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Fast Forward AIPAC Blasts Kerry’s Speech — J Street Praises It
Pro-Israel lobby group AIPAC blasted U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech Wednesday as “a failed attempt to defend the indefensible,” even as dovish J Street applauded his words. “The Israeli prime minister publicly supports a two-state solution, but his current coalition is the most right wing in Israeli history, with an agenda driven by…
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Culture 49 Reasons Why 2016 Was Better Than You Think
It’s easy to look back on 2016 and see only one thing —the November 8 election. Well, maybe if you saw “Hamilton,” which swept the Tonys 6 months and what seems like an era ago, you remember two things about this year. But to dwell only on the election (and, admittedly, it’s hard not to…
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Fast Forward J Street Welcomes UN Resolution on Israel Settlements — AIPAC Denounces It
Liberal American groups welcomed the UN security council resolution on Israeli settlements while mainstream pro-Israel groups blasted the U.S. for allowing it to pass. J Street, the dovish pro-Israel lobby, welcomed the resolution. “The resolution is consistent with longstanding bipartisan American policy, which includes strong support for the two-state solution, and clear opposition to irresponsible…
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Culture Hollywood Prays for Carrie Fisher After ‘Star Wars’ Princess Suffers Massive Heart Attack
Luke Skywalker and Chewbacca are rooting for Carrie Fisher to survive a massive heart attack she suffered Friday while aboard a flight to Los Angeles. as if 2016 couldn’t get any worse… sending all our love to @carrieffisher — Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) December 23, 2016 Sixty-year-old Fisher, who played Princess Leia in the “Star Wars”…
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Fast Forward Jason Greenblatt, Trump Organization Lawyer, Named Point Man for Mideast Peace
Longtime Trump Organization legal advisor Jason Dov Greenblatt was named special representative for international negotiations to President-elect Donald Trump, The Wall Street Journal reports. Greenblatt, an Orthodox Jew, has been at the Trump Organization for 20 years. He will spearhead Trump policy on Israeli-Palestinian issues, trade and Cuba, CNN reported](http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/23/politics/trump-appoints-his-business-attorney-to-manage-international-crises/) Like many other Trump appointees,…
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News Meet the Dan Goldsteins Who Did Not Face Off With Ivanka Trump on JetBlue
A Brooklyn-based lawyer named Dan Goldstein yelled at Ivanka Trump and was kicked off a JetBlue flight this week. That didn’t sit well with all the other Dan Goldsteins out there — or at least most of ‘em. Dan Goldstein, a researcher with Microsoft in New York, changed his Twitter name to “Not JetBlue Person” after…
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Opinion Peter Beinart Joins the Forward as Senior Columnist
NEW YORK – Peter Beinart, whose keen intellect and sharp opinions have made him an influential voice in political journalism, is joining the Forward as senior columnist and ccontributing editor, Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner announced today. The Forward has been America’s leading Jewish news source since 1897. Launched as a Yiddish broadsheet for immigrants, the…
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Fast Forward How to Hurt Holocaust Denial Online? Pay Google
Google says it can’t do anything to stop a neo-Nazi website from popping up as the first result to a search for “Did the Holocaust Happen?” But a Guardian journalist says she managed to crack the problem alone. It was easy — if you have money. Carole Cadwalladr paid for an advertisement titled “The Holocaust…
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