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Fast Forward United Methodist Church Votes to Withdraw From BDS Coalition
Just days after rejecting four resolutions calling for divestment from companies that profit from Israel’s control of the West Bank, the United Methodist Church voted to withdraw from the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. By a vote of 478-318 at its general conference in Portland, Oregon, on Tuesday, the church approved a petition requesting…
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Life For the First Time, Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg Bares Her Deep Grief
Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, for the first time publicly the depth of her grief following the death of her husband — at a commencement speech at the University of California, Berkeley. Dave Goldberg, the 47-year-old CEO of Survey Monkey, died suddenly in May 2015 after sustaining a head trauma when he fell off…
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Fast Forward Bill Clinton: ‘I Killed Myself To Give the Palestinians a State’
Saying “I killed myself to give the Palestinians a state,” former President Bill Clinton defended his record on Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, and his wife’s, at a campaign event. “I had a deal they turned down that would have given them all of Gaza,” Clinton said Friday in response to a heckler at an event in…
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Fast Forward Belgian Cabinet Minister: Time for Total Ban on Ritual Slaughter
Citing resistance by Muslims to a compromise on ritual slaughter of animals, a Belgian cabinet minister called for a blanket ban on the custom, a policy that would affect observant Jews and Muslims. Ben Weyts, animal welfare minister in the government of the Flemish Region — one of three entities that make up the federal kingdom of…
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Fast Forward Labour Member Suspended for Saying Jews Control Country as Anti-Semitism Purge Continues
The British Labour Party suspended yet another member for anti-Semitic comments after he posted an article claiming that “Jews control Britain and are committing genocide on us.” Musabbir Ali, a former campaign officer from East London, was suspended Thursday, London’s Jewish Chronicle . He is one of approximately 20 members to be suspended in recent…
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Fast Forward Thousands of Arab Israelis March for Palestinian Right of Return
Thousands of Arab Israelis, including several Knesset members, demonstrated in favor of the Palestinian right of return, the first time such an event took place in the Negev. Wednesday’s demonstration came on the eve of Israel’s Independence Day, a date when Arab citizens of Israel mourn the plight of the more than 700,000 Arabs who…
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Fast Forward JDC Taps Former Columbia Law Dean as CEO
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee tapped a former Columbia Law School dean who once clerked for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to serve as its CEO. David Schizer, 47, will take the helm of the international Jewish aid group on Jan. 1, pending his approval by the JDC board next week. He will…
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Fast Forward Jewish-Muslim CA Cafe Owners Deny Discriminating Against Hijab-Wearing Patrons
A California cafe founded and owned by a Jewish and Muslim husband and wife plans to countersue after being accused of discriminating against Muslim patrons. Urth Caffe, an artisanal coffee shop and restaurant with six Southern California locations, was accused in a suit filed May 2 of forcing seven women to leave its Laguna Beach…
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