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Fast Forward Israeli Water-From-Air Company Launches Florida Pilot Program
(JTA) — Large parts of Florida are suffering from severe drought, and hurricane season threatens to make things worse. Enter Water-Gen, an Israeli company whose technology captures humidity to extract drinking water from the air. On Monday, the South Florida city of Miami Gardens announced it was launching a pilot program with the company to address its water problems —…
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Fast Forward Israel Cuts Electricity Supply To Gaza For Third Day
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel cut the electricity it supplies to the Gaza Strip for the third day, honoring a request by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The cuts to Gaza City and southern Gaza were made Wednesday, amounting to a 30 percent cut over the past three days. Gaza residents are getting two to three…
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Fast Forward Frank Lowy, Australian Shopping Center Magnate, Is Knighted
SYDNEY (JTA) — Frank Lowy, a Holocaust survivor who fought in Israel’s War of Independence and went on to become a billionaire shopping magnate in Australia, was knighted in the United Kingdom as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honors. Lowy’s knighthood was announced Friday night. He is chairman of the Westfield Corp., a global shopping…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner Meets Netanyahu During One-Day Peace Push
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jared Kushner met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his office in Jerusalem. Kushner is in Israel for a one-day visit to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials in a bid to push Israel and the Palestinians toward renewed peace talks. “This is an opportunity to pursue our common goals of…
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Fast Forward Musicologist Richard Taruskin Wins Japanese ‘Nobel’
(JTA) — Musicologist Dr. Richard Taruskin has been awarded a 2017 Kyoto Prize, the Japanese Nobel. Taruskin, a University of California, Berkeley professor emeritus, is the author of the six-volume The Oxford History of Western Music (2004). In a much-talked-about essay in 1989, he described composer Igor Stravinsky’s fascist and anti-Semitic tendencies in the 1930s, and…
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Fast Forward U.S. Asks Security Council To Denounce Hamas
WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley called for a United Nations resolution that would condemn Hamas as a terrorist organization. Haley delivered her remarks Tuesday at a Security Council meeting on the Middle East, saying Hamas is a danger to both Israel and the Palestinians. “The Security Council must unite to say that enough…
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Fast Forward Swastikas Painted On Suburban New York Home Sold By Jewish Agency
(JTA) — Swastikas and the word “hate” were spray-painted on a suburban New York home newly sold by a Jewish-owned real estate agency. The vandalism was discovered Saturday in Clarkstown, a Rockland County town about 30 miles from New York City. Late last month, the words “No Jews” were spray painted from floor to ceiling on…
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Fast Forward Mother Of Israeli Policewoman’s Killer Arrested For Glorifying Terrorism
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli forces arrested the mother of one of the Palestinian terrorists involved in the murder of Border Policewoman Hadas Malka. The woman was arrested on Wednesday morning over statements she made glorifying terrorism and calling for more attacks on Jews. She told Israel’s Kan national broadcaster in an interview that she was…
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