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June 13, 2013
Calendar Picks and Clicks: June 15-21
American Jewish University’s inaugural arts festival begins with an evening of contemporary dance with BODYTRAFFIC and the L.A. Dance Project, directed by Benjamin Millepied, a choreographer best known for his work on “Black Swan.”
Women added to rabbinical judge selection committee
Four spots on the committee that appoints religious judges in Israel will be reserved for women under a new Knesset law.
Senate bids to add kosher food to emergency food distribution
An amendment under consideration in the U.S. Senate would add kosher food to emergency food assistance.
Thousand Oaks rabbi leaves post
Rabbi Ted Riter of Temple Adat Elohim (TAE) in Thousand Oaks officially ended his tenure at the Reform synagogue on May 1, and in a subsequent Facebook post announced that he no longer intends to continue in a similar post.
Right-wing settlement activist speaks up
The director and co-founder of the Israel Land Fund (ILF), a right-wing, Israel-based pro-settler group, told a small crowd of hawkish Israel supporters that “Arabs are eating the sovereignty of Israelis in our capital” during a local event on June 6.
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