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Fast Forward Mark Wainberg, AIDS Research ‘Pioneer,’ Drowns On Passover Vacation
MONTREAL (JTA) — Dr. Mark Wainberg, a renowned AIDS researcher, drowned in Florida while vacationing for Passover. According to news reports, a family member lost sight of Wainberg while he was swimming off the coast of Bal Harbour on Tuesday, then found him and brought him to shore unresponsive. Officers on the beach administered CPR,…
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Fast Forward Rights Group Demands End To Passover Ban On Bread In Israel Hospitals
(JTA) — An Arab rights group said it plans to file a legal appeal protesting a ban on bringing leavened bread products into Israeli hospitals during the Passover holiday. In a statement Thursday, Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, said the ban forces Arab Israelis to adhere to Jewish religious law,…
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Fast Forward Abbas Warns Of ‘Unprecedented Steps’ To End Palestinian Split
(JTA) — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he would take decisive action to end the political split between his regime and the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. “These days, we are in a dangerous and tough situation that requires decisive steps, and we are to take these decisive steps,” Abbas said Wednesday, according to an Associated Press…
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Fast Forward China Calls Lack Of Palestinian State ‘Historical Injustice’
(JTA) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Israeli-Palestinian peace talks should be revived in an effort to correct the “historical injustice” of Palestinians not having their own state. Wang’s comments on Thursday came at a press conference following his meeting with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki in Beijing, the Associated Press reported. Wang said it is “unfair” that…
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Fast Forward Israeli Paper Slammed For Column Suggesting Settlers And Allies ‘Worse Than Hezbollah’
(JTA) — Israeli political leaders condemned an article in the liberal Israeli daily Haaretz saying Israel’s national religious community is “worse than Hezbollah.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Facebook Wednesday that the article is “shameful and disgraceful,” and called on the newspaper to apologize. Education Minister Naftali Bennett, opposition leader Isaac Herzog and…
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Fast Forward 5 Jews Arrested In Passover Prayer Fracas Near Temple Mount
(JTA) — Israeli police arrested five Jewish men after clashing with police and local residents of Jerusalem’s Old City. Israeli police said the men arrived at one of the entrances to the Temple Mount in order to pray and got into a fight with local residents, the Times of Israel reported. After police arrived, the…
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Fast Forward Trump Tweets ‘Chag Sameach’ After Skipping White House Seder
(JTA) — President Donald Trump and the Jewish members of his family did not attend a Passover seder held at the White House — but he did tweet holiday greetings to Jews. The seder, held Monday on the first night of Passover in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, continued a…
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Fast Forward 3 Rafters Go Missing On The Sea Of Galilee
(JTA) — Israeli authorities ramped up efforts to find three people who went missing while rafting on the Sea of Galilee. Itamar Ohana, 19, Nahman Itah, 21, and a third unnamed 17-year-old went missing Wednesday in three separate incidents, the Times of Israel reported. Israeli authorities began the search Wednesday and continued overnight, and were joined…
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