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California ruling deemed step forward for Jewish women stuck in abusive marriages
A new solution for women whose ex-husbands withhold a Jewish divorce.
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Cleveland rabbi arrested for soliciting an investigator who posed as an underage boy online
Rabbi Stephen Weiss, 60, posted bond on Tuesday and is required to wear an ankle monitor.
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Fast Forward Creator of incendiary ‘Libs of TikTok’ Twitter account revealed to be an Orthodox Jewish woman
The creator of an anonymous Twitter account fueling anti-LGBT panic was unmasked in The Washington Post Tuesday as an Orthodox Jewish woman who claimed to have participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection. The Twitter account @LibsofTikTok amassed hundreds of thousands of followers as it posted videos suggesting that children are being groomed by predator LGBTQ…
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Some Jewish tech workers won’t ever return to the office. Instead, they’ve moved to Israel.
Jewish tech workers are taking advantage of newly flexible remote work options to operate the graveyard shift from Israel.
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Celebrity cantor finds a soft landing after sexual misconduct allegations
When Nathan Lam was installed as the new cantor of Beverly Hills Temple of the Arts last month, he framed the move as an unexpected interruption of his retirement. It had, after all, been only a few months since Lam, 75, said publicly that he was anticipating “a long sabbatical” after leaving his high-profile posts…
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Missed the Seder because you caught Covid? You weren’t alone.
I strolled into my parents’ home Friday afternoon about six hours before Seder, only to find them seated in the living room looking rather concerned. “Molly has Covid,” my mom said. Oh. My sister had gotten in from New York the night before. My parents had picked her up. Then she came down with a…
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Al Aqsa clashes injure more than 150 as Ramadan and Passover coincide
This article originally appeared on Haaretz.com. To get Haaretz’s Daily Brief newsletter delivered to your inbox, click here. At least 152 Palestinians and three Israeli police officers were injured in clashes Friday at Al Aqsa Mosque, the Muslim holy site that includes the Temple Mount, the worst skirmishing in Jerusalem since the Muslim holy month…
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‘There was nothing else to talk about’: How Ukrainian and Russian Jews sharing an apartment in Jerusalem are handling the war
JERUSALEM — Olga Stalgorova woke up Feb. 24 to find her friend Yulia Borysenko crying in the kitchen of their apartment in a downtown Jerusalem hotel. “They attacked us,” said Borysenko, a 26-year-old from Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital. “They,” of course, meant Russia. Which is where Stalgarova, 24, grew up. The two women — one from…
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Reform movement sends mixed messages in response to harassment report
The Union for Reform Judaism pledged this week to make improvements to the way it handles sexual harassment, but some members of the community say the announced changes do not go far enough. The URJ, the congregational arm of the largest Jewish denomination in North America, released an investigation in February detailing its past failures…
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In L.A., a new exhibit on the American deli reveals some Jewish truths
In the 1930s, there were 5,000 delicatessens in New York City. By way of comparison, Starbucks, which seems to be on every street corner, has 241 outlets in New York. And those delis were much more than just places to get coffee or a pastrami. “I’ll Have What She’s Having,” a new exhibit at the…
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Pioneering Orthodox sex therapist accused of harassment
Updated April 13, 9:15 p.m ET with statements from Sharon Weiss-Greenberg. Multiple claims of harassment have emerged against a pioneering figure of women’s empowerment from former employees of the organization she helped found. Bat Sheva Marcus, a renowned sex therapist who was the president of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, was accused in scathing Facebook…
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