s culture minister is collecting information about which theater and dance troupes perform in Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Miri Regev, of Likud, said Wednesday she circulated a questionnaire on the topic because she is proud to lead a…
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Breaking News Shearith Israel Will Appeal Loss in $7M Shul vs. Shul Feud With Touro Synagogue
— Congregation Shearith Israel in New York will appeal a federal court ruling last month stripping its control of the historic Touro Synagogue in Rhode Island. The Manhattan congregation filed a notice Tuesday saying it will appeal to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in an effort to reverse last month’s decision concerning its…
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Breaking News Fox Sports Reporter Fired After Slurring Jews, Mexicans
JTA — A Fox Sports sideline reporter has been fired for making racist and anti-Semitic comments on a live Facebook broadcast Thursday. In the broadcast Thursday on Barstool Sports’ Facebook Live, Emily Austen, 27, said Jewish people are stingy and expressed surprise that a Mexican immigrant was a high school valedictorian, because, “I didn’t even know…
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Breaking News Palestinians Accused in Tel Aviv Terror Attack Entered Israel Through Hole in Security Fence
JTA — The two alleged gunmen in Wednesday’s deadly terror attack in Tel Aviv entered Israel through a hole in the security fence, police said. The two alleged terrorists, Palestinian cousins from a West Bank town near Hebron who had not been authorized to enter Israel, snuck in near Beersheba and then took a taxi from…
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Breaking News Myanmar’s Only Synagogue Cited by Historical Organization
— Myanmar’s only synagogue was recognized by a Yangon historical organization. The Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue in Yangon, formerly Rangoon, installed a blue heritage plaque Sunday given by the Yangon Heritage Trust. Only 11 other buildings in the city have received this recognition so far, the Myanmar Times reported. “The synagogue was part of a once-flourishing Jewish community…
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