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Fast Forward With pro-Palestinian protest scheduled across the street, major LA congregation decides to pray elsewhere
Temple Beth Am, one of the city’s oldest Conservative synagogues, called it a precaution
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News Orthodox school reports ‘credible’ claims that its former head engaged in ‘sexualized’ communications to students
Houston's Robert M. Beren Academy reports that multiple alumni made allegations against Rabbi Ari Segal earlier this year. An investigation is ongoing
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Fast Forward Man charged with hate crime in alleged robbery and assault on Jews in Beverly Hills on Shabbat
The suspect allegedly said, “Jew, give me your jewelry,” before fleeing
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Fast Forward LA-area man charged with involuntary manslaughter in death of pro-Israel protester Paul Kessler
Kessler’s death had attracted national attention as the first fatality that occurred during protests related to the Israel-Hamas war
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Fast Forward Los Angeles charter school says teachers who taught first graders about ‘genocide of Palestine’ will not return
The principal will take a two-week leave after relaying staff concerns about Israeli flags to the rabbi of the synagogue that houses her school
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Fast Forward An LA charter school housed at a synagogue taught 1st-graders about ‘the genocide of Palestine’
Teachers described the lessons on social media. One also complained about Israeli flags on the synagogue campus
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Culture How Barbra Streisand became a meme-able legend for a new generation
Sure, she has 43 Grammy nominations. But millennial and Gen Z fans might know Streisand best as the woman who cloned her dogs
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News After altercation at Israel protest led to his death, lifelong friends grieve ‘kind, gentle’ Paul Kessler
Paul Kessler knew how to dress and how to fly a plane. The Jewish friends he grew up with in Scranton are reeling from his death
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