Ron Kampeas
By Ron Kampeas
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Fast Forward Leading Orthodox groups cheered the end of Roe v. Wade. Many Orthodox women are panicking.
The reversal is lighting up online private forums for Orthodox Jewish women, one activist said. “It’s chaos.”
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Fast Forward ‘After Shabbat, we will act’: American Jews gear up for wave of post-Roe activism
While the majority of American Jews will fiercely protest the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade, a rift could emerge among the Orthodox
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Fast Forward Controversial Texas GOP platform would ‘prohibit’ Palestinian state
In outright suggesting a “prohibition” on a Palestinian state, the platform goes farther than the 2016 national GOP platform, which withdrew Republican support for a two-state outcome.
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Fast Forward Andrée Geulen, Belgian woman who rescued hundreds of Jewish children, dies at 100
“I loved you then so much,” Andree Geulen told the children she rescued, decades later. “I still love you as much today.”
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Fast Forward Defendant in Jan. 6 case denies boyfriend planned to shoot up synagogue
“There is nothing in the public record” that a Marine planned to launch a mass shooting attack on a synagogue, say his onetime girlfriend’s lawyers.
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Fast Forward New Jersey town agrees to repeal ordinance allegedly aimed at keeping out Orthodox Jews
Jackson Township borders on Lakewood, home to a growing Orthodox community.
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Fast Forward A cop displayed Nazi symbols and joked about the Holocaust. A city near Seattle paid him $1.5 million to go away
An assistant police chief joked “that his grandfather died in the Holocaust after getting drunk and falling” out of a guard tower.
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Fast Forward Biden to visit Israel, Palestinian areas and Saudi Arabia in mid-July
The visit will emphasize reestablishing U.S. ties with the Palestinians, and may include a meeting with Maccabiah athletes.
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