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Fast Forward Palestinian Deemed ‘Righteous Gentile’ Will Be Buried In Jewish Cemetery
(JTA) — A chief rabbi of Jerusalem allowed a Palestinian man to be buried in a Jewish cemetery following his body’s exclusion by imams over his sale of real-estate to Jews. Aryeh Stern, the Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel’s capital, this week ruled as a rabbinical judge that Alah Kirsh may be buried at a…
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Fast Forward US To Vote ‘No’ Instead Of Abstain On UN Resolution About Golan
(JTA) — The United States will vote “No” on a UN resolution criticizing Israel’s control of the Golan Heights instead of abstaining as it has done in previous years, Nikki Haley said. The outgoing U.S. ambassador to the United Nations announced her country’s decision in a statement Thursday about a General Assembly vote scheduled for…
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Fast Forward Photo Of Hitler With Part-Jewish Girl Auctioned For $11k
(JTA) — A photograph of Adolf Hitler hugging a part-Jewish child and a letter by Albert Einstein predicting the rise of Nazi anti-Semitism fetched five-figure sums at two separate auctions. The picture, dated 1933, shows Rosa Bernile Nienau, whose grandmother was Jewish, being hugged by the Nazi leader outside his home in Bavaria, the sellers…
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Fast Forward Reform Movement’s Rabbinical Group Appoints First Female Leader
NEW YORK (JTA) — The Reform movement’s rabbinical wing has appointed Rabbi Hara Person as its first female chief executive. The Central Conference of American Rabbis, which represents 2,100 Reform rabbis around the world, made the announcement on Thursday. Person succeeds Rabbi Steven Fox, who is retiring in June after 13 years as CEO. With…
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Fast Forward 4 Israel Police Officers Injured In Attack At Eastern Jerusalem Station
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Four Israel Police officers were injured in a stabbing attack at a police station in eastern Jerusalem. The alleged stabber came to the entrance of the police station in the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem, also known as East Talpiot, and attacked three of the officers with a knife. Other officers…
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Fast Forward Family Of Kansas City JCC Shooting Victim Settles With Walmart Over Sale Of Gun
(JTA) — The family of a victim of a white supremacist attack on two suburban Kansas City Jewish institutions settled a lawsuit with the national chain Walmart, which sold one of the shotguns used by the killer. News of the settlement were announced on Tuesday. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed. Terri LaManno…
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Fast Forward Fraud Case Against Sara Netanyhu Goes To Arbitration
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The fraud case against Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is going to criminal arbitration. The trial, which is scheduled to open in January, will continue to move forward in parallel, at the District Attorney’s request, according to the Israeli public broadcaster Kan. A successful arbitration will require Netanyahu to…
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Fast Forward Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman Resigns Over Gaza Ceasefire
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Avigdor Liberman resigned as defense minister of Israel on Wednesday over a cease-fire with Palestinian terrorist groups — a move that could trigger new elections. Liberman said the decision to agree to a cease-fire, which followed 25 hours of bombings into southern Israel from Gaza, was “a capitulation to terror.” He announced his…
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