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Are Christian Zionists the 800-Pound Gorilla in the Pro-Israel Room?
Reinforcing their standing as the right-wing marker of the pro-Israel community, Christian Zionists are now setting up their own lobbying arm. It will be heading for Capitol Hill with a much harsher message than other Israel groups, as activists prepare for the battle over confirming the Iranian nuclear deal in Congress. At its annual conference,…
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Reconstructionists Open Door to Rabbis With Non-Jewish Partners — But at What Cost?
Reconstructionist congregations say they’re ready for their movement’s seminary to become the first rabbinical school to accept students with non-Jewish partners, yet the fallout from the expected change could still fracture the troubled denomination. The new policy, which will face a final vote among members of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College’s faculty at the end of…
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Iran and World Powers Clinch Historic Nuclear Deal
Iran and six major world powers reached a nuclear deal on Tuesday, capping more than a decade of negotiations with an agreement that could transform the Middle East. Reaching the agreement did not bury the controversy of one of the most bitterly contested diplomatic issues of the day: the European Union called it a “sign…
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A Year Later, Palestinian Family Mourns 4 Boys Killed on Gaza Beach
Muhammad Subhi Bakr was once an avid fisherman. But now the 53-year-old can barely bring himself to go to the Gaza City beach, where his family has run a fishing business for generations. That was where his son Ismail died in an Israeli strike last summer during Israel’s 51-day war with Hamas. Ismail was one…
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At Kibbutz Near Gaza, Wounds Are Still Healing 1 Year After War
When Arnon Avni gives tours of Kibbutz Nirim, he always stops several yards short of a small electrical tower near the preschool. That was where a Hamas mortar struck three of his friends at the tail end of last summer’s war between Israel and Gaza. Two died, and the third lost both of his legs….
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3 Israeli-American Children Sent to Juvenile Detention — for Refusing To Talk to Dad
A family court judge has sent three Israeli-American children to a juvenile detention center for refusing to speak to their father. UPDATE: The children have been ordered moved to a Jewish summer camp Liam Tsimhoni, 14, and his siblings, Rowie, 10, and Nathalie, 9, have been in juvenile detention since June 24. Judge Lisa Gorcyca,…
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Can Hillary Clinton Please Both Pro-Israel Megadonors and Democratic Grassroots?
“Look forward to working with you on this,” Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton promised in a handwritten note to her supporter and major donor Haim Saban at the bottom of a July 2 letter. At stake was the battle to defeat the campaign aimed at boycotting, divesting from and sanctioning Israel. Clinton’s note to…
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Leader of Christian Zionists Named Head of Campus Anti-BDS Group
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s new campus operation to defend Israel has picked David Brog, the head of the largest Christian Zionist organization, as its first leader. Brog, executive director of Christians United for Israel, will head the Campus Maccabees, a new multi-million dollar group funded by Adelson and fellow billionaire Haim Saban. The new organization’s mission…
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Is Israel’s Medical Marijuana Leader Coming to America?
Israel’s leading producer of medical marijuana is joining a local group vying for a coveted license to distribute the drug in New York State. Tikun Olam, which serves about a third of Israeli medical marijuana patients, has joined forces with the Compassionate Care Center of New York (CCCNY) in hopes of winning one of five…
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Michigan Jewish Institute Raided by Federal Agents Amid Fiscal and Academic Questions
Federal agents raided the offices of a Jewish college that has prospered from millions of dollars in federal aid even though almost all its students live in Israel and hardly any of them graduate. Federal officials declined to comment on the reason for the July 7 raid at Michigan Jewish Institute, in a suburb of…
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Can This Rabbinic Revolutionary Make Hebrew Israelites Mainstream?
Like synagogues in many old neighborhoods, the walls of Mount Horeb in the Bronx are lined with the framed photos of esteemed elders who have passed on. There is a faded photo, too, of the Western Wall, and Stars of David. But at this Bronx synagogue, an Ethiopian flag also hangs above a series of…
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