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Fast Forward Female Rabbinic Students ‘Strip Searched’ By Western Wall Security
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Four female students from Hebrew Union College, including two Americans, were asked to lift their shirts and skirts for security before being allowed to enter the Western Wall plaza. The women were part of a group of 15 rabbinical, cantorial and Jewish education students from North America and Australia who joined about…
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Fast Forward Israeli Chief Rabbinate: Supreme Court Lacks Jurisdiction Over Western Wall
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Chief Rabbinate said the country’s Supreme Court lacks the jurisdiction to rule on the “intrareligious” struggle involving egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall. In a 166-page brief filed Tuesday with the Supreme Court, the Chief Rabbinate said in part, “The courts are not the appropriate tribunal to decide if Jewish law…
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Food Jerusalem’s Hottest New Cocktail (Cinnamon Smoke Included)
The Garden Terrace on the roof of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem feels like another world, not a bad thing these days. The setting is enchanting, with rattans sofas and chairs separated by trees strung with fairy lights. It’s a beautiful place to relax and enjoy the cool Jerusalem night air. The wait staff…
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Fast Forward Arab Woman Stabs Israeli Man Near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Arab woman from eastern Jerusalem stabbed an Israeli man near the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. The victim was lightly injured in the Saturday afternoon stabbing attack, according to reports. He was taken to the Hadassah Medical Center on Mount Scopus. The woman, 29 and a mother of…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Drops Luxury Redevelopment Plan For Historic Palestinian Village
Jerusalem’s city government has set aside plans to redevelop the abandoned Palestinian village of Lifta, with its historic stone homes, into a luxury development featuring 200 McMansions. “The plan has been taken off the agenda so that it can undergo additional professional consideration,” the municipality said in a statement after a planning committee turned down…
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Fast Forward Israelis Visited Temple Mount In Record Numbers Amid Tensions
(JTA) — July saw the largest number of Israelis visiting the Temple Mount in any single month since it came under Israeli control in 1967. Some 3,200 people visited the site, which is holy to Jews and to Muslims, who refer to the compound as Haram al Sharif, Army Radio reported Friday. In previous years,…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Matchmakers Will Get $4,000 For Pairing ‘Damaged Goods’ Over 21
The grand rabbi, or “rebbe,” of the Boyan sect of ultra-Orthodox Jews is offering $4,000 to anyone who suggests a successful match between “older singles” in their community, the Israeli news site Arutz Sheva reported Wednesday. The “older” designation applies to single men over the age of 23 and single women over the age of…
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Fast Forward This Is What Jerusalem’s Gay Pride Parade Looks Like
(JTA) — The turnout for Jerusalem’s Gay Pride Parade on Thursday was more than three times the expected number, with at least 14,000 people marching. Tens of thousands of people are dancing and singing at Jerusalem Pride. ???️? https://t.co/7YQdGWTIDo — Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) August 3, 2017 Some estimates said that up to 22,000 people attended…
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