Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Fearing ‘constitutional and social collapse,’ Israel’s president begs for compromise on judicial reform
Isaac Herzog, whose role is ceremonial, said he would make himself available “at all hours of the day” for negotiations
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Fast Forward Biden weighs in on Israel’s proposed judiciary changes: ‘Genius’ of democracy includes ‘independent judiciary’
Biden’s comments come as the Knesset is prepared to consider the proposals for the first time — and as Israelis prepare to protest in Jerusalem
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Fast Forward Man arrested in shooting at San Francisco Jewish center, charged with drawing imitation firearm
“Now I’m getting to the point that I’m disturbed a little,” the wife of the center’s rabbi told local media
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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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