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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu Warns Iran Nuclear Deal Could Threaten Israel’s Existence
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the United States on Monday that the nuclear deal it is negotiating with Iran could threaten Israel’s survival and insisted he had a “moral obligation” to speak up about deep differences with President Barack Obama on the issue. Even as he set the stage for a Washington visit that…
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Opinion How Could We Have Trusted Rabbi Barry Freundel?
Now that Rabbi Barry Freundel has pleaded guilty to peeping at 52 women while they went to the mikveh — prosecutors say he spied on 100 more women, but outside the statute of limitations — we finally can take off the qualifiers and accept that he is guilty. And that means we can begin some…
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Breaking News Rabbi Barry Freundel Pleads Guilty to Peeping on 52 Women in Mikveh
Rabbi Barry Freundel, the former spiritual leader at a prominent Washington synagogue, has pleaded guilty to 52 counts of peeping on naked women in the mikveh, several news outlets reported. Freundel admitted using three different hidden cameras to capture different naked women in the ritual bath from different angles. “Guilty,” Freundel, a bearded figure wearing…
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Breaking News Mikveh-Peep Rabbi Barry Freundel Secretly Videotaped at Least 150 Women, Prosecutors Say
Rabbi Barry Freundel secretly videotaped at least 150 women in the mikveh at his prominent Washington D.C. synagogue, prosectors reportedly told a meeting of alleged victims. The disgraced Orthodox cleric has been criminally charged with peeping on six naked women in the ritual bath at Kesher Israel. But prosecutors said the number of victims is…
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Breaking News Benjamin Netanyahu’s D.C. Visit Only to Talk About Iran, Dermer Says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is visiting Washington to speak about Iran and for no other reason, Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Ron Dermer, said in an interview. “Let me be clear that the prime minister’s visit to Washington is intended for one purpose — to speak about Iran, that openly threatens the survival…
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Breaking News Alan Gross Draws Welcome Home Crowd at Synagogue
(JTA) — Alan Gross wore a gray suit, red tie and a perpetual smile as he took the stage Thursday night at Temple Beth Ami in Rockville, Md., at a welcome-home reception in his honor sponsored by dozens of Jewish organizations, including the the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Washington. But while he celebrated…
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Breaking News Theater J Attacks Fired Director Ari Roth as ‘Unprofessional’
The Washington D.C. Jewish Community Center is stepping up to defend the abrupt dismissal of Theater J artistic director Ari Roth, insisting he was fired for “Insubordination,” not pro-Israel politcal pressure. In a statement posted yesterday on the Facebook group of the Association for Jewish Theatre, Carole Zawatsky, the DCJCC’s CEO, wrote that Roth was…
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Israel News Beleaguered Theater J Slammed Over ‘Blatantly Political Firing’ of Ari Roth
Some of the most prominent figures in non-profit theater have denounced the Washington DC Jewish Community Center for its recent decision to terminate Ari Roth, the director of its nationally acclaimed theater program, for what they called “blatantly political reasons.” In an open letter to board members of the DCJCC, nearly 100 artistic directors of…
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