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Fast Forward Palestinian Man Planning Stabbing Attack at Temple Mount Gets Arrested
Israeli security forces arrested a Palestinian man in the Old City of Jerusalem who was carrying a concealed knife and later told police he was planning to carry out an attack near the Temple Mount. The man, 25, of Nablus in the West Bank, was arrested on Saturday night. He told police during initial questioning…
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Fast Forward FIFA Executive Does Not Reach Decision on Israel’s West Bank Soccer Teams
The governing body of international soccer, FIFA, did not reach a decision on preventing Israeli teams from playing in West Bank settlements. The organization was expected to discuss the issue at its executive committee meeting, which ended on Friday, but did not make any decisions, Haaretz reported. It was to have considered a special committees…
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Fast Forward British Parliament Committee Blasts Labour’s Handling of Anti-Semitism Problem
A British parliamentary committee of inquiry upheld claims that the Labour party’s leadership is failing to confront seriously anti-Semitism in its ranks. Raised persistently by leaders of British Jewry following the election last year of the far-left politician Jeremy Corbyn to lead Labour, the accusation was reaffirmed Sunday in the publication of a scathing report…
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Life In Jerusalem, a Chance Encounter with my Deceased Mother
JERUSALEM (JTA) — When I moved from the U.S. to Israel, I expected to feel closer to my Jewish roots. But I didn’t expect to feel closer to my mother. This is not a place I associate with her — at least it wasn’t until I had a chance meeting with a stranger a few…
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Fast Forward 2 Israelis Killed, At Least 6 Injured in Palestinian Shooting Attack in Jerusalem
Two people were killed and at least six injured when a Palestinian terrorist opened fire on a light rail stop in Jerusalem. The attack mid-Sunday morning occurred at the Ammunition Hill station in northern Jerusalem, which is located next to the Jerusalem Police headquarters. The assailant, a 39-year-old resident of eastern Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood, was…
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Fast Forward Jacob Neusner Dies at 84 After Writing and Editing Over 950 Books
Jacob Neusner, one of the most influential voices in American Jewish intellectual life in the past half-century, has died. Neusner, one of the most published authors in history, having written or edited more than 950 books, died on Saturday at his home in New York. He was 84. His funeral is set for Monday at…
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Fast Forward Axe-Wielding Man Threatens Jews Near Synagogue in England
A man carrying an axe made anti-Semitic threats to a group of Jews in a town near Manchester, England on Rosh Hashanah. The man reportedly was inside a vehicle close to a synagogue in the town of Prestwich when he made the threats on Oct. 3, according to The Manchester Evening News. Police were called…
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Fast Forward Reform and Conservative Jews Press Suit To Force Israel To Honor Western Wall Prayer Deal
The Reform and Conservative movements in Israel and the Women of the Wall have petitioned Israel’s Supreme Court to order the government to follow through on the plan to create the egalitarian prayer area next to the Western Wall. Should the plan not be implemented, the lawsuit filed Thursday said the current Western Wall plaza…
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