Jackie Hajdenberg
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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Fast Forward Alfred Moses bought the Codex Sassoon for more than $30 million. He just saw it for the first time.
“I thought my chances were about 50/50,” Moses said about the auction where he bought the more than 1,000-year-old book two weeks ago
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Fast Forward A digital Jewish library aims to add women’s Torah scholarship to its shelves — by helping them write it
Twenty women Torah scholars will write books as part of the Word-by-Word project
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Fast Forward German court acquits COVID denier who compared Israel to Nazi Germany
'The court decision is a sad example of how antisemitism is played down in the judiciary and not combated consistently enough,' said Felix Klein, the federal government’s antisemitism commissioner
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Fast Forward Russia extends pretrial detention of journalist Evan Gershkovich until August
Gershkovich is one of multiple Jews imprisoned by Russia on security charges
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Fast Forward Conservative movement OKs vegetarian and vegan restaurants without kosher supervision
The ruling represents a change in how the Conservative movement approaches one of the core elements of traditional Jewish life.
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Fast Forward Codex Sassoon acquired by ANU Museum of the Jewish People for $38.1 million
The 1,100-year-old Hebrew Bible became the most expensive book ever sold, though not the most expensive document
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Fast Forward Jewelry with Nazi ties fetches record prices at Christie’s auction amid controversy
Multiple Jewish groups had sought to halt the auction of jewelry owned by Heidi Horton, whose German husband was a Nazi
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Fast Forward Israel to invest $40 million in North American Jewish day schools
Amichai Chikli, the Israeli minister of Diaspora affairs, said the initiative would 'focus on training teachers for Jewish education and Israel studies as well as principals for Jewish day schools.'
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