Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Far-right Israeli minister finds enemy in JDC, the mainstream American Jewish aid group
The JDC has distributed billions in dollars of aid across 70 countries, including Israel, since 1914
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel stalwarts Miriam Adelson and Noa Tishby join chorus condemning judicial reforms as protests enter 10th week
The statements offer a clear sign that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cannot expect prominent allies abroad to back his government’s signature legislation
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Fast Forward Reform rabbis join monthly Women of the Wall protest that recent proposed legislation would have barred
Police also stepped in to protect prayer services taking place at a site designed for egalitarian worship
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Fast Forward Yeshiva U. basketball team forfeits crucial game, citing inadequate warmup time after Shabbat
The forfeit means that the Y.U. Maccabees enter the postseason ranked No. 3 in their division, not No. 1 as they were last year
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Fast Forward ‘Mind your own business,’ Israel’s Diaspora minister tells US ambassador about judicial reform urging
The Biden administration is urging the Israeli government to 'build consensus' around widely opposed proposed changes.
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Books American Jews created historic summer camps. Or did summer camps create American Jews?
An interview with Sandra Fox, author of 'The Jews of Summer: Summer Camp and Jewish Culture in Postwar America'
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Fast Forward Mass protest in Jerusalem as Knesset advances judicial reforms over widespread objections
But following an address on Sunday by Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, begging for negotiations over the reforms, the coalition said it would delay a milestone vote that would have advanced the legislation further.
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Fast Forward Israeli rescue team evacuated from Turkey on Miriam Adelson’s plane amid ‘concrete and immediate threat’
United Hatzalah said it had rescued 15 people from the rubble. The death toll in the Turkey and Syria quakes has crossed 33,000
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