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Fast Forward Polish Delegation Comes To Israel To Discuss Controversial Holocaust Law
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Polish delegation arrived in Israel to come to an understanding between the two countries on the controversial Holocaust law. The delegation will meet on Thursday with a team headed by the Director-General of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Yuval Rotem. Both delegations are made up of historians, journalists, lawyers and diplomats, the…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Ultra-Orthodox Elementary School Accused Of Physical, Sexual Abuse
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A lawsuit filed against a venerated haredi Orthodox elementary school in Jerusalem alleges physical and sexual abuse within the institution. The lawsuit was filed last week in Jerusalem Magistrates Court against Talmud Torah Kaminetz by a former student who is now an adult. He was assisted in preparing and filing the lawsuit…
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Fast Forward Meet The Jewish Teenager From Maryland Running To Be Governor Of Kansas
(JTA) — Ilan Cohen loves Kansas. He knows a couple of people in Kansas. He’s currently, officially, running to be governor of Kansas. And one day he hopes to visit Kansas. And turn 18. And be able to vote. And graduate from high school. Right now, Cohen is a 17-year-old junior at the Charles E….
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Fast Forward Survivors Of Stabbing Attack Sue Palestinian Authority Over Family Deaths
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The surviving children and other family members of the five members of a West Bank family stabbed to death in a terrorist attack have sued the killers and the Palestinian Authority. The three surviving children of Udi Fogel, 36, and Ruth Fogel, 35, and several other family members, including the grandparents who…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva University Basketball Team Won’t Play On Shabbat At March Madness
(JTA) — The Yeshiva University men’s basketball team won’t have to worry about playing on Shabbat in the opening round of the NCAA Division III tournament. The team announced Tuesday in a post on its Facebook page that its game against York College in Pennsylvania will take place at 1 p.m. Friday. The original schedule…
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Fast Forward Prominent NY Jewish School Supports Student Walkouts To Protest Gun Violence
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Ramaz School, a prominent Jewish day school in New York City, will support the student-led campaign calling for gun control. The Manhattan school is backing student demonstrations in March and April that were planned in the wake of the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 students and teachers….
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Fast Forward Congressional Black Caucus Urges Israel Not To Deport African Migrants
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Congressional Black Caucus is urging Israel’s government to end a plan that forces some 40,000 African migrants in the country to choose between deportation and jail. Under the Israeli plan, migrants face a choice between jail and deportation later, or deportation now with cash incentives and free airfare. Until now, most…
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Fast Forward Joe Lieberman’s Granddaughter Immigrates To Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Nesya Lieberman, granddaughter of retired Sen. Joe Lieberman, has moved to Israel from Atlanta. Lieberman, 20, arrived in Israel on Tuesday under the auspices of Nefesh B’Nefesh, in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, the Jewish Agency of Israel, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael and JNF-USA. She will attend ulpan, or Hebrew…
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