Gabe Friedman
By Gabe Friedman
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Fast Forward ‘Fauda’ creators debut ‘Ghosts of Beirut,’ Showtime series about Mossad’s killing of master terrorist
Former Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyeh was involved in planning international attacks starting in the 1980s that killed hundreds if not thousands
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Fast Forward Austrian police charge 2 men after Hitler speech plays on public train’s loudspeakers
Vienna’s chief rabbi, who was on the train, said he was deeply disturbed
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Fast Forward Tunisian president pledges security for Jews after synagogue shooting and controversial comments
'The president gave us guarantees that what happened recently would not happen again,' said Chief Rabbi Haim Bitan
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Fast Forward London firefighters scold British synagogue for lighting holiday bonfire indoors
'Though we are keen to see communities enjoying the festival of Lag b’Omer, we don’t want to see anyone harmed as a result,' wrote the London Fire Brigade
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Fast Forward Upcoming dramatic film ‘Jerusalem 67’ will chronicle Israel’s Six-Day War victory
French-Israeli actress Yael Grobglas, known for starring in 'Jane the Virgin,' is in talks to play the lead role
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Fast Forward Jason Schwartzman is a cantor and Carol Kane is his bat mitzvah student in comedy ‘Between the Temples’
The news comes two weeks after Netflix announced that another Jewish heartthrob actor would play a 'charming rabbi'
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Fast Forward Mae Muller, UK’s Eurovision contestant, is applying for German passport because grandfather fled Nazis
Israeli Noa Kirel has also made it to the final round of the pop song contest
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Books In a first, Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature goes to Hebrew author and translator
"It was important to expand the reach of the prize, and concomitantly and consequentially the reach of these books," said the prize organization's director
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