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Fast Forward Orthodox Reject Anti-Muslim Push Without Mentioning Donald Trump by Name
The umbrella bodies for modern Orthodox Jews joined Jewish groups in rejecting Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims’ entry into the United States. Unlike the range of other groups that have condemned the call by the candidate for the Republican presidential nod, the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America in a joint statement…
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News Is ‘Chained’ Wife Tamar Epstein’s Remarriage Kosher — Even Without Orthodox Divorce?
Tamar Epstein, the prominent “chained woman” whose right to remarry under traditional Jewish law was long stymied, may have finally found two Orthodox rabbis willing to help her wed again. But her fate in the broader Jewish community — and the fate of any children she may have — is anything but ensured. Epstein, who…
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Fast Forward ‘Chained’ Wife Tamar Epstein Remarries Without Orthodox Divorce
A former Maryland woman who was a central figure in the ongoing efforts to reform how the Orthodox Jewish community deals with recalcitrant husbands on Jewish divorces has remarried. Tamar Epstein married Adam Paul Fleischer on Sept. 24 in Memphis, Tennessee, the Washington Jewish Week first reported last week. Rabbi Nota Greenblatt, an eminent posek,…
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Fast Forward Sarah Mayer, Faigy’s Older Sister, Hangs Herself Months After Roof Plunge
The older sister of a former Hasidic woman who killed herself four months ago by jumping off of a rooftop bar in Manhattan died after hanging herself. Sarah Mayer, 31, was found dead on Sunday afternoon in her parents’ home in Borough Park, the New York Daily News reported. Her death comes four months after…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Trailblazer Takes Helm at Argentina Jewish Umbrella
An Orthodox Jew will head the Argentine Jewish political umbrella for the first time in its 80-year history. Ariel Cohen Sabban was elected Nov. 19 with 52 percent of the vote to 44 percent for the incumbent, Julio Schlosser. He will start his three-year term on Dec. 15. “Not only a president was elected, but…
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Fast Forward 2 Busted in Brooklyn Egg Attack on Orthodox Teen
The New York Police Department has made two arrests in an egg-throwing attack in Brooklyn targeting an Orthodox Jewish teenager. The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force has the suspects, both adolescents, in custody, Yeshiva World News reported Thursday. They reportedly are white males. The attack, captured on surveillance video, took place at 2 a.m. Saturday…
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News Ex-Hasidic Transgender Woman Speaks Out on New Identity
Srully Stein grew up in Brooklyn’s Hasidic Vizhnitzer community. He got married at 18, and started a family. Despite the fact that he looked much like any other Hasid, he did not feel comfortable in his male body. No one, of course, in the ultra-Orthodox community had a clue that Stein was born as the…
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Fast Forward After 4 Decades, Jewish Dialogue With Orthodox Christians Still Shaky
(JTA) — For two days, 38 leading Jewish and Orthodox Christian clerics and scholars sat in a hotel outside the Greek capital for a rare dialogue on relations between the two ancient faiths. The talks, held last month, were only the eighth round since formal interfaith dialogue between Jews and Orthodox Christians began in 1972, and…
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