Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Orthodox rabbi performs his first gay wedding nearly a year after endorsing same-sex marriage
(JTA) — When Nadiv Schorer and Ariel Meiri were married on Sunday, the rabbi standing with them under the wedding canopy was breaking new ground, too. For Avram Mlotek, a rabbi affiliated with a progressive wing of Orthodox Judaism, it was the first time he had performed a wedding for two people of the same…
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Fast Forward Federal hate crime charges filed against woman arrested for slapping Jewish women
NEW YORK (JTA) — A Brooklyn woman who made headlines for slapping three Jewish women in December — and then quickly being released from jail — has been charged with federal hate crimes. U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced the Justice Department’s decision to charge Tiffany Harris in a meeting Tuesday morning with Jewish leaders…
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