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Fast Forward Jewish Republicans Go to Israel To Campaign
The Republican Jewish Coalition is sending two of its top officials to Israel to rally for expatriate votes. The voter registration drive led by Ari Fleischer, the press secretary during the George W. Bush presidency and an RJC board member, and Matt Brooks, the RJC executive director, is unusually high profile. Campaigning by both parties…
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Fast Forward Young Judaea Makes Break From Hadassah
Young Judaea is en route to full independence from Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America. Hadassah’s board had voted for the separation in June 2011, and both organizations announced this week that the move to independence had begun. Simon Klarfeld was hired in December as Young Judaea’s executive director. Hadassah will provide $7 million…
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Fast Forward Few Jews or Arabs Expect Palestinian State: Poll
A large majority of Israelis and Palestinians do not expect a Palestinian state to be established in the next five years. According to a poll conducted jointly by the Hebrew University’s Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace and the Palestinian Center for Policy, 71 percent of Israelis and 68 percent of…
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Fast Forward Billionaire Gives $6M to Polish Jewish Museum
Polish billionaire Jan Kulczyk has donated 20 million zlotys, or about $6 million, to the Museum of the History of Polish Jews. The money will come from Kulczyk’s company, Kulczyk Holdings, according to the Warsaw Business Journal. It is the largest single gift to the museum by an individual donor. The whole project is slated…
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The Schmooze Israeli Ingenuity? No-High Pot
Israeli researchers say they have developed a marijuana plant that gives the user no high. The research firm, called Tikun Olam, operates a marijuana plantation in northern Israel, according to the Jerusalem Post. Medical marijuana has been legal in Israel since 1993, though its recreational use is illegal. Tikun Olam claims that its new marijuana…
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Fast Forward Charities Will Match Gifts to Day Schools
A partnership of Jewish philanthropies will match $6 million of new donations to Jewish day schools with an additional $3 million. Under the program, called Match, the Avi Chai and Kohelet Foundations will match donations given between August 1, 2012 and May 15, 2013 at 50 cents to the dollar, according to a press release….
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Fast Forward Iranians Planned Attack on U.S. Targets in Kenya
Kenyan security forces arrested two Iranian nationals who, they say, may have planned to attack U.S. or Israeli targets in the country. Security forces found 33 pounds of a powerful explosive after they arrested the Iranians in June, according to the Associated Press. The explosives were in Mombasa, a coastal city. The AP reported that…
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Israel News Shamir Was Man of Few Words
When Yitzhak Shamir was Israel’s prime minister, he liked to point American visitors to a gift he received when he retired as director of the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence service. It was a depiction of the famed three monkeys: See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil. “He didn’t say anything,” recalled Dov Zakheim, then…
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