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Fast Forward Palestinians Report Man Shot And Killed By Israeli Troops At Gaza Border
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A 25-year-old Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli troops near the border in the central Gaza Strip, the Palestinians are reporting. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the man as Ahmed Omar Arfa and said he was shot in his chest with live fire east of the Bureij refugee camp, the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Lobbying Wins $15M Boost In STEM Funding For New York Private Schools
(JTA) — The newly passed New York State budget includes $15 million for STEM instruction in nonpublic schools, which had been heavily lobbied for by supporters of Jewish day schools. The increase in the 2018-2019 budget for the fiscal year 2019, which was passed on Saturday and took effect on Sunday, April 1, is a…
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Fast Forward Steven Bochco, Creator Of ‘Hill Street Blues’ And ‘LA Law,’ Dies At 74
(JTA) — Steven Bochco, the television writer and producer who was responsible for iconic series such as “Hill Street Blues,” “NYPD Blue,” and “LA Law,” has died. Bochco died on Sunday at his home at the age of 74. He suffered with leukemia for several years and had received a stem cell transplant from an…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Calls Son Of Murdered French Holocaust Survivor
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the son of an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor from Paris who was burned and found dead with 11 stab wounds in what is being called an anti-Semitic attack. Netanyahu on Sunday spoke with Daniel Knoll, the son of Mireille Knoll, who was found dead in her arsoned…
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Fast Forward Ambassador David Friedman Joins Priestly Blessing At The Western Wall
JERUSALEM (JTA) — U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman joined hundreds of kohanim, or members of the priestly class, in blessing tens of thousands of worshippers at the Western Wall. Friedman was joined by his son and grandson in the Birkat Kohanim, or priestly blessing, raising their hands and blessing the worshippers, including many visitors…
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Fast Forward Jewish $2M Donor To Britain’s Labour Party Quits Over ‘Anti-Semitism’
(JTA) — One of the British Labour Party’s major donors left the party over its failure to deal with “the most blatant acts of anti-Semitism.” Sir David Garrard, who is Jewish, has donated about $2.1 million to Labour since 2003. “As one of the former leading political and financial supporters of the Labour party, of which I…
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Fast Forward Hungry For Hummus? Google Introduces Breakthrough Cloud Technology That Simulates Taste
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Google Israel in a video for April 1 announced an application programming interface that detects what kind of hummus its customers enjoy. “We’re extremely excited to share with you our latest Google Cloud groundbreaking technology: After enabling our customers to address senses through Speech & Vision API, we are now releasing a…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldiers ‘Deserve A Medal’ For Deadly Gaza Clashes: Defense Chief
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman asserted that there will not be an international into the Gaza border clashes that left at least 16 Palestinians dead and hundreds injured. “Israeli soldiers did what was necessary. I think all our soldiers deserve a medal,” Lieberman told Army Radio Sunday. “As for a commission of…
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