Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward Israeli airstrike kills five in Damascus, Syrian officials say
Israel has regularly carried out airstrikes in the country aimed at Iranian-backed groups or Iranian weapons transfers to its proxies
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Fast Forward New Israeli law strips citizenship from convicted terrorists who are paid by the Palestinian Authority
The lopsided vote in favor of the measure comes in stark contrast to other more controversial proposals from Israel’s right-wing government that have come amid a recent escalation in terror attacks
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Fast Forward Israeli army jails soldier after video of him beating Palestinian activist in Hebron goes viral
The activist, Issa Amro, was taking a New Yorker writer on a tour of Hebron when the incident occurred
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Fast Forward 8-year-old injured in eastern Jerusalem car ramming attack dies
The boy’s 6-year-old brother was killed in the terror attack at a bus stop outside Ramot, a neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem, along with a 20-year-old man
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Fast Forward Bill to criminalize egalitarian prayer and immodest dress at the Western Wall is shelved after outcry
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the legislation 'will not be brought up at present.'
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Fast Forward Synagogues face tough COVID questions (again) as Omicron surges
(JTA) — As she sought an image to illustrate how her synagogue has fared recently, during the worst case counts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Rabbi Heidi Hoover landed on a line from a famous movie. “I quoted ‘The Godfather’ in one my newsletters: ‘Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in,’”…
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Fast Forward Jake Cohen, Jewish food influencer, named in discrimination suit targeting food media company Feedfeed
(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Jake Cohen, a prominent Jewish food personality, is named in a lawsuit alleging racism and sexism at Feedfeed, a food media company where he served as editorial and test kitchen director from 2018 to 2020. The federal discrimination lawsuit was filed by former Feedfeed employees Rachel Gurjar and…
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Fast Forward Fighting anti-vaxxers among Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jews, nurses write a 140-page rebuttal
(JTA) — (New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Before most New Yorkers had ever heard the word “coronavirus,” another public health scare dominated local news: the measles outbreak of 2019, which shared key parallels with the pandemic to come. In 2019, when the United States saw 1,282 reported measles cases — the highest number since…
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