Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Helen Mirren plays Golda Meir in a new film. The two are also (kind of) related.
Mirren was in Jerusalem for the Israeli premiere of 'Golda,' the dramatic film she’s headlining about Meir’s handling of the Yom Kippur War
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Fast Forward External review clears Orthodox feminist group of wrongdoing after allegations against its sex-guru founder
Still, the report says, the group did not live up to its values at the time two executive directors said they were subjected to workplace harassment
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Fast Forward ‘Barbie’ director Greta Gerwig wants the movie’s viewers to ‘feel like I did at Shabbat dinner’
'I want them to get blessed,' Gerwig said
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Fast Forward Anglican Church of Canada finalizes decision to replace ‘For the Conversion of the Jews’ prayer
The church consulted with the Canadian Rabbinic Caucus on the new prayer, 'For Reconciliation with the Jews'
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Fast Forward The British town where the antisemitic blood libel theory was born could get a Jewish heritage center
Local Jews in Norwich are considering leasing Jurnet’s House, built by a Jewish moneylender in the 12th century, for the new institution
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Fast Forward Paris-area Holocaust memorial vandalized amid unrest following police killing of a teenager
The unrest has not targeted Jews or Jewish institutions, but some say they are afraid of being caught up in the tumult
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News Hadar is ordaining its first rabbis. For now, they’ll be the only ones minted by the egalitarian yeshiva.
Most of the new rabbis plan to work as teachers after ordination
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Fast Forward ‘Jeopardy!’ featured a suburban Detroit synagogue once called ‘a concrete Sinai on the shoulder of Interstate 696’
Ben Goldstein says his Holocaust survivor grandparents were devoted 'Jeopardy!' watchers and would be proud of him despite missing the synagogue clue.
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