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Fast Forward After Attack, Iron Dome Deployed Near Eilat
Israel installed an Iron Dome anti-missile system battery outside of Eilat days after a long-range rocket attack on the city. The Iron Dome battery was moved into place Sunday, two days after fragments of a Grad rocket were found north of Eilat. It is believed to be one of two rockets fired from the Sinai…
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Fast Forward Fear of War with Iran Impeding Aliyah
Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky said the fear of a war with Iran has caused Jews in the Diaspora to delay their aliyah plans. Sharansky told Israel Radio on Sunday that potential immigrants who had finalized their plans to move to Israel have delayed their arrival by several months because they are afraid of an…
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Fast Forward Canada’s Largest Protestant Church OK’s BDS
Canada’s largest Protestant church has voted to boycott goods from Israel’s Jewish settlements. Voting Aug. 17 on a final set of resolutions, members of the church’s governing General Council passed a measure to boycott products exported by Israeli settlements on the West Bank and in eastern Jerusalem. The resolution calls on church members “to avoid…
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Food Florida Prison Sued for Halting Kosher Food
The U.S. government has sued the Florida Department of Corrections for ending its kosher meal service. The Justice Department filed the lawsuit last week in federal District Court in Miami. The kosher meal service was canceled in 2007. An average of 250 inmates used the kosher meal service, including Muslims, The Associated Press reported. The…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Unite for Stricter Gun Laws
Reform and Conservative rabbinical leaders called for increased gun controls in the wake of a spate of shootings. “Our tradition teaches: ‘Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor’ (Leviticus 19:16),” said a statement Thursday issued by Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, the executive vice president of the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly. “As people of…
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Fast Forward Swedes Stage Solidarity ‘Kippah Walk’ in Malmo
Several hundred kippah-wearing Jews and non-Jews marched in Sweden as a sign of solidarity with Malmo’s Jews. About 400 marchers gathered Saturday outside the synagogue in Malmö and walked to Möllevångs Square, a part of Malmö with many Muslim immigrants from the Middle East. Speakers included Brigitta Ohlsson, minister for European Affairs; Willy Silberstein, head…
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Food Rami Levy: Israel’s Supermarket King
The corporate offices of Rami Levy, Israel’s nouveau riche supermarket mogul, sit atop one of his grocery stores in southern Jerusalem. It’s not a busy neighborhood, nor is it easily accessible by public transit. But once the building comes into view, there’s no mistaking that it’s his. Plastered across the side wall in bold letters…
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Fast Forward Foxman: Israel Should Draft Arabs and Haredim
Israel should consider drafting its Arab and Haredi population to defend their neighborhoods, according to a prominent American Jewish leader. Abraham Foxman, director of the Anti-Defamation League, told the Times of Israel that the proposal would undercut ideological arguments since draftees would take care of their own neighborhoods. “You’re going to be protecting your own…
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