Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Books Novelist Etgar Keret Says He Doesn’t Publish in Hebrew Because Privacy
— The celebrated novelist Etgar Keret said he refrains from publishing some of his works in Hebrew to protect the privacy of his family, upon whom he bases some of his writing. Keret, who in 1996 received Israel’s Prime Minister Award for Literature, among other distinctions, revealed this during a talk last week before Russian…
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Fast Forward IDF Conscription Rate Falls 3.5% Over 5 Years
— The rate of enlistment into the Israel Defense Forces has dropped by 3.5 percent over the past five years, army sources said. In 2016, the IDF saw the conscription of 72 percent of people who are initially listed as duty bound to serve in the military, Army Radio reported Wednesday. Among the 28 percent…
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Fast Forward Paris Chef Stéphane Jégo Defends Israel Trip After BDS Blowback
– A top Parisian chef targeted by promoters of a boycott against Israel for his plans to visit the Jewish state hit back against his critics, whom he accused of dishonesty and discrimination. Stéphane Jégo has leveled the accusations in correspondence on social media with activists for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel…
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Fast Forward Moscow Chief Rabbi Hails Election of Donald Trump as ‘Good News’
— The chief rabbi of Moscow said he expects U.S. relations with Russia and Israel to improve under President-elect Donald Trump. Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, who is also the president of the Conference of European Rabbis, made the projection Tuesday during an interview in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, which for the first time was hosting…
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Fast Forward Is Donald Trump Win Emboldening European Anti-Semites?
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A founder of Human Rights Watch warned that Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president is encouraging anti-Semitism in Europe. Aryeh Neier, an American Jew who was born in Nazi Germany, addressed the issue on Sunday at a talk about philanthropy and anti-Semitism during an event organized by the Dutch Jewish Humanitarian Fund,…
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Fast Forward French Man Gets $15K Fine for Photo of Quasi-Nazi Salute at Jewish School
— A French court fined and gave a suspended prison sentence to a man who disseminated a picture of a quasi-Nazi salute being performed at a Jewish school. The Toulouse Appeals Court on Wednesday slapped Noël Gérard with a $15,000 fine and a 6-month suspended sentence for sharing in 2014 on social media a picture…
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Fast Forward Leonard Cohen Remembered by Israeli Leaders as ‘Giant’ of Song
— Israel’s president and prime minister both paid tribute to the Canadian Jewish singer and poet Leonard Cohen, who died at the age of 82. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Cohen as “a talented artist and warmhearted Jew who loved the people of Israel and the state of Israel,” as he wrote on Twitter Friday….
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Fast Forward Bones Unearthed in Controversial Construction at Jewish Cemetery in Ukraine
LVIV, Ukraine — City workers in this western city suspended their digging at a former Jewish cemetery amid controversy over the unearthing of human remains at the site. The discovery of bones, including pieces of skull and limbs, occurred last week at the Old Jewish Cemetery of Lviv where diggers with heavy machinery excavated a 40-foot trench despite…
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