Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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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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Fast Forward Asaf Zamir and Maya Wertheimer, prominent Israelis heading home after years in NYC, are wed by NYC mayor Eric Adams
'Our rabbi is the one and only @ericadamsfornyc,' Wertheimer wrote about the officiant at their surprise wedding.
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News An app that can generate 64,000 kosher cheesecake recipes aims to prove AI’s value for Orthodox Jews
Abraham Bree created CheesecakeWizard.ai to introduce the technology to his community, despite its ambivalence about the internet
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