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Fast Forward Russian Gold Medal Skater Is Treated In Israel For Anorexia
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Julia Lipnitskaia, an Olympic gold medalist in figure skating from Russia, was treated for an eating disorder at a clinic in Israel. Lipnitskaia, who earned her medal in the team skating event at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, checked into the clinic in January and remained for three months, The Associated Press…
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Fast Forward Lee Zeldin Says Trump Was Right To Kill DACA
Rep. Lee Zeldin, one of two Republicans in Congress, said he supports President Trump’s decision to kill DACA — but is open to Congress passing a similar measure. “If the Obama administration wanted to implement the DACA program, it should have made the case to Congress and try to pass its proposal into law,” Zeldin…
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Fast Forward Firebombs Tossed At Russian Jewish Group’s Moscow Office
(JTA) — A firebombing at the Moscow offices of the largest Jewish organization in Russia caused minimal damage and no injuries. Footage from the incident Monday night at the offices of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia showed a person whose facial features are not clearly visible throwing the firebomb and fleeing as it…
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Fast Forward Israel Restaurants Can Be ‘Kosher’ Without Rabbinate Certification
Israeli restaurants can tell patrons that they serve kosher food even if they do not have official kashrut certification from the state rabbinate, the Supreme Court ruled. The ruling was handed down Tuesday and comes a year after the Supreme Court ruled that businesses cannot describe themselves as kosher unless they have official certification from…
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Fast Forward Trump Plummets To 21% Approval Among Jews — Below Obama On Israel
American Jews overwhelmingly disapprove of President Donald Trump in just about every area, scoring him lower than his predecessor even on topics like Israel, where Jewish approval of Barack Obama was relatively low, according to an American Jewish Committee poll. The survey also shows a sharp uptick in concerns about anti-Semitism in the United States,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Firm Picked To Build Trump Border Wall Prototype
(JTA) — Elta North America, an Israeli-owned defense manufacturer with U.S. headquarters in Maryland, was one of four companies chosen to build a prototype for the border wall between the United States and Mexico. The company is a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries. Some 200 companies vied for the tenders, which will provide a $300,000 to…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Lawmaker Ousted For Attending Nephew’s Gay Wedding
An Israeli lawmaker from the Sephardic Orthodox Shas Party resigned from the Knesset after he was criticized for attending a gay wedding. Lawmaker Yigal Guetta on Wednesday resigned after coming under fire from several prominent rabbis and party faithful. At the beginning of the week he confirmed to Army Radio that he had attended his…
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Fast Forward New Israel Fund Sues Adelson-Owned Newspaper For Defamation
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The New Israel Fund, a group that funds many Israeli left-wing nonprofits, sued journalists at the free Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom for defamation. The lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that the journalists knowingly lied in three reports that the New Israel Fund paid for a going-away event for a former Arab-Israeli lawmaker who…
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