Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Rep. Pramila Jayapal walks back criticism of Israel as a ‘racist state’
The dust-up comes days before Israeli President Isaac Herzog is set to address a joint session of Congress, a speech that has already caused fissures among House Democrats
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Fast Forward Former head of Jewish security patrol in Brooklyn pleads guilty to sex crime involving a teenager
Jacob Daskal, former head of the Boro Park Shomrim, will be sentenced to between 14 and 17 years in prison under the terms of the deal
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Fast Forward Swedish man abandons Torah-burning, saying it was a stunt: ‘We have to respect each other’
Israeli and Jewish leaders had decried the planned burning, which follows a Quran-burning in Stockholm earlier this month
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Fast Forward Sweden grants permit to burn Torah outside Israeli embassy, drawing widespread criticism
Swedish officials say freedom-of-speech law includes the right to the demonstration as planned.
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Fast Forward Jamaal Bowman becomes 2nd Democrat who will skip Israeli president’s speech to Congress
'I don't think Israel has gone far enough in protecting and uplifting Palestinian rights and Palestinian lives,' the progressive New York House rep was quoted as saying
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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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