Wednesday October 17, 2018 | 7 Heshvan 5779
NEWTON, Mass. (JTA) — The first woman to lead the near-century-old Hebrew College was formally installed in a ceremony that paid tribute to her legacy as a humble and influential rabbinic teacher, and as a transformative leader on the role of women in Jewish life. Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld on Monday was affirmed as the...
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan slate of lawmakers in Congress introduced a bill that would invest in businesses in the Palestinian areas — a bid to replace some of the massive cuts in assistance imposed recently by the Trump administration. Under the measure, the United States would contribute $50 million a year to investments in...
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(JTA) — When Apple released its bagel emoji earlier this month people weren’t exactly kvelling. On social media, New Yorkers and bagel lovers of all stripes lamented the icon’s aggressively plain appearance. You call this factory-produced bagel an emoji that stands for all bagels??? New Yorkers demand more. https://t.co/kvo6THEjNO — Pat Kiernan (@patkiernan) October 3,...
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(JTA) — A second identifiably Orthodox Jewish man was assaulted in Brooklyn for the second day in a row. The attack took place in the racially mixed Crown Heights neighborhood on Monday afternoon, crownheights.info first reported. A black teenager carrying a stick began chasing an older Jewish man who attempted to run away. The Jewish man...
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(JTA) — Fliers blaming Jews for the sexual assault allegations against new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh were posted outside a synagogue in South Reno, Nevada. The fliers were posted outside Temple Emanu-El in South Reno on two consecutive weekends — Oct 6-7, when Kavanaugh was confirmed by the Senate and sworn in, and last...
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s only Olympic gold medalist is planning to auction off his medal, saying he needs the money. Gal Fridman in a post Monday on Facebook said he was looking for an expert on eBay “who understands how to auction a rare item, the only one of its kind in Israel.” In response to...
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