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Food Peru’s National Cocktail Debuts in Israel
Peru’s flagship drink will be sold for the first time in Israel, according to the South American country’s foreign trade officials. The pisco will be available in bars and restaurants initially only in Tel Aviv. “The pisco will compete with drinks already positioned in this market. We are confident that Israelis will get more familiar…
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Fast Forward Israeli Man Gets 5 Years in Prison for Refusing Wife a Divorce
A high rabbinical court in Israel sentenced to five years in prison a man who for years has refused to give his wife a divorce. The High Rabbinical Court in Jerusalem passed on Thursday the sentence, which is one of the harshest meted out in recent years to an intransigent spouse, the news site NRG…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Praises Republican Platform as ‘Most Pro-Israel of All Time!’
Donald Trump praised the Republican Party platform as “the most pro-Israel of all time!” — a signal to pro-Israel Republicans that he embraces their outlook. Trump’s tweet Wednesday appeared to be aimed at assuaging doubts among pro-Israel Republicans that the party’s presumptive presidential nominee will hew to its pro-Israel trajectory of recent decades. He followed…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Haskel Lookstein Cancels Republican Convention Speech Amid Outcry
Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, the prominent modern Orthodox rabbi who oversaw Ivanka Trump’s conversion to Judaism, has withdrawn from speaking at the Republican National Convention next week. In a letter to members of his community Friday, Lookstein wrote that he had accepted Ivanka Trump’s invitation to deliver an invocation at the convention “out of respect for…
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Life Parents of Girl Killed at Jerusalem Pride March Urge Public to Attend Event
JERUSALEM — The parents of Shira Banki, the 16-year-old girl who was killed in an attack on participants in last year’s Jerusalem gay pride march, have called on the public to participate in this year’s march. “After Shira’s murder, there were many voices saying that even though they don’t agree with the way of life…
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Fast Forward President Obama Vows to Veto Iran Trade Restrictions
President Barack Obama pledged to veto three pieces of legislation because they contain language that would scuttle implementation of the Iran nuclear deal. A White House news release on Tuesday said the bills passed this month by congressional Republicans, with little resistance from Democrats, contradict the easing of sanctions that the U.S. promised Iran in…
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Fast Forward Israeli Food Startup Aims to Make Meat — Minus the Animal
The founders of an Israeli food tech startup want you to enjoy your meat without the guilt — in fact, without the animal. SuperMeat, which launched in December and began an online crowdfunding campaign Monday, is developing a method for bioengineering “cultured meat” from animal cells. Its tagline: “Real meat, without harming animals.” Imagine a…
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Books Literary Figures Call for Release of Arab-Israeli Poet Charged With Incitement
More than 150 literary figures, including nine Pulitzer Prize winners, are calling for Israel to free an Arab-Israeli poet charged with inciting violence through social media. The open letter announced Tuesday in support of Dareen Tatour, who has been under house arrest since October, was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace and Adalah-NY (The New…
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