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Fast Forward Denmark Party Wants To Ban Circumcision
A left-wing Danish political party is seeking to outlaw ritual circumcision in Denmark. The Social Liberal Party, a small coalition partner of Denmark’s ruling Social Democrats party, adopted the anti-circumcision stance this week following an internal vote by delegates during a party congress in Nyborg, 75 miles west of Copenhagen, according to the news site…
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Fast Forward Jewish Underdog Shocks Putin in Race for Mayor of Russia’s No. 4 City
He has published poetry, sat in a Soviet prison, collected Russian religious icons and treated drug addicts with a tough programme that has drawn praise but also criminal prosecution. Now Yevgeny Roizman is about to begin his latest incarnation, as mayor of Russia’s fourth-largest city – one of the highest posts to be held by…
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Fast Forward Australian Chabad Yeshiva Guard Found Guilty of Raping Boy
A former security guard at an Orthodox Jewish school in Melbourne was convicted of child rape and molestation. David Cyprys, 44, was a contract worker for Yeshivah College, a Chabad-run boys’ school, when he abused nine boys in the 1980s and early 1990s. A jury at the County Court of Victoria found him guilty last…
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News Kosher Smart Phone Arrives as Ultra-Orthodox Tech Taboo Shifts
The taboo among the ultra-Orthodox in Israel about using smart phones is no longer, with the launch of models deemed appropriate for the devout. That’s a real milestone for Haredi leaders, who have denounced the technology as a new form of evil. Last year the renowned rabbi Chaim Kanievsky declared the destructive capacity of smart…
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Fast Forward YIVO Institute For Jewish Research Appoints First Kronhill Visiting Scholar
The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research has appointed Stanford University Jewish history scholar Steven Zipperstein as its first Jacob Kronhill visiting scholar, according to a press release issued today. Zipperstein is a professor in Jewish culture and history at Stanford University. “We are delighted that Steven Zipperstein has accepted the position as our first Kronhill…
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Opinion Is ‘Beyond the Two-State Solution’ Poised for Prime-Time?
The crisis in Syria, has overwhelmed discussion of other Middle East issues in the past month, not the least of them being the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinians. Still, the passage of two decades with little or no progress in the peace process has not passed…
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News IDF To Remove Forces From 22 Towns On Northern and Southern Borders
The Israel Defense Forces will remove soldiers from 22 towns located on the country’s northern and southern borders. The IDF’s Operations Branch made the decision to withdraw from the communities near the borders with Lebanon, the Sinai and the Gaza Strip, according to reports. It will go into effect in October. IDF officials told the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Teenager Clings to Life After Florida Yom Kippur Tragedy
A teenage girl who was hit by a car while walking to attend Kol Nidrei services on Yom Kippur is in critical condition after undergoing several surgeries. Orly Ohayon, 16, from Jacksonville, Florida, was rushed to University of Florida Health hospital. Her mother was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver hit the pair as…
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