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Fast Forward Dead Sea Scrolls May Be Palestinian, Germany Says
BERLIN (JTA) — Israel has pulled out of a planned exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Frankfurt because the German government would not guarantee their return if claimed by Palestinians. The Frankfurt Bible Museum announced that it has canceled the exhibit scheduled for a September 2019 opening. Its director, Jürgen Schefzyk, said he regretted…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Not Allow Iran To Entrench Itself In Syria, Netanyahu Warns
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in a video statement that Israel would not allow Iran to gain a foothold in Syria, hours after reports that Israel had struck an Iranian military installation near Damascus. “Let me reiterate Israel’s policy: We will not allow a regime hell-bent on the annihilation of the…
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Fast Forward Congress Advances Bill Allowing Disaster Funds For Synagogues
(JTA) — A congressional committee has approved a bill that allows federal disaster relief funds to go to houses of worship. Thursday’s unanimous vote in the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee sends the measure to the full U.S. House of Representatives for approval. Previously, relief funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, could…
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Fast Forward Did Netanyahu Say Reform Judaism Will Die Within 50 Years?
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied that he said in closed talks that Reform Judaism in the United States would disappear within two generations due to assimilation. Netanyahu’s bureau said the reports, which appeared Friday in the Makor Rishon daily, were “inaccurate and do not reflect the Prime Minister’s views.” But Makor Rishon’s…
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Fast Forward Senate Ethics Committee Begins Inquiry Into Al Franken Groping Charges
(JTA) — The Senate Ethics Committee opened a preliminary inquiry into groping allegations against Sen. Al Franken. Six women have accused Franken, D-Minn., who is Jewish, of touching them inappropriately during various photo opportunities and campaign events. The accusations date from between 2003 and 2010. “While the Committee does not generally comment on pending matters…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Urge Israel Not To Deport African Refugees
WASHINGTON (JTA) — An array of U.S. Jewish groups urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt plans to deport tens of thousands of African refugees, offering to assist in their care. “We are concerned that if you move forward with these plans the lives of thousands of individuals will be put in jeopardy, and…
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Fast Forward Sanders, Feinstein, Warren Urge Israel Not To Demolish Palestinian Villages
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ten Democratic senators, among them four Jews, wrote Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging him not to demolish Palestinian villages that Israel has deemed unauthorized. “We have long championed a two-state solution as a just resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” said the letter, initiated by Sens. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and Bernie Sanders,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Retaliatory Strikes Hit Hamas Posts In Gaza
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli tanks and planes fired on four Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for mortar shells fired on soldiers working in southern Israel, the Israeli army said. Following the mortar attacks early Thursday afternoon, trains running between the southern Israeli cities of Ashkelon and Sderot were stopped. Buses were sent…
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