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Fast Forward Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, dean who led Yeshiva U seminary through period of growth, dies at 94
Charlop once said that his ideal YU would be “a yeshiva like Volozhin,” a legendary seminary in what is now Belarus, and a university like Columbia
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Fast Forward Passengers accuse JetBlue of antisemitism after Orthodox Jews ordered off plane
Flight crew complained that passengers who switched seats made them uncomfortable
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Opinion Some Israeli Haredim are joining the IDF. Can secular Jews get along with them?
The current war can help secular Jews understand that the Haredim are not the threat they’re often made out to be
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News How the Israel-Hamas war exposed a rift in Haredi Orthodox Judaism
Some Haredi leaders disparaged the DC rally for Israel. The backlash has been fierce
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News ‘House of Lev’: A former hip hop dancer and makeup artist document their new Orthodox life online
Akiva and Chava Hart and their 6 children converted to Judaism Nov. 5, but have been creating Jewish content online for a year
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Fast Forward Former Cuomo aide alleges that Kushner was behind Boro Park protests during COVID-19 outbreak
Melissa DeRosa, fomer Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s right hand, recounts the Orthodox protests against the governor following the blowup of a ‘nonaggression pact’ with Trump
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News ‘The feeling is, wow’: Orthodox attitude toward Biden shifts amid show of support for Israel
Regardless, recent polls show Orthodox Jews leaning heavily toward the Republican presidential candidate by a wide margin
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Fast Forward To support Israel, they’re saying nothing at all
A commitment to not talk during prayer services — for months — has more than 1,000 signups in just five days
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Fast Forward ‘Rabbi rebellion’: 33 Orthodox rabbis endorse Harris
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