Jackie Hajdenberg
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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Fast Forward A medieval massacre nearly wiped out the Jews of York, England. New research shows how the community recovered.
Jews rebuilt their community in the decades after a pogrom and before the expulsion of Jews from England in 1290
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Fast Forward A massive climate march is scheduled for Rosh Hashanah. Jewish activists give it a pass.
'This is not the discussion that we should be having,' said Shoshanna Segal. 'We should be having a discussion about: Is climate awareness somehow a 614th mitzvah?'
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Fast Forward An unused synagogue building in Connecticut could soon become affordable housing
Agudas Achim’s distinctive facade would be preserved under the development scheme
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Fast Forward A Jewish security group says it tipped off FBI about a neo-Nazi who said he wanted to kill Jews
The man was arrested in July after law enforcement agents found weapons, drugs and Nazi paraphernalia in his home
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Fast Forward When campers’ luggage got stranded, a Ramah alum’s new trucking company stepped in
Camp Trucking, a nearly 50-year-old company, suddenly closed its business, leaving dozens of American summer camps in the lurch just days before they were set to send their kids home
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Fast Forward At Chosen Comedy Festival in Brooklyn, comics lean into nuances of identity
The acts ran the comedy gamut from one comic’s raunchy impressions of elderly grandparents having sex to another reflecting on the nuances of being an Asian Jew
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Fast Forward Yeshiva University, a pillar of Orthodox Judaism, launches master’s program for Christian students
'Can Christians and Orthodox Jews study together?' asks the head of the Christian partner in the program. 'Does it even work?'
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Fast Forward British city of York, site of a medieval pogrom, gets its first rabbi in 800 years
Rabbi Elisheva Salamo arrived in York from California last week after decades of pulpit work in the United States, Switzerland and South Africa
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