Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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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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Fast Forward Missouri school board votes not to ban ‘Maus’ from district bookshelves following criticism
Art Spiegelman, who tells his parents’ Holocaust story in the graphic novel, had lobbied Nixa Public Schools over its proposed bans
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Fast Forward FBI arrests Michigan man it says was planning attack on East Lansing synagogue
Seann Pietila, 19, told investigators that he did not plan to carry out the attack
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