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Fast Forward Israel Makes It Easier for Visiting Students to Extend Stay
JERUSALEM — Students from the Diaspora who participate in Jewish identify programs such as Birthright and Masa can now extend their stay in Israel by up to six months. Interior Minister Aryeh Deri on Monday approved the new regulations, allowing the students to gain a residence and work visa without having to prove that they…
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Fast Forward Israeli Left-Winger in Cahoots With Palestinians Put on House Arrest
A left-wing Jewish-Israeli activist who was recorded saying he helps Palestinian authorities find and kill Palestinians who sell land to Jews was released from jail and put on house arrest. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ordered the release of Ezra Nawi on Sunday, two weeks after he was arrested as he attempted to board a plane…
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Fast Forward Bride-To-Be’s $10K Diamond Ring Found After Jerusalem Garbage Search
JERUSALEM — A diamond engagement ring accidentally thrown in a garbage dumpster by a bride-to-be was recovered days after haredi Orthodox volunteers sifted through tons of garbage. The ring, worth more than $10,000, was lost Thursday in the haredi Orthodox community of Geula in Jerusalem when it was accidentally emptied into a home garbage receptacle…
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Fast Forward U.S. Envoy Sorry Only for ‘Timing’ of Israel Criticism
JERUSALEM — U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro says he regrets the timing of his criticisms of Israel’s policies in the West Bank. Shapiro in a speech at a Tel Aviv conference organized by the Institute for National Security Studies on Jan. 18, said that “at times it seems Israel has two standards of adherence…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitism in Germany ‘More Widespread Than We Can Imagine’ — Merkel
BERLIN — Germany must set clear boundaries in the fight against anti-Semitism, Chancellor Angela Merkel said ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Anti-Semitism in Germany is “more widespread than we can imagine,” Merkel said in a conversation with Jewish media expert Oren Osterer in a podcast aired Saturday, noting several fronts: schools, social media and…
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Fast Forward David Stoliar, Sole Survivor of the Torpedoed Struma, Remembered
David Stoliar, the only survivor of the Struma, which was carrying 800 Jews fleeing the Holocaust in Romania, died in 2014, but his death was not widely or nationally reported. Stoliar was on board the Struma, which was barred from entering then-Palestine, held in Turkey for several months, then set adrift without power and torpedoed…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Ceremony To Mark 71st Anniversary of Camp’s Liberation
WARSAW, Poland — President Andrzej Duda of Poland and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic of Croatia are expected to attend the ceremony at the Auschwitz memorial marking the 71st anniversary of the concentration camp’s liberation. Dozens of survivors and their relatives will also be on hand for Wednesday’s commemoration. Red Army troops liberated Auschwitz on Jan. 27, 1945…
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Fast Forward Teen Killer of Mom of 6 Was ‘Under Influence’ of PA Television — Shin Bet
JERUSALEM — The Palestinian teenager who stabbed a mother of six to death in her West Bank home was under the influence of Palestinian television, the Shin Bet security service said. PA Television portrays Israel as a state which “kills Palestinian youths,” the Shin Bet said in a statement released Sunday on the progress of…
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