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Fast Forward BDS Backers Try to Label All Israeli Products in German Town
A team of self-styled “goods inspectors” in a German town tried to label all the Israeli products they could find as being “from illegal Israeli settlements.” On Saturday, the proponents of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement visited businesses in downtown Bremen, in northwest Germany, checking to see that products from Israeli settlements were…
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Fast Forward Polish Jewish Leader Leads Civil Protest and Against New Government
The president of the Council of the Union of Jewish Communities in Poland, Krzysztof Izdebski, led a civil protest against the new government and parliament in Poland. “We are disappointed by the Sejm,” declared the organizers of the demonstration, Izdebski and Jacob Gornicki of ePanstw, or eState, Foundation, in a statement posted on Facebook. Sejm…
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Fast Forward 2 Israelis Injured in Separate Jerusalem Stabbing Attacks
An Israeli Border Policeman and a civilian woman were injured in two separate stabbing attacks in Jerusalem. The police officer was injured on Sunday morning at the Damascus Gate, an entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem. The Palestinian assailant, a resident of Nablus in the northern West Bank, emerged from the Damascus Gate and…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Slammed for Mocking Reporter With Disability
A Jewish foundation that advocates for disability inclusion chided presidential candidate Donald Trump for mocking a disabled reporter. Jay Ruderman, president of the Boston-based Ruderman Family Foundation, offered to provide the Republican frontrunner with sensitivity training, the New York Times reported on Thursday. “It is unacceptable for a child to mock another child’s disability on…
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Fast Forward Israel Security Chiefs Worry That Palestinian Authority Could Collapse
Senior Israeli military and Shin Bet security service officials are warning that the Palestinian Authority could collapse, Haaretz reported. The diplomatic-security cabinet held lengthy discussions about the possibility of the PA collapse Wednesday and Thursday, Haaretz reported, citing three sources who either attended the meetings or were briefed on them. Senior Israel Defense Forces and…
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Fast Forward New York City Will Fund Security Guards at Jewish Schools
New York City will fund security guards for Jewish, Catholic and Muslim students in non-public schools. The agreement, which will provide each non-public school with an additional security guard, was reached by Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito. The agreement caps more than two years of grassroots advocacy by…
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Fast Forward Jodi Rudoren Leaving Post as Jerusalem Bureau Chief for New York Times
New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief Jodi Rudoren announced that she will be leaving Jerusalem at the end of the year and returning to New York. “I knew this would be my last Thanksgiving in Jerusalem, but I had not expected to be cooking amid packing up and saying goodbyes. The Rudorens depart Jan. 1…
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Fast Forward American ‘Lone Soldiers’ in Israel Celebrate Thanksgiving
Some 200 lone Israeli soldiers from North America will attend a special Thanksgiving dinner catered by a former lone soldier from New York. The holiday dinner on Thursday, at the Beit Hachayal in Tel Aviv, will be hosted by Nefesh B’Nefesh, Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption, the…
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