Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Dugo Leitner, Holocaust survivor whose falafel ritual made him a social media star, dies at 93
Leiter survived Auschwitz as a teen, then adopted a ritual of eating falafel every year to mark his survival
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Fast Forward Opponents of Israel’s judicial overhaul see parallels in Tisha B’Av, this week’s Jewish day of mourning
As Tisha B’Av approaches, some protesters of the recent law weakening the judiciary fear that it could lead to another catastrophe
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Fast Forward ‘When there is a crisis over there … we feel it viscerally here’: New Yorkers march in solidarity with Israeli protesters
A march over the Brooklyn Bridge Sunday coincided with massive protests in Jerusalem over efforts to dilute the power of the country’s judiciary
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Fast Forward Rep. Pramila Jayapal walks back criticism of Israel as a ‘racist state’
The dust-up comes days before Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to address a joint session of Congress, a speech that has already caused fissures among House Democrats
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Fast Forward Former head of Jewish security patrol in Brooklyn pleads guilty to sex crime involving a teenager
Jacob Daskal, former head of the Boro Park Shomrim, will be sentenced to between 14 and 17 years in prison under the terms of the deal
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Fast Forward Swedish man abandons Torah-burning, saying it was a stunt: ‘We have to respect each other’
Israeli and Jewish leaders had decried the planned burning, which follows a Quran-burning in Stockholm earlier this month
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Fast Forward Sweden grants permit to burn Torah outside Israeli embassy, drawing widespread criticism
Swedish officials say freedom-of-speech law includes the right to the demonstration as planned.
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Fast Forward Jamaal Bowman becomes 2nd Democrat who will skip Israeli president’s speech to Congress
'I don't think Israel has gone far enough in protecting and uplifting Palestinian rights and Palestinian lives,' the progressive New York House rep was quoted as saying
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