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Fast Forward Al Jazeera Threatens Legal Action Over Israel’s Plans To Close Jerusalem Bureau
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Al Jazeera threatened to take legal action to remain in its Jerusalem bureau following Israel’s decision to close it down. The Qatar-based news network, which is based in the same building as Israel’s Government Press Office, criticized the shutdown as “undemocratic” in a statement Monday. “Al Jazeera stresses that it will closely watch the…
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Fast Forward Camp Ramah In The Rockies Evacuated After Fire Destroys Dining Hall
(JTA) — An early-morning fire caused the evacuation of the Ramah in the Rockies summer camp and destroyed the building housing the camp kitchen, dining hall and administrative offices. No one was hurt in the blaze, which started at 2 a.m. Monday and spread to some nearby trees. The camp’s executive director, Rabbi Eliav Bock,…
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Fast Forward Increasing Interest In ‘Halachic Pre-Nup,’ Rabbinical Group Says
JERUSALEM (JTA) — In honor of the “Jewish day of love,” Tu B’Av, the Tzohar Rabbinical Organization reports that there is increasing public interest in its halachic prenuptial agreement. The Heskem B’Ahava, or Agreement of Love, was introduced in 2015 in order to prevent legal and halachic, or Jewish legal obstacles in the event of…
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Fast Forward Israeli Court Revokes Citizenship Of Arab-Israeli Convicted Terrorist
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli court revoked the citizenship of an Arab-Israeli man over his terrorism conviction — reportedly for the first time — in a stabbing and car-ramming attack. The Haifa District Court on Sunday agreed to the request of Interior Minister Arye Deri in the case of Alaa Ziad. Ziad seriously injured three Jewish Israelis…
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Fast Forward This Rabbi With Brain Cancer Has A Message For Congress
(JTA) — Rabbi Rachel Cowan is no stranger to helping others who are ill or caring for sick loved ones. In 1990 she was one of the co-founders of the Jewish Healing Center, a pioneer in a Jewish healing movement that provides spiritual resources and wisdom to help people deal with the suffering that surrounds…
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Fast Forward St. Louis Jewish Cemetery Rededicated Six Months After Gravestones Toppled
(JTA) — A St. Louis-area Jewish cemetery was rededicated nearly six months after more than 150 headstones were toppled and damaged by vandals. Dozens of members of the St. Louis Jewish community and its supporters gathered Sunday at the Chesed Shel Emeth cemetery in University City, Missouri, on Sunday to honor those who are buried…
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Fast Forward Democratic Socialists Of America Pass Israel BDS Resolution
(JTA) — The Democratic Socialists of America voted to endorse a BDS motion against Israel at their biannual convention in Chicago. The vote, which took place on Saturday, passed with 90 percent approval of the 697 delegates from 49 states. The motion read, in part, “Democratic Socialists of America declares itself in solidarity with Palestinian…
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Books German Project Reunites Books Stolen During Holocaust With Rightful Heirs
BERLIN (JTA) — A new search in Germany for books stolen from Jews during the Third Reich is beginning to bear fruit. Recently, a man in California who was the only survivor of the Holocaust in his family received a book from Germany that had been dedicated to him by a teacher. The only other…
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