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Fast Forward Crusaders’ Gold Worth $100K Unearthed in Israel
A gold cache, one of the largest ever found in Israel, was discovered last week in a dig in Israel’s Apollonia National Park, near Herzliya, heads of the archaeological project said. The 400-gram gold stash, unearthed by a joint Tel Aviv University and Nature and Parks Authority team, is currently valued at over $100,000. The…
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Fast Forward Berlin Bar Honors Jewish Lawyers
An agreement to probe the persecution of Jewish lawyers in Nazi Germany was signed last week by the bar associations of Tel Aviv and Berlin. The two groups resolved to research, document, exchange information and organize joint conferences on the subject, and to cooperate on human rights issues. “We want to remember the past and…
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Fast Forward Israeli Protest Demands Equal Service
Thousands of protesters marched in central Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand ultra-Orthodox and Arab sectors share the burden of military and civilian service. Kadima leader Shaul Mofaz and his predecessor Tzipi Livni also attended the rally, as did “Yesh Atid” chairman Yair Lapid. According to Police estimates 20,000 persons arrived at the Museum Plaza….
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Fast Forward Many Haredi Enroll in Israel Service
The uncertainty surrounding the aftermath of the Tal Law’s August 1 expiry has driven a record number of ultra-Orthodox men to volunteer for the national service program in the past few days. Some 200 men packed Jerusalem’s Yad Sarah conference hall Thursday, constituting the largest contingent ever to join the program, launched in 2008 as…
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Fast Forward Pub of the Revolution Opens
You never drink alone. Dozens of enthusiastic youngsters trooped to the opening of Israel’s first cooperative pub, founded in Tel Aviv’s bohemian Florentine neighborhood by a group of leaders of the social protest movement. About half the revelers at Bar Kiama (Hebrew for “Viable”) were shareholders who had invested NIS 1,000 each, and will be…
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Fast Forward Naomi Ragen Appeals Plagiarism Verdict
Author Naomi Ragen has appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court against a judgment finding her guilty of plagiarism. In December, the Jerusalem District Court found that Ragen had knowingly copied sections of her book “Sotah” from a book by Sarah Shapiro. In her appeal, Ragen’s attorney wrote that this verdict destroyed her life. “The ruling…
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Fast Forward Ex-CIA Chief Calls for Release of Pollard
Convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard must be released, former CIA chief R. James Woolsey wrote in a letter to the editor sent to the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, arguing that one reason Pollard has remained in prison for as long as he has was that he was an American Jew. Woolsey, who has voiced…
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Fast Forward Israeli Reporter Cuts Deal in Documents Case
The State Prosecutor’s Office reached a plea bargain with an Haaretz journalist Uri Blau, suspected of possessing classified Israel Defense Forces documents on Thursday, a little over a month after the state announced its intention to indict him. As part of the deal Blau will admit to holding secret intelligence, without intent to harm national…
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