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Fast Forward Dust Storm Blankets Israel
A major dust storm over Israel caused the cancellation of flights and kept many Israelis indoors. The dust storm, which began on Tuesday night and continued into Wednesday, caused low visibility throughout the country, leading to the cancellation of all domestic flights, including those between Tel Aviv and Eilat. International flights leaving from Eilat also…
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Fast Forward Jewish Paramedic Stabbed in Brooklyn — Hate Crime Eyed
A member of a Jewish volunteer emergency service was stabbed in the neck in Brooklyn and police were investigating the attack as a possible anti-Semitic hate crime. The man, identified by the New York Post as David Katz, 34, a volunteer for Hatzalah, radioed in his own injury after the attack on Tuesday night in…
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Fast Forward Mixed School Firebombers Hit With Jerusalem Civil Suit
The municipality of Jerusalem has filed a civil lawsuit against three men convicted of an arson attack on a joint Arab-Jewish school in Jerusalem. The lawsuit filed on Tuesday seeks more than half a million shekel, or about $130,000 in damages, which includes costs for repairing the building as well as paying for psychological treatment…
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Fast Forward Hubby Confesses To 2009 Bathtub Killing of Estranged Wife
The man charged with murdering his estranged Jewish wife in Manhattan in 2009 allegedly confessed the crime to his girlfriend. Information provided by the girlfriend of Roderick Covlin, 42, who was arraigned Monday, provided authorities with the evidence necessary to indict him in the death of Shele Danishefsky Covlin, according to the New York Post….
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Food Dutch Authorities Recommend Banning Kosher Slaughter
The Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority advised the government to ban ritual slaughter of animals, citing pain and suffering caused to them in the process. The recommendation appeared in a report by the authority’s risk assessment bureau, the NRC Handelsblad daily Friday. “Ban, from a point of view of animal welfare, the killing…
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Fast Forward Israeli Passenger Attacked on Ethiopian Flight
A Sudanese man has been arrested for attempting to murder a Jewish-Israeli passenger on an Ethiopian Airlines flight. Ethiopian authorities arrested the man, who assaulted the Israeli on a flight from Chad to Ethiopia on Oct. 29, Ynet reported Tuesday. The 54-year-old victim, who Ynet identified only by his first name, Arik, works for an…
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Fast Forward Harvard Launches Jewish and Israeli Law Program
Harvard Law School is launching a program on Jewish and Israeli law. The Julis-Rabinowitz Program in Jewish and Israeli Law, established through a gift from hedge fund manager Mitchell Julis, will bring in visiting scholars, host an annual conference and offer courses. Harvard Law professor Noah Feldman will be the program’s inaugural director. At 32,…
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Fast Forward Dubai-Amman Flight Diverted to Israel
(JTA) — A Royal Jordanian flight heading to Amman made an emergency landing in Israel. The flight from Dubai was diverted Tuesday afternoon due to poor weather conditions. The pilots requested to land in Israel after notifying aviation authorities that the airplane was low on fuel, according to Israeli news reports. Ben Gurion International Airport…
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