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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Seeks To Rescue Teetering Diaspora Project
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written to the Jewish Agency for Israel indicating his support for a renewed joint initiative between Israel and the Jewish world, JTA has learned, two weeks after the agency withdrew from a similar initiative in protest. In a letter sent earlier this month, Natan Sharansky and Chuck Ratner, the chairman…
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Fast Forward 5 Groups Win Ruderman Prize for Disabilities
The Ruderman Family Foundation recognized five Jewish organizations that integrate people with disabilities into their services and programs. The Ruderman Prize in Inclusion, which awards $50,000 to each recipient, aims for communities around the world to replicate the integration models created by the prize winners. This year’s recipients are: The Yavne Institute in Montevideo, Uruguay,…
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Fast Forward Spanish Public Radio Accuses Jews of ‘Satanism’
A Spanish public broadcaster accused Jews of promoting Satanism. The assertion was the focus of a radio program titled “From the Inferno — The Jewish People: Propagator of the Satan Cult” aired last month by the state-owned RTVE broadcaster as part of its weekend “A la Carta” program. The program begins with ominous music, followed…
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Fast Forward Muslim Student Elected To Lead J Street U
The campus arm of left-wing pro-Israel group J Street elected a Muslim-American student to serve as president of its national student board. At its “Summer Leadership Institute” in Washington this week, J Street U elected Amna Farooqi, a senior at the University of Maryland who is of Pakistani descent, Haaretz reported. Approximately 120 J Street…
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Fast Forward Mike Huckabee Says West Bank Not Occupied in Rambling Press Conference
Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee said Israel has as much right to the West Bank as the United States has to Manhattan. Speaking at a press conference at Jerusalem’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on Wednesday, the former Arkansas governor, who gave a speech in the West Bank settlement Shiloh on Tuesday said, according to The Guardian: “I…
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Fast Forward Arab Knesset Member Named in Ashley Madison Leak
The government email address of Knesset Member Taleb Abu Arrar was one of millions leaked from AshleyMadison.com, a website for people seeking extramarital affairs. Abu Arrar, of the Arab Joint List party, already has two wives, according to the Jerusalem Post. Because polygamy is illegal in Israel, he has a common-law marriage with his second…
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Fast Forward Reform Movement Stays Neutral on Iran Deal
The Reform movement released a statement neither supporting nor opposing the recently signed agreement on Iran’s nuclear program. Rep. Steve Cohen (D – Tenn.), who is Jewish , said he would support the deal, which lifts sanctions in exchange for Iran curbing its nuclear program. He noted, though, that the deal has flaws and that…
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Fast Forward Birthright Sets Record With 30,000 Summer Trips
Birthright, the free 10-day trip to Israel, has brought a record 30,000 young Jewish people on its trips this summer. The number of summer participants, coming one year after Israel endured a 50-day war last summer, is Birthright’s highest in its 15 years of existence. The participants came from 32 countries on six continents, and…
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