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Fast Forward Israel Hits 110 Degrees — Hottest August in 5 Years
Temperatures in Israel topped 110 degrees as the country experienced its hottest August in five years. This week, according to Israeli news site Ynetnews, temperatures across Israel rose above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The northern town of Tzemach experienced heat of 111 degrees, while the temperature in the West Bank settlement of Gilgal reached 115 degrees….
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Fast Forward Mitch McConnell Admits Iran Deal Will Likely Pass
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the United States Congress would likely not muster the two-thirds majority needed to reject the recent accord over Iran’s nuclear program. To reject the agreement, a majority of Congress would need to vote against it, which is likely, and then garner a two-thirds majority to overcome President Obama’s promised…
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Fast Forward Matisyahu Calls Festival Ban ‘Appalling and Offensive’
Jewish reggae singer Matisyahu spoke out against the organizers of a Spanish festival that canceled his performance because he refused to endorse Palestinian statehood. On his Facebook page Monday, a day after festival organizers announced that he was no longer invited to perform there, Matisyahu said the festival organizers had asked him “to write a…
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Fast Forward Another San Antonio Synagogue Defaced With Swastikas
A San Antonio synagogue was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti less than a week after another city synagogue and its neighborhood were similarly attacked. A maintenance worker at Congregation Agudas Achim, the Texas city’s second-largest synagogue, discovered graffiti on a storage shed near the back of the synagogue’s property on Monday morning, MySanAntonio.com reported. Linda Moad,…
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Fast Forward Israel Denies Reports of Truce Talks With Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied reports that Israel has been negotiating with Hamas. A statement from his office Monday was in response to media reports claiming that direct talks took place recently and were in their final stages. “Israel officially clarifies that there have been no meetings with Hamas. Not directly, not through…
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Fast Forward 340 Rabbis Back Iran Deal in Letter to Congress
In a letter to Congress, 340 U.S. rabbis from the major streams of Judaism expressed support for the Iran nuclear deal. The letter sent Monday urges the House of Representatives and Senate to endorse the agreement, in which sanctions are lifted in exchange for restrictions on Iran’s nuclear program. Noting that “we are deeply concerned…
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Fast Forward ‘Sauna Rabbi’ Jonathan Rosenblatt To Keep Riverdale Pulpit
The Riverdale Jewish Center has decided to keep in place Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt, whose chats with naked boys in the sauna garnered headlines after an expose in The New York Times. Rosenblatt, who denied any criminal wrongdoing but apologized for inappropriate behavior, had been fighting efforts by some in his Orthodox congregation to buy out…
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Fast Forward India Vows To Spruce Up Jewish Sites
Indian officials are urging the tens of thousands of Indian Jews living in Israel to visit their home country. To encourage Jewish and Israeli tourism in India, the Indian government has funded the renovation of the country’s Jewish heritage sites, according to the Times of India. The government recently renovated the Paravoor and Chennamangalam synagogues…
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