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Fast Forward Israel Cabinet Plans Vote on Western Wall Egalitarian Prayer Plan
TEL AVIV — Israel’s Cabinet is expected to vote Sunday on a proposal that would expand the non-Orthodox section of the Western Wall. The details of the proposal have not been released, but negotiations over expanding the non-Orthodox site — a segment of the wall called Robinson’s Arch, south of the traditional prayer site —…
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Fast Forward Paul Bronfman Stops Giving to Canada College Over Pro-Palestinian Mural
Canadian media executive Paul Bronfman has withdrawn his company’s support from York University in Toronto over a pro-Palestinian mural hanging in the student center. Bronfman, the chairman of Pinewood Toronto Studios and William F. White International, a supplier of film production equipment, announced his decision to cut his donations to the university on Sunday. He…
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Fast Forward 10% of Americans Less Likely to Vote for Jewish Candidate
Being an evangelical Christian candidate for president is twice as great a liability as being a Jewish candidate, according to a new poll. The Pew Research Center survey on faith in the 2016 presidential campaign found that only a small percentage of Americans are less likely to vote for a presidential candidate because he is…
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Fast Forward New Poll Reveals Sad Struggle of Israel’s Poor Elderly
JERUSALEM — Thousands of elderly Israelis give up food, medicine or heating because they cannot afford to pay for them, a new survey found. Some 18 percent of Israeli elderly go without home heating and about 20 percent give up basic goods in order to pay for heating, according to the study released this week…
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Fast Forward Former Prisoners Mark Liberation at Auschwitz Death Camp
Former Auschwitz prisoners marked the 71st anniversary of their liberation during a ceremony at the Nazi death camp on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Holocaust survivors gathered Wednesday at the camp, now a memorial and museum, in southern Poland, many carrying flowers. International Holocaust Remembrance Day is observed on Jan. 27, the anniversary of the…
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Fast Forward Bomb Threats Force Evacuations of 2 Jewish Schools in Florida
Jewish schools in two Florida cities were evacuated after receiving bomb threats. The Meyer Academy in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was evacuated Tuesday morning after police responded to a threat to the Jewish day school. The threat also forced the evacuation of the Mandel Jewish Community Center, located next door, according to reports. Students and…
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Fast Forward Rap Star B.o.B Promotes Holocaust Denier on New Track
The Grammy-nominated rap star B.o.B in his new song offers support for Holocaust denier David Irving, along with reiterating a claim made on Twitter that the earth is flat. The track, released Monday in response to a Twitter argument with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson about the shape of the earth, focuses primarily on Simmons’ conviction…
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Fast Forward Two Israeli Soldiers Punished for Shooting Camel — and Filming It
An Israeli soldier who fatally shot a camel — and his friend who filmed the November incident — were sentenced to prison and stripped of their rank. The two soldiers, from the Israel Defense Forces’ elite Duvdevan special operations unit, were convicted in military court and were not identified in Israeli media accounts. According to…
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