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Fast Forward Israeli-Gaza battle intensifies: Airstrikes kill dozens, destroy media building; Biden speaks to Netanyahu, Abbas
At least 182 Palestinians and 12 Israelis have been killed over the last week of intense fighting between the Israeli military and militants in the Gaza Strip. The Gaza health ministry says the dead there include 52 children, and that there are about 1,2000 wounded from airstrikes and artillery fire. On the Israeli side, two…
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News Your Weekend Reads: takeaways from the new Pew study, Van Morrison’s (bad) new album, and an Olympic equestrienne
Each week, Forward editors pick highlights from our coverage to savor over Shabbat and Sunday. You can download and print a PDF of those stories by clicking here, or click on any of the headlines below. Have a great weekend!
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Fast Forward N.J. superintendent apologizes for Meir Kahane heritage month gaffe
The superintendent of the Montclair, N.J., public schools apologized on Tuesday for an email sent the day before highlighting the convicted terrorist Meir Kahane for Jewish American Heritage Month, saying the selection “was not researched or vetted properly.” “Moments in history can be very painful, and we deeply regret this eblast,” the superintendent, Jonathan Ponds,…
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News Your weekend reads: Cicadas, a tour of the Lower East Side, and antisemitism on TikTok
Each week, Forward editors pick highlights from our coverage to savor over Shabbat and Sunday. You can download and print a PDF of those stories by clicking here, or click on any of the headlines below. Have a great weekend!
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Fast Forward Miami rabbi arrested for sexual misconduct at Chabad day school
A teacher at a South Florida Chabad Lubavitch school was in custody for allegedly inappropriately touching a student
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Breaking News At least 45 crushed to death in stampede at overcrowded Lag Ba’omer event in Israel
At least 45 Haredi Jews were killed in northern Israel early Friday morning, the authorities said, when a stampede erupted during Lag B’Omer festivities on Mount Meron that drew some 100,000 people despite warnings that it could become a COVID-19 super-spreader event. At least 150 were injured, many of them seriously, with at least six…
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Fast Forward Dallas temple fires rabbi accused of ‘sexually predatory behavior,’ launches own investigation
A Dallas Reform synagogue has terminated Rabbi Sheldon Zimmerman’s employment and launched an independent review of its past and present practices for reporting misconduct, after a separate probe found credible evidence that Zimmerman had engaged in “sexually predatory behavior” with at least three women. Zimmerman had resigned as president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of…
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News Your weekend reads: Dr. Ruth’s, Andrew Yang on his Jewish connection and a kosher cartel
Each week, Forward editors pick highlights from our coverage to savor over Shabbat and Sunday. You can download and print a PDF of those stories by clicking here, or click on any of the headlines below. Have a great weekend!
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