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Fast Forward This 98-Year-Old Woman Converted To Judaism — After Winning A Raffle
Frances Bertetta, a 98-year-old woman from the San Francisco area, proved that it’s never too late to find your spiritual home — and a little luck doesn’t hurt. Bertetta originally fell in love with Judaism more than 70 years ago, when she attended the bar mitzvah of a friend’s son. Her love of Judaism was reignited…
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Fast Forward French Jewish Lawmaker Stirs Controversy With Hebrew Prayers — And Focus On Israel
Meyer Habib, who represents in the French Parliament nationals living abroad in eight countries including Israel, stirred a controversy this week after he gave a victory speech in which he thanked God and prayed in Hebrew. “I can’t stop myself from thanking you and also thanking the All Powerful, because while we are in a…
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Fast Forward Ivanka Calls Judaism One Of ‘Three Largest World Religions’ — Wrong!
Ivanka Trump’s humblebrag backfired on Monday morning when she incorrectly said that Judaism was one of the world’s three largest religions. Trump gracefully sidestepped a possibly-insensitive question from “Fox & Friends” co-host Gretchen Carlson on what it was like “as a convert to be there in Israel and to meet with [Prime Minister] Netanyahu” while…
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Fast Forward ‘Antifa’s Most Prominent Jew’ Booted From Twitter
The activist and author called “antifa’s most prominent Jew” has been booted off Twitter. “So Twitter gave in to the Nazis apparently and suspended my account,” Daniel Sieradski wrote in a public note describing the June 8 suspension of his account. “I had the temerity to fight hate on their platform when they won’t.” Twitter…
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Culture This Dating Site Connects Jews Of Middle Eastern Descent
NEW YORK (JTA) — These days, there’s a dating site or app for just about any group you can imagine, from men with beards (and their admirers) to a farmers-only site. There’s even an app matches people based upon shared dislikes — as in “I saw you, too, hate paying extra for guacamole.” But one day it dawned upon Cynthia Shamash,…
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Fast Forward Progressive Jewish Group Gives Linda Sarsour $10K For Security
Muslim civil rights activist Linda Sarsour has become a lightning rod for controversy over her political advocacy work and statements about Israel and the Middle East. Because of this, she has received a hefty number of death threats and been forced to beef up on security. So the progressive Jewish group Bend the Arc is…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Man Beaten For Defending Jewish Couple On Subway
Jean Wolfman was left with a cut to the head that required 10 stitches to close after stepping in to prevent a group of subway dancers from harassing an older Jewish couple. According to Wolfman, the dancers started menacing an older man and his wife after the man did not tip them after they did…
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Community Your Ultimate Guide To The Laws And Customs Of Shavuot
This is a brief review of the laws and customs of Shavuot. Besides the status of Shavuot as a Yom Tov, there are neither biblical nor rabbinical laws relevant to it today. In biblical times Shavuot was the culmination of the Exodus, and it did not have a date of its own, but rather was…
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