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Fast Forward Orthodox Rabbi Claims Just 1 Million Jews Killed in Holocaust
A New York-based haredi Orthodox rabbi who has posted thousands of popular outreach lectures online said only about 1 million Jews died in the Holocaust rather than the historically established figure of 6 million. Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi in a video posted Tuesday on his YouTube channel cited high assimilation rates in Europe before World War…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Wounded in West Bank Car Ramming Attack
An Israel Defense Forces soldier was wounded in a car-ramming attack in the West Bank. Israeli troops at the scene shot dead the Palestinian driver after he drove into a group of soldiers on Thursday on a road south of Nablus between the Hawara and Tapuach junctions, according to the IDF. The soldier, who was…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Israeli Couple Arrested in Ukraine With 2 Pounds of Pot
Ukrainian police arrested a haredi Orthodox couple from Israel at a Kiev airport after finding more than two pounds of marijuana in their luggage. The website of Ukraine’s border police did not identify the Israelis arrested at Boryspil Airport on Sunday but said they were apprehended in a combined operation by the country’s security service,…
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Fast Forward JFNA Leader Slams Israel Chief Rabbi for Conservative School Comment
The leader of the rabbinical arm of the Jewish federations movement expressed his “extreme disappointment” in Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi’s rebuke of the country’s education minister for visiting a non-Orthodox school. It is “particularly disappointing that you chose to criticize rather than encourage greater cooperation between the Jews of Diaspora and of Israel,” Rabbi Stuart…
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Fast Forward Israel Approves $3.84 Billion Plan for Improvements in Arab Sector
Israel’s Cabinet unanimously approved a five-year, $3.84 billion plan to improve infrastructure in Arab-Israeli and other minority communities. The plan changes government allocation mechanisms in order to reduce gaps between Jews and Arabs and to aid the economic development of the Arab sector, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced in a statement Wednesday. Arab-Israeli leaders…
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Fast Forward Kosher-Certified Marijuana Products Are Hitting the Market in 2016
A New York company is preparing to market what it says is the world’s first kosher-certified marijuana. The Orthodox Union has certified Vireo Health of New York’s non-smokable medical marijuana products, Vireo announced in a news release Wednesday. Vireo is one of five medical marijuana providers selected to participate in a New York state medical…
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Fast Forward Israeli Security Officials Concerned about Increasing Threat of Local ISIS Attacks
Israeli security officials are increasingly concerned about the threat of large-scale terror attacks by ISIS. In an article Wednesday, Haaretz reported that Israel’s “defense establishment” believes a growing number of Arab-Israelis are joining the Islamic extremist group, and that ISIS branches on the Syrian border with the Golan Heights and in Egypt’s Sinai will recruit…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Detention Center for African Immigrants Filled to Limit
Israel has run out of space in its detention center designated for migrants and asylum seekers who have entered the country without documentation. The Israel Prison Service announced Tuesday that with 3,300 inmates, its Holot center is full, several Israeli media outlets reported. Inmates are permitted to leave the Negev facility during the day, but…
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