Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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The Schmooze Lesbian ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Star Says Israeli Women Are All Hot
(JTA) — On her first visit to Israel for Tel Aviv’s gay pride week, “Orange is the New Black” star Lea DeLaria was wowed by the attractiveness of Israeli women. “There are apparently no ugly women in Israel,” DeLaria, who plays a butch lesbian prison inmate on the hit Netflix comedy and is gay in real life, Ynet Tuesday…
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Fast Forward Greek Far Right-Winger Says Israel ‘Eternal Enemy’
ATHENS (JTA) — Greek Defense Minister Panos Kammenos called on the Justice Ministry to take action against a neo-Nazi lawmaker after he made anti-Israel comments in parliament. Speaking during a debate in parliament on Monday, Christos Pappas, from the Golden Dawn party, called Israel an “eternal enemy of Greece and Orthodoxy.” Pappas was speaking during…
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Fast Forward Notorious Jewish Extremist Eyed in Murder of Palestinian Family Is Freed Without Charge
(JTA) — Police in Israel released from prison the Jewish extremist Meir Ettinger, who had been jailed for 10 months on suspicion that he belonged to a terrorist group targeting Palestinians and Christians. Ettinger, 24, who is the grandson of the late ultra-nationalist politician Meir Kahane, was released on Wednesday with restrictions, including a night-time…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Tells Israeli YouTube Star: Ignore ‘Provocations’
(JTA) — Asked how to avoid religion-based divisions between people, Pope Francis advised an Israeli musician to “never react” to provocations. The pontiff told this to Ofir Jacob on Monday at the Vatican during a meeting the pope had with several creators from different countries who are active on the YouTube video website. Jacob, who…
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Fast Forward Gerson Bergher, Brazilian Jewish Leader, Dies at 91
RIO DE JANEIRO — One of Brazil’s most prominent Jewish activists, Gerson Bergher died at age 91. A former president of the Brazilian Zionist Organization, Bergher, who has served as a politician in Brazil for many years, died Monday in Rio. He reportedly began his political career based on an advice to do so by…
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Fast Forward Ukraine Honors Nationalist Whose Troops Butchered Jews
(JTA) — Amid a divisive debate in Ukraine on state honors for nationalists viewed as responsible for anti-Semitic pogroms, the country observed the first minute of silence in memory of Symon Petliura — a 1920s statesman blamed for the murder of 50,000 Jewish compatriots. The minute was observed on May 25, the 90th anniversary of…
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Fast Forward British Lawmaker Says Israelis ‘Like a Rash’
(JTA) — The European Jewish Congress is demanding that action be taken against a British lawmaker at the European Parliament, who compared Israelis to a skin disease. “We can give you a list of all the things we attempted to do, the Israelis are all over this place like a rash,” MEP Martina Anderson from…
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Fast Forward ‘Israel Tsunami’ Muslim Radicals Barred From Opening Dutch School
AMSTERDAM (JTA) — Citing potential radicalization, the Dutch government prevented the opening of a Muslim school by a group whose former leader praised Islamic State terrorists and wished for Allah to drown Israel in a tsunami. Education Ministry Undersecretary Sander Dekker on Monday said that the government is withholding funding and permits for SIO — a…
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