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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Jews Clash With Police In Protest Against IDF Conscription
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of Haredi Orthodox protesters demonstrated in Jerusalem against conscription in the Israel Defense Forces. The protesters clashed with police on Sunday during the demonstrations in the Haredi neighborhood of Mea Shearim, leading to the arrest of at least 8 protesters. At least two teenage protesters were injured in the melee, Ynet…
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Fast Forward Florida ‘Hot Cop’ Suspended Over Anti-Semitic Facebook Posts
(JTA) — A Florida police officer has been suspended with pay after complaints that he posted anti-Semitic comments on his Facebook page. A selfie of police officer Michael Hamill and two other Gainesville, Florida, police officers was posted on the department’s Facebook page, showing the officers helping the community in the wake of Hurricane Irma….
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Fast Forward Israel Will Fix Adoption Law To Give Same-Sex Couples Equal Rights
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli government said it would amend adoption law in the country to give same-sex couples equal rights. The state on Sunday made the announcement during a hearing at the Supreme Court in response to a petition regarding adoption by same-sex and common-law couples. The state said it would introduce the new…
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Fast Forward Why This Former Orthodox Feminist Leader Is Studying To Be A Reform Rabbi
(JTA) — As executive director of the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, Elana Sztokman was a big name in liberal Orthodox circles. But this week the 47-year-old, who has published widely on gender in Judaism, turned a new page: She started studying to become a Reform rabbi. Sztokman, who grew up in Brooklyn but now lives in…
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Fast Forward In Rosh Hashanah Call With Jewish Groups, Trump Does Not Take Questions
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The debate has gone on for weeks among rabbis and Jewish leaders: If President Donald Trump does not formally renounce white supremacists, is it still worth engaging in a conversation with him? This was on much of the Jewish community’s mind since Aug. 23, when the leaders of three religious streams —…
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Fast Forward Israelis Banned From Marriage By Rabbinical Courts In Record Numbers
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israel’s rabbinical courts have in recent years ramped up their practice of blacklisting citizens they deem not Jewish, internal data released Sunday show. With increasing frequency, they have placed Israelis, almost all of them immigrants with Jewish heritage, on lists that prevent them from marrying Jews. They argue this practice is necessary…
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Fast Forward Imam Who Asked Allah To ‘Destroy The Jews’ Won’t Be Prosecuted
MONTREAL (JTA) — Quebec prosecutors will not file hate crimes charges against an imam for saying at a Montreal mosque that he prayed for Allah to “destroy the accursed Jews.” In a November 2014 video seen on YouTube, Sayyed Al-Ghitawi said at the Al-Andalous Islamic Center that Allah will kill Jews “one by one.” B’nai Brith…
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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg Shares Family Shabbat Photos
(JTA) — Mark Zuckerberg gave his daughter Max a kiddush cup that belonged to her great-great-grandfather Max. Zuckerberg posted a photo of young Max drinking from the cup in her father’s arms, alongside a marble kitchen counter topped with two lit Shabbat candles and challahs under a white cover. “For shabbat tonight, we gave Max…
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