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Stav Shaffir, Ex-Protest Leader, Keeps Eye on the Shekels
Having coffee with Stav Shaffir is little different from meeting up with other 20-somethings in Tel Aviv. She rushes into the cafe a few minutes late, glances repeatedly at her phone and complains about high rents and an out-of-touch government. It’s hard, she says, being the youngest woman in a workplace full of older men….
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Three-Quarter of Israeli Jews Oppose Palestinian State on ’67 Lines, Poll Finds
Three-quarters of Israeli Jews oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, a new poll found. Some 75 percent also are against ceding control of the Jordan Valley and 76 percent oppose the division of Jerusalem, according to a survey conducted last week for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, a research…
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German Kosher Butcher Sells Treyf for Years
A kosher butcher in Frankfurt, Germany, admitted in court that he sold doctored tons of non-kosher meat for years as glatt kosher. A verdict is expected next month in Frankfurt District Court in the case against the owners of the now-bankrupt Aviv kosher butcher store. Leslie W., 48, and his partner Akiwa H., 56, are…
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Yeshiva U. Reports First Sexual Assault On Campus in 12 Years — But Says Little Else
For the first time in 12 years, Yeshiva University has reported a sexual assault on campus. Reporting such a crime might seem a breakthrough for the university, which has been accused of covering up abuse in the past, but the school still refuses to say how it investigates student allegations of sexual assault. Nor will…
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Get Your Rosaries Off My Ovaries
The Seesaw is a new kind of advice column in which a broad range of columnists will address the real life issues faced by interfaith couples and families. You can email your own questions, which will remain anonymous, to: [email protected] Having the Abortion Talk With My Catholic In-laws I am Jewish and a longtime pro-choice…
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4 Midterm Congressional Races for Jews to Watch
(JTA) — With midterm elections just around the corner, four races for the House of Representatives in particular are catching our Jewish eyes. In the Los Angeles area, Ted Lieu and Elan Carr are battling to succeed retiring Democratic stalward Henry Waxman. A Republican Jewish candidate is mounting a strong challenge for a Long Island…
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When Jews Found Refuge in Pakistan
When Hazel Kahan went back to Lahore, Pakistan, in 2011 for the first time in 40 years, her childhood homes were completely different. Her first home, formerly a tan stone mansion covered in flowery vines, was now completely painted in white and inhabited by the Rokhri family, one of Pakistan’s most powerful political clans. Her…
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How Do You Celebrate Simchat Torah When Your Rabbi Has Been Arrested?
A young woman jogging down O Street Thursday night slowed down as she passed by Kesher Israel synagogue, in the heart of Georgetown. “My father used to go here,” she told a group of congregants standing outside, before entering services on the eve of Simchat Torah. “I just wanted to tell you to be strong.”…
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The Hebrew School on Wheels
Cantor Debbi Ballard wasn’t reaching as many students as she had hoped to back when she started her own Hebrew school based out of public spaces, like Dunkin’ Donuts, last fall. So this year, Ballard went one step further in her attempt to innovate: She bought a 38-foot recreational vehicle and converted it into a…
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Unlikely Sukkah Fight Pits Milwaukee High School Students Against Jewish Parents
A group of suburban Milwaukee students received an unexpected lesson in Jewish civics this Sukkot when they sought to build a sukkah at their public school for the second straight year. Administrators at Nicolet High School in Glendale, Wisconsin, allowed the sukkah last year, which Jewish students said provided an opportunity to educate others about…
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Orthodox Group Probed Alleged ‘Mikveh Peep’ Rabbi Barry Freundel
A national Orthodox rabbinic association recently investigated allegations of impropriety made against the rabbi accused of videotaping women at his mikvah, the Forward has learned. Rabbi Barry Freundel, spiritual leader of the Washington, D.C. congregation Kesher Israel, will be charged with voyeurism after a witness allegedly saw him installing a hidden camera above a shower…
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