Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Netanyahu meets with hostage families in DC as pressure mounts for a deal
The trip comes as Israel confirmed the death in captivity of two additional hostages
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Youth Chorus advances on ‘America’s Got Talent’ with performance of ‘Home’
“You made something very complicated beautiful through friendship,” Simon Cowell told the Israeli and Palestinian singers
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Fast Forward In landmark ruling, Israel’s top court rules that haredi Orthodox Jews must serve in the army
The ruling could be a major jolt to Israel’s governing coalition.
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Fast Forward Synagogues in Dagestan, Russia, targeted alongside churches in terror attack
The attack took place in the same region where a mob sought out passengers coming from Israel in 2023
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Fast Forward 102-year-old Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer is Vogue Germany’s latest cover model
Friedländer, a celebrity in Germany, was photographed in luxury clothing at a botanic garden in Berlin
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Fast Forward Hebrew Union College to admit and ordain rabbinical students in interfaith relationships, ending longstanding ban
The policy change means that three of the four biggest non-Orthodox rabbinical schools in the United States now accept students whose partners are not Jewish
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Fast Forward Protests, political action in France after alleged antisemitic rape of 12-year-old Jewish girl
Two 13-year-old boys have been charged with raping and threatening to kill the girl, whom they allegedly called “dirty Jew"
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Fast Forward Shaina Taub won two Tony Awards for ‘Suffs’ — and quoted the Talmud
The musical scribe reminded audiences that we have work to do to keep American democracy intact
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