Sam Sokol
By Sam Sokol
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Fast Forward Natan Sharansky urges Russian Jews to move to Israel before possible shutdown
Russia’s Justice Ministry aims to “shut down” the local branch of the Jewish Agency, preventing Russian Jews from moving to Israel
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Fast Forward How many Jews fought at Mariupol’s Azovstal plant? Depends who’s counting
An aide to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said there were about ‘40 Jewish heroes’ fighting in one of the Ukraine war's most epic battles, but others wonder if there was even one Jew at the site prior to Monday’s evacuation of the Mariupol plant
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Fast Forward Shelved Canadian school guidelines encouraged balanced approach to Nazi history
This article originally appeared in Ha’aretz and was reprinted here with permission. Education officials in the Canadian province of Alberta on Friday repudiated official diversity guidelines that call for highlighting the Nazis’ economic achievements and “positive qualities” of European settlers who oppressed of the country’s indigenous population, following uproar by Jewish organizations. The document, which…
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Fast Forward U.S. needs ‘one religion under God,’ ex-Trump advisor Michael Flynn tells far-right rally
This article originally appeared on Haaretz, and was reprinted here with permission. Michael Flynn, former President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, called for Americans to adopt a single religion this weekend during a far-right rally in San Antonio, Texas. Speaking during an appearance at the ReAwaken America tour – which featured fringe conspiracy theorists like…
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News Meet the 97-year-old British-Israeli man who holds the Guinness World Record as the world’s oldest journalist
JERUSALEM (JTA) — When Walter Bingham moved to Israel following a long career as a host on British radio, he applied for a job at Kol Israel, one of the country’s leading broadcasters. He came in for an interview but was rejected: At 80 years old, Bingham was told, he was past the station’s mandatory…
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News Arab-Israelis lag behind in Israel’s vaccination success story
Standing outside of a clinic in East Jerusalem, Rashdi Jasser seemed worried. While Jasser, 47, was eager to get the COVID-19 vaccine, he said that many of his fellow construction workers have dismissed government warnings about the dangers of coronavirus, calling it “nonsense” and refusing to wear masks. “The corona is difficult and I need…
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Fast Forward In Israel, Haredi Jews wield enormous political power. Could that change because of COVID?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Violence against police officers. The torching of a public bus. Legions of men, many of them maskless, crowding the streets of Jerusalem for a funeral. Schools and community centers that have remained open despite skyrocketing COVID cases. In recent weeks, haredi Orthodox protesters have become increasingly brazen in their disregard for Israel’s…
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Israel News Descendants of Holocaust perpetrators seek atonement in Israel
When a German teenager named Setti Pfeiffer begins her day in Israel helping severely disabled children, she often thinks of her great-grandfathers. Almost eight decades ago, Pfeiffer’s maternal great-grandfather Herman Bernhardt helped build the Auschwitz death camp. And while she doesn’t know as much about her great-grandfather on her father’s side, the 18-year old believes…
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