Dina Kraft (JTA)
By Dina Kraft (JTA)
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Fast Forward American Jewish Studies Begin To Make Their Way to Israeli Schools
The Jews of America may be the largest Jewish community in the Diaspora, but that does not mean Israeli schoolchildren learn much about them. Sixty-two years after Israel’s founding, its school system still largely sticks to the Zionist trope that all Jews should live in Israel and those who do not at the very least…
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Fast Forward With Female Religious Scholars, Orthodox Women Open Up About Sex
With Shabbat fast approaching, the sun was beginning to melt in the Jerusalem sky when the phone rang in Noa Lau’s kitchen. On the line was a woman who spoke in a voice still raw from the grief of a recent miscarriage. She was anxious to ask Lau, trained as a consultant on Jewish law,…
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Fast Forward On Polarizing Issues, Wikipedia Strives for Balance
From January’s war in Gaza to Holocaust denial, the world’s largest collaborative encyclopedia has become a battlefield over history. Yet Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales says the online, ever-evolving encyclopedia, which is authored by volunteer contributors around the world, ultimately is able to forge balanced entries even when it comes to even the most contentious issues….
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Fast Forward Israeli Gigs Increasingly Common for International Superstars
Madonna managed to sprinkle some of her fairy diva dust on Israel during her recent tour, calling the Jewish state the world’s “energy center,” wrapping herself in the flag on stage and even lighting Shabbat candles with Sara Netanayahu. Audiences, local promoters and officials are hoping her magic will linger and boost an already emerging…
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Fast Forward Israeli-Born Children of Foreign Workers Present Quandary for Jewish State
The round-faced boy given the unusual first name of Rabbi by his Filipino parents was born 11 years ago in Israel and has never known another home. He speaks only Hebrew and has never traveled to the Philippines, but along with some 1,100 other children of foreign workers without work permits in Israel, the boy…
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Fast Forward Hamas Split Is Focus of Fatah Conference
Silver-haired Fatah Party members in dark, pinstriped suits draped with kaffiyeh scarves bearing the colors of the Palestinian flag greeted each other with kisses as they converged in Bethlehem for the movement’s first congress in 20 years. On Tuesday, more than 2,000 delegates from all over the Arab world came to the conference, which was…
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Fast Forward In European Elections, Tough Times Drive Voters to Far Right
Gains by anti-Semitic, xenophobic and racist far-right parties in June 4-7 elections for European Parliament were a reminder of how voters across Europe gravitate toward fringe parties and extremists during tough economic times. As in the United States, Europe is experiencing levels of unemployment not seen since the Great Depression. The financial misery has given…
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Fast Forward ‘Natural Growth’ Is Sticking Point Between U.S, Israel
Pushing a baby stroller and clutching her toddler’s hand, Hanna Yadler walks through the shiny lobby of her new apartment building and explains how she’s relieved her family found a place to live in Modiin Illit. Yadler, 28, has four children. Her family outgrew its one-bedroom apartment in Modiin Illit a while back, forcing her…
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