Asaf Elia-Shalev
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
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Fast Forward Israel’s military is acknowledging that soldiers’ helmets and body armor may be unsafe
A new website quietly launched by the Israeli military lets soldiers anonymously check whether their safety equipment complies with official standards.
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News Allegations of Christian influence surface as World Zionist Congress election heats up
A body tasked with administering an election in which only Jews are allowed to vote felt compelled this year to clarify what it means by ‘Jew’
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Fast Forward Schusterman foundation, whose fortune comes from oil, makes first donation to climate group
Adamah, the country’s largest Jewish environmental organization, received a $300,000 grant from Schusterman Family Philanthropies, one of the largest foundations in the country
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Fast Forward More than 55 Jewish groups come out against terrorism bill that could threaten nonprofits
Hadassah and the main organs of the Reform and Conservative Movements oppose the bill; AIPAC and the ADL support it
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Fast Forward Sotheby’s to auction a Ten Commandments tablet with a disclaimer: Israel always wanted it to be put on public display
The Samaritan tablet, on view in New York starting Dec. 5, disappeared after last going up for sale in 2016
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Fast Forward Why the Weitzman, a museum of American Jewish history, tapped an Israeli as its next CEO
Dan Tadmor recently led Tel Aviv’s ANU – Museum of the Jewish People through a successful $100 million renovation
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Fast Forward Biden administration sanctions Israeli settler group, in move that Trump could reverse
The State Department cited Amana as “the largest organization involved in settlement and illegal outpost development in the West Bank"
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Fast Forward Streaming platform Twitch bans the word ‘Zionist’ as a proxy for spreading hate toward Jews and Israelis
The move comes following mounting complaints of antisemitism on the platform favored by video gamers
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Fast Forward Bucking Israel’s far right, several large American Jewish groups say they oppose resettling Gaza
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Fast Forward Adam Schiff chose Mishneh Torah for swearing in to the U.S. Senate
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Yiddish אַ ישׂראלדיק קינדערביכל וועגן אַ חזיר און אַ גנבֿ פּריידיקט טאָלעראַנץAn Israeli children’s book about a pig and a thief promotes tolerance
דער חזיר וויל לערנען גמרא אָבער דער גבאי פֿון בית־מדרש טרײַבט אים אַרויס.
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Film & TV ‘A Real Pain,’ ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Nobody Wants This’ rack up Golden Globe nominations
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