Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Rome’s Jewish community: Coronavirus is the worst situation we’ve faced since WWII
(JTA) — Rome’s Jewish community is in a “state of complete uncertainty” amid Italy’s coronavirus crisis, according to its president. “We are a proud and ancient community in the midst of the worst situation we have faced since World War II,” the president of Rome’s Jewish community, Ruth Durgello, said in a press release distributed…
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Fast Forward Thousands of Israelis in the US called home as coronavirus restrictions tighten
NEW YORK (JTA) — Purim celebrations at Oakland Hebrew Day School on Tuesday included a surprise, un-festive addition: farewells to two young Israeli women whose work in the Northern California school was being cut short by the global coronavirus pandemic. The women were assigned to work at the school as part of their national service,…
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Fast Forward Israel to require 14-day quarantine for all travelers from abroad
(JTA) — Israel will require all travelers from abroad to complete a 14-day quarantine, according to the latest regulation aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus in the country. The decision, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced late Monday, capped days of open deliberations about how far Israel would to go to stop the…
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Fast Forward Joe Biden, Amy Klobuchar to address AIPAC by video
(JTA) — Two more Democratic presidential candidates are now on the speakers’ list at this year’s AIPAC conference, after the Israel lobby group allowed Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar to deliver video messages. Four years ago, the group rejected an offer from Bernie Sanders to deliver a message by video during his first campaign for…
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Fast Forward Hundreds of Jews sign a public declaration of support for Elizabeth Warren
(JTA) — Hundreds of Jews from across the country have signed a declaration of support for Elizabeth Warren in the latest effort to influence Jewish voters in the Democratic primaries. Among the some 850 signatories to the #JewsforWarren declaration are Joshua Malina, the “Scandal” actor who starred in a Hillel get-out-the-vote campaign video in 2018;…
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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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