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Fast Forward High School Soccer Fans Use ‘Dreidel Song’ as Taunt
Fans at a high school soccer game in Connecticut are accused of using “The Dreidel Song” as an anti-Semitic taunt directed at an opposing team. Fans of the South Windsor boys’ varsity soccer team chanted verses from the Hanukkah tune during a game last week against Hall High School in West Hartford, a town with…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Gather for Jerusalem Peace Rally
Some 1,500 people gathered in Jerusalem to rally for an end to the current violence between Israel and the Palestinians and to call for a resumption of the peace process. The rally came after a day in which four Palestinians were killed during what are believed to be attempted knife attacks. The alleged assailants were…
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Fast Forward New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Meets Israeli Terror Victims
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio visited Israeli terror victims at a Jerusalem hospital. “When you are attacked, we also feel attacked,” de Blasio said during the visit Saturday night to the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem with his Jerusalem counterpart Nir Barkat. “We in New York are very familiar with the effects…
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Food Cool Israeli Cocktail Bar Makes World’s Top 50 List
Artisanal cocktail accoutrements at the bar of Imperial Craft Cocktail Bar, which garnered a coveted spot on Drink International’s list. A leading publication on alcohol for the first time ranked an Israeli pub on its list of the world’s 50 best bars. Drink International placed Tel Aviv’s at number 17 on its list, published earlier…
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Fast Forward JDate Buys JSwipe — Ends Spat Over Letter ‘J’
Just months after a public battle over the trademark of the letter “J,” Jewish dating services JDate and JSwipe have kissed and coupled up. Spark Networks, owner of JDate and several other non-Jewish dating sites, announced on Wednesday that it had bought Smooch Labs, the company behind mobile dating app JSwipe. The purchase price will…
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Fast Forward 300 Israeli Arabs and Jews Form ‘Peace Chain’ in Galilee
Approximately 300 Jews and Arabs held hands in a chain in the central Galilee to call for reconciliation amidst Israel’s violence over the past few weeks. The symbolic gathering on Friday afternoon was organized by Givat Haviva, an educational organization that promotes Arab-Jewish coexistence. The group of Arabs and Jews assembled and held hands on…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Will Be Majority of British Community in 15 Years
Haredi Orthodox Jews will soon account for half of the British Jewish population, according to a study of the United Kingdom’s Jewish community. Accelerating birth rates among the strictly observant religious Jewish communities mean they are expected “to constitute a majority of the British Jewish population before the 21st century is over,” a report from…
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Fast Forward Novartis Pumps $15M Into Israeli Stem Cell Research Firm
The Swiss drug maker Novartis will invest an extra $15 million in Gamida Cell, an Israeli developer of stem cell therapies, Gamida said. Novartis last year invested $35 million in the company for a 15 percent stake, the Tachles Jewish weekly of Switzerland reported this week. The deal could reach $600 million if Novartis exercises…
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