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The Forward's Top Stories of 2016
Judaism Grows in Africa
Read the Original Stories Here From Madagascar to Zimbabwe, Jews, would-be Jews and thousands of Africans who are simply Jewish-curious are turning up. The phenomenon is continent-wide. but nowhere is the story more amazing than in Nigeria, where the Igbo—at 30 million people, one of the country’s major ethnic groups—have long seen themselves as descended…
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The Forward's Top Stories of 2016 Terrorism and the Palestinian Authority
Read the Original Story Here Does the Palestinian Authority subsidize terrorists? And if so, do American funds, which help to keep the P.A. afloat, effectively do so, too? That’s a question that has been kicking around for years, in particular within right-wing circles, where activists have long lambasted both America and Israel for failing to…
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The Forward's Top Stories of 2016 On Campus
Read the Original Article Here College campuses today can whiplash many young Jews with two seemingly contradictory big ideas: the importance of openness, equality and non-discrimination; and the importance of taking pride in and asserting the values that stem from one’s own cultural background. An investigation by the Forward in September demonstrated that the tension…
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The Forward's Top Stories of 2016 Standing at Standing Rock
Read the Original Stories Here Standing Rock, the North Dakota encampment where thousands of Native Americans and their supporters this year staged a stand against Big Oil, attracted many Jews in 2016. One, 21-year-old Sophia Wilansky, almost lost her arm; an explosion that activists said came from a stun grenade tossed by local law enforcement…
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Israel Fears Diplomatic Whirlwind Looming in President Obama’s Final Days
Israel fears that the United States and France want to advance another move on the Israeli-Palestinian issue before President Obama leaves office on January 20. A senior official in Jerusalem said that during Sunday’s security cabinet meeting, ministers were presented with an assessment that during the international foreign ministers’ meeting scheduled for January 15 in…
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Can New Tzitzit Unite Hebrew Israelites?
In the biblical Book of Numbers, God instructs the Israelites, “Throughout the generations to come, you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.” In Deuteronomy, God reminds, “You shall make yourself twisted cords, on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself.”…
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Looking Back at Jacob Neusner’s Complicated Legacy
During the turmoil of the election campaign, the death of Jacob Neusner, one of the most influential Jewish thinkers of the past century, received relatively little attention. Neusner, who died in October, was one of the giants who established Jewish studies in the 20th century, and a central figure in the history of critical scholarship…
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ANALYSIS: Obama Gets Last Word at UN on Settlements — but Israel Turns Page to Trump
President-elect Donald Trump did not even need to use all 140 characters on Twitter to blast the Obama administration for allowing the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution condemning Israel’s settlement activity. “As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th,” Trump tweeted less than an hour after the vote. It…
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UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon Says Settlement Resolution Good Move Peace Process Forward
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the Security Council’s adoption on Friday of a resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements, his spokesman said. “The secretary-general takes this opportunity to encourage Israeli and Palestinian leaders to work with the international community to create a conducive environment for a return to meaningful negotiations,” spokesman Stephane Dujarric…
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Neo-Nazis Ramp Up Campaign Against Montana Jews — Vow Armed March
A neo-Nazi website has stepped up a campaign against the Jewish community of Whitefish, Montana, now announcing an armed march by white supremacists planned for January. “We are continuing our barrage against the criminal Jews of Whitefish,” wrote Andrew Anglin, a neo-Nazi who runs The Daily Stormer website, in the latest of a series of…
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Meet the Dan Goldsteins Who Did Not Face Off With Ivanka Trump on JetBlue
A Brooklyn-based lawyer named Dan Goldstein yelled at Ivanka Trump and was kicked off a JetBlue flight this week. That didn’t sit well with all the other Dan Goldsteins out there — or at least most of ‘em. Dan Goldstein, a researcher with Microsoft in New York, changed his Twitter name to “Not JetBlue Person” after…
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