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Fast Forward More Than Half Of New Immigrants To Israel In 2018 Were Not Considered Jewish
JERUSALEM (JTA) — More than half of the immigrants to Israel in 2018 were not recognized as Jewish under religious law. According to end of the year data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics, of the 30,300 immigrants who arrived in Israel last year under the Law of Return, some 12,600 were recognized as…
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Fast Forward New Orleans Cancels Women’s March Over Anti-Semitism Controversy
(JTA) — At least two more Women’s Marches have been canceled, including in New Orleans, where its chapter cited “several issues.” “Many of the sister marches have asked the leaders of Women’s March, Inc. to resign but as of today, they have yet to do so,” the New Orleans chapter said in its announcement Saturday. Top…
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Fast Forward New Jersey Rabbi Who Gave His Kidney To A Stranger Donates Part Of Liver
(JTA) — A New Jersey rabbi who a decade ago donated a kidney altruistically, has donated part of his liver. Rabbi Ephraim Simon, a 50-year-old father of 9 who co-directs Chabad of Bergen County in Teaneck, New Jersey, traveled to the Cleveland Clinic in mid-December to give part of his liver to Adam Levitz, a…
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Fast Forward Breitbart News Columnist Caroline Glick Joins New Right-Wing Party In Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Caroline Glick, a longtime Jerusalem Post columnist who also writes for the far-right Breitbart News website, will join the new right-wing party in Israel. “Together we will work to protect Israel, to increase its security and to enact truly right-wing policies,” Glick said in her announcement last week about joining the New Right…
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Fast Forward Elizabeth Warren Pledges Salary To HIAS As Long As Government Is Shut Down
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Days after launching a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren pledged her salary to HIAS, the Jewish immigration advocacy group, as long as the government is shut down. “Over 7,000 people in Massachusetts have been sent home or are working without pay during the #TrumpShutdown,” Warren said Tuesday,…
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Fast Forward Medical Resident Who Said She’d Give Jews Wrong Meds No Longer At Hospital
(JTA) — A medical resident at the Cleveland Clinic who wrote scores of anti-Semitic social media posts no longer works at the medical center. Dr. Lara Kollab worked at the Clinic from July 2018 – September 2018. The Clinic on Monday in a statement confirmed that Kollab no longer works there, after reports about her posts…
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Fast Forward Pompeo To Netanyahu: US Exit From Syria Does Not End Cooperation In Region
(JTA) — The United States’ withdrawal of some 2,000 ground troops from Syria does not signal the end of the U.S. commitment to Israel’s security, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said. Pompeo made the statement Tuesday at the start of a meeting in Brazil with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The leaders are both attending…
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Fast Forward She’s Bisexual And Jewish — And The 101st Rose Bowl Queen!
(JTA) — Louise Deser Siskel, a high school senior who will preside over the New Year’s Day Tournament of Roses Parade, says she is the first Jewish Rose queen in the parade’s 101-year history. Siskel, 18, also told the local media that she is the first LGBTQ queen and the first queen that wears glasses, though…
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