Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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News In a shift, Hebrew College will now admit and ordain rabbinical students whose partners are not Jewish
“We should be training rabbis for the Jewish community that exists,” one rabbinical student wrote in arguing for the policy change
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Fast Forward Rabbi of firebombed N.J. synagogue: ‘We’ve unfortunately been preparing for this’
Temple Ner Tamid’s shatterproof doors withstood the Molotov cocktail thrown at it early Sunday morning
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Fast Forward Weapons have been heading from Israel to Ukraine — out of an American stockpile
Israel has declined to send weapons of its own, out of concerns about inflaming tensions with Russia
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Fast Forward This year’s ‘Jewish Nobel’ is a group prize, going to Jewish activists supporting Ukraine
The decade-old prize has until now been treated as a lifetime achievement award for a single inspiring Jew
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Fast Forward Florida school board cancels Paula Vogel’s ‘Indecent,’ a ‘queer Jewish love story’ about a censored Yiddish play
'The first step towards totalitarianism is censorship of the arts,' said Vogel, who is looking to bring the play to students another way
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Fast Forward Making good on campaign vow, Netanyahu government introduces bill to diminish Israel’s top court
Critics of the proposed legislation say it would eliminate Israel’s system of checks and balances
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Fast Forward In notable early move, Itamar Ben-Gvir visits Temple Mount, reportedly against Netanyahu’s urging
'Let them understand that times have changed,' Ben-Gvir tweeted about Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that has responded with violence to previous Temple Mount visits by Jewish Israelis.
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Fast Forward Coalition deals finalized in final step before far-right Israeli government is sworn in
The deals followed a legislative blitz to satisfy the right-wing parties’ leaders
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