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Thousands Mourn Ari Fuld, Prominent Israel Activist Killed By Palestinian
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thousands of Israels attended the late night funeral for U.S. born Israel activist Ari Fuld, who was killed in a terrorist stabbing attack. The funeral began at close to midnight on Sunday, less than a day after Fuld, a 45-year-old father of four, was stabbed to death by a teenage Palestinian assailant…
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Some Of The GOP’s Biggest Jewish Donors Are Abandoning The Party
(JTA) — One of the largest donors to the Republican Party in New England, Seth Klarman, is calling on voters to support Democratic candidates in the upcoming elections, and he put his money where his mouth is. Klarman, who is a registered Independent and stresses that “I’m not a Democrat,” told New York Times columnist…
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Elena Kagan Says She Had ‘A Very Strange Jewish Upbringing’
NEW YORK (JTA) — Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, appearing at a Jewish day school in Brooklyn, spoke about her Jewish background and how her family jumped from synagogue to synagogue. “I had a very strange Jewish upbringing actually,” Kagan, 58, told journalist Dahlia Lithwick, who moderated the Wednesday evening conversation. “You would think Lincoln…
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Left-Wing American Jew Heading To Israeli Yeshiva Detained At Border
(JTA) — Another Jewish-American left-wing activist was detained at the Israeli border and threatened with deportation before being allowed to enter the country. Julie Weinberg-Connors, 23, arrived in the country on Wednesday to begin a year of study at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies, a nondenominational yeshiva in Jerusalem. Weinberg-Connors was detained at Ben…
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Rutgers Anti-Semitism Allegations Probed By Feds
NEW YORK (JTA) — An investigation into an allegedly anti-Semitic incident at Rutgers University is being reopened by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Kenneth Marcus, the department’s new assistant secretary for civil rights, wrote in a letter last week that a pro-Palestinian event at the New Jersey state school in January…
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Chabad Hungary Joins Holocaust Project Boycotted By Other Jews
(JTA) – Hungary’s controversial Holocaust museum will open next year despite opposition by some in the Jewish community to its premise and staff, according to a government statement. Gergely Gulyás, the head of the Prime Minister’s Office, said Friday at a news conference that the House of Fates will open in Budapest in 2019, four…
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When An Old Synagogue Downsizes, What Do You Do With All Its Stuff?
ERIE, Pa. (JTA) — There was some debate about putting the old synagogue up for sale and moving to a new, smaller building, but not much. In 2012, a major pipe burst at Temple Anshe Hesed, and the cost of repairing the nearly century-old building convinced the small but resilient congregation that it was time…
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‘It Made Me Want To Cry’: Ramaz Alumni React To Reports Of Sexual Abuse
NEW YORK (JTA) — When he was attending the Ramaz School in the early 2000s, David Ellenberg heard whispers that Albert Goetz, a math teacher, photographed the feet of female students. But Ellenberg was also skeptical of the Manhattan Jewish day school’s rumor mill. So when he heard about the photos, he said “it sounded…
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Author Who Researches Criminal Justice System Awarded $100K Bronfman Prize
NEW YORK (JTA) — Amy Bach has won the 2018 Charles Bronfman Prize for her research in statistics about the criminal justice system. The organization announced on Wednesday that it was giving the Jewish humanitarian award to Bach, a lawyer and award-winning author. She is the founder and executive director of Measures for Justice, an organization that…
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Trump’s ‘Biggest’ Regret? Calling Out Charlottesville White Supremacists.
A new book by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward claimed that President Trump deeply regretted criticizing the white supremacists who marched last year in Charlottesville, Virginia, the Post reported Tuesday. Trump’s first public statement after the march and ensuing violence put blame on “both sides,” but after being urged by advisors, he specifically condemned white…
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Rabbi Rachel Cowan, Pioneer In The Jewish Healing Movement, Dies At 77
(JTA) — Rabbi Rachel Cowan, a pioneer in the Jewish healing movement who converted to Judaism, has died. Cowan died on Friday of brain cancer at her home in Manhattan at the age of 77. She was diagnosed two years ago with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, the same cancer that Sen. John…
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