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Fast Forward Israel’s Chief Rabbis Telling Public to Pray for Rain During Dry Winter
Israel’s chief rabbis called on the public to say special prayers due to the lack of rain. Chief Rabbis Yitzhak Yosef and David Lau also called for a mass prayer at the Western Wall on Thursday . The rabbis ruled that the incredibly dry winter in Israel matches the definition under Jewish law of a…
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Fast Forward Supreme Court Hears Minnesota Rabbi’s Frequent Flier Case
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the case of a Minnesota rabbi who claimed he was cut from an airline’s frequent flier program for earning too many miles. Oral arguments in the case of Rabbi Binyomin Ginsberg were heard on Tuesday. Ginsberg was one of Northwest Airlines’ top fliers when he was cut from…
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News Marc Schneier Gets Married (Again!) — and RCA May Move To Resolve Dispute
In the past few months, Rabbi Marc Schneier, founder and president of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding and leader of a star-studded synagogue in the Hamptons, has been busy. The foundation launched a month-long series of programs in Jewish and Muslim houses of worship, while Schneier has been jetting around the globe engaged in his…
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Fast Forward Ex-Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger Arrested for Million-Dollar Bribes
Former Israeli chief rabbi Yona Metzger was arrested on suspicion that he received bribes, as well as committed money laundering and fraud, during his time as Ashkenazi chief rabbi. Metzger was arrested Monday, following a several-month-long investigation. A Petah Tikvah court remanded to police custody for nine days. The Israel Police National Fraud squad believes…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Rabbis Stand Up for Beleaguered Israeli Rabbinate
Amid calls for reform of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate, leading Orthodox U.S. and European rabbinical organizations stressed its “essential role.” Representatives of the Conference of European Rabbis and the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America signed a convention endorsing the Chief Rabbinate at a gathering of the European group in Berlin. Israeli Deputy Religious Services Minister Eli…
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News ‘Christmas Tree Rabbis’ Take Place in Faith as Intermarriage Grows
(JTA) — When Eric Woodward started rabbinical school at the Conservative movement’s Jewish Theological Seminary, he assumed he would be be the only student who grew up celebrating Christmas along with Hanukkah. But midway through his training, when Woodward started a discussion group for students of interfaith families, more than 20 people showed up. Not all…
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Fast Forward Italian Chief Rabbi Vows To Fight Firing
A rabbi has threatened to sue the Jewish community in the northeast Italian city of Trieste for firing him as the community’s chief rabbi. Rabbi Itzhak David Margalit, 64, has hired a lawyer and was flying to Israel this week to consult with the chief rabbinate there, according to a front page article Wednesday in…
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Fast Forward Europe Council Vows No Ban on Circumcision
The Council of Europe will not ban Jewish ritual circumcision of boys, Council Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland assured members of the Conference of European Rabbis. Jagland said Monday in Berlin that he wanted to make it “absolutely clear… that in no way does the Council of Europe want to ban the circumcision of boys. It…
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