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Fast Forward Reuven Rivlin Tells U.S. General: ‘Jerusalem Is Israel’
“I was born in Jerusalem and I am Israeli,” President Reuven Rivlin told Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff during a meeting at his residence. Rivlin was referring to this week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Americans citizens born in Jerusalem cannot list Israel as their birthplace on their U.S….
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Fast Forward Jewish North London Seeks Unity Against Neo-Nazi March
Communal and religious leaders have launched a campaign against an upcoming neo-Nazi demonstration in a Jewish neighborhood of northern London. The New Dawn Party and other far-right groups are planning to protest the existence of the local Shomrim, a Jewish volunteer security group, on July 4 – a Saturday – in the Golders Green neighborhood….
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Fast Forward Naked Gas Chamber Video Included in Auschwitz Exhibit
Israel’s embassy in Warsaw asked organizers of an art exhibition about Auschwitz to remove a controversial video of naked people playing tag in a gas chamber. The video is part of an exhibition titled “Poland – Israel – Germany. The experience of Auschwitz,” which opened last month at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow,…
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Fast Forward Sauna Rabbi’s Riverdale Congregation Moves to Oust Him
The Riverdale Jewish Center reportedly is seeking to get rid of Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt, whose habit of inviting young males to join him for naked heart-to-heart talks in the sauna was the subject of a recent article in The New York Times. In a meeting Monday night, the board of directors of Rosenblatt’s Orthodox synagogue…
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Fast Forward 150 Young Jews Gather for ROI Summit
Some 150 young Jews from 32 countries are in Jerusalem for a global summit. Participants ranging from app developers and journalists to toy designers and community organizers are participating in the ninth annual five-day ROI Summit through June 11. The participants, who are in their 20s and 30s, lead sessions in which they share their…
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Fast Forward 39 British Filmmakers Call for Boycott of Israeli Fest
A group of British filmmakers and actors called on a British movie theater chain to cancel an Israeli film festival. The 39 members of the film industry, including British directors Aki Kaurismäki, Mike Leigh and Ken Loach, made their call to the theaters to refuse to host the London Israeli Film and Television Festival in…
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Fast Forward Miami Beach Family’s Cars Hit With Swastikas
Swastikas and a hate message were drawn on the cars of a Jewish family in Miami Beach, Florida. The words “F— Jews” and a swastika were discovered on Sunday morning, according to local reports. “It’s scary that you live in such a world where you’re kind of like scared to be Jewish, that any moment…
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Fast Forward Will Ahava Bow to BDS and Quit West Bank?
The Ahava Dead Sea minerals cosmetics company, under pressure for operating in the West Bank, is considering opening a manufacturing plant inside Israel’s sovereign borders. The company, owned by Kibbutz Mitzpe Shalem, located about one mile from the Dead Sea in the eastern West Bank, is considering opening a new production plant in the Tamar…
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