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Fast Forward London Orthodox Synagogue Stops Allowing Women To Carry Torah Scroll
Under pressure from the local rabbinical court, a London Orthodox rabbi ended the practice of women carrying a Torah scroll during prayers at his synagogue. Rabbi Harvey Belovski told congregants last week that the rabbinical court had ordered him to stop a practice that he had initiated last year, in which women carried the Torah…
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Fast Forward British Orthodox School Kills Questions on Evolution
In the wake of an Orthodox Jewish day school redacting questions about evolution from a national science exam, England’s exams office said the practice is not permissible. The U.K. Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation, or Ofqual, sent a message to all public exam boards saying that blocking out questions on national exams is “malpractice”…
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Fast Forward Jewish Bride Among First for British Gay Nuptials Hours After Law Changes
A Jewish woman and her non-Jewish partner were among the first same-sex couples to be married in Britain hours after a law permitting such marriages went into effect. Nicola Pettit, 29, who is Jewish, married Tania Ward, 28, on Saturday morning at Brighton Town Hall, according to the London Jewish Chronicle. The couple had a…
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Fast Forward Britain’s Tate Gallery To Return Nazi-Looted Painting
Britain’s Tate Gallery said it would return a Nazi-looted painting to the heirs of an art collector from Hungary. The gallery announced on March 27 that it would return the 1824 painting “Beaching a Boat, Brighton” by John Constable. The artwork had been loaned to museums in the United States as late as 2006, The…
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Fast Forward MyHeritage Adds British Paper Archives to Family Tree Site
MyHeritage, an-Israel based genealogy website, will now include in its database the archives of the Jewish Chronicle and two Israeli historical databases. In a release, the website, based in Or Yehuda in central Israel, said the London-based Chronicle’s archive included “over 200,000 pages and millions of names, and dates back to 1841.” “Based in London…
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Fast Forward King’s College London Students Vote To Endorse BDS Against Israel
The King’s College London Student Union voted to endorse the boycott, sanctions and divestment movement against Israel. The 15-point motion passed Tuesday night at the students general meeting by a vote of 348-252. Following the vote, the college’s administration distanced itself from the measure, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. The motion calls for researching the…
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Opinion Jewish Brides Make British Gay Marriage History
Tania Ward and Nicola Pettit / Courtesy of Nicola Pettit (Haaretz) — Tania Ward and Nicola Pettit will make history this Saturday when they become one of the first same-sex couples to legally marry in Britain. More than that, their marriage will be among the first to receive a Jewish blessing, as Liberal and Reform…
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Fast Forward British Architects Vote To Cut Ties With Israel Group Over Settlement Projects
The Royal Institute of British Architects approved a motion calling on the international Union of Architects to suspend its Israeli counterpart from membership until it refuses to accept projects in the West Bank. The vote by the Royal Institute of British Architects Council on March 19 passed 23 to 16 with 10 abstentions, the institute…
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