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Fast Forward No Joy in Gaza for Muslim Holiday of Eid al Fitr
One of the most joyous days in the Muslim calendar, the holiday of Eid al-Fitr was marked on Monday by tears and sorrow in the Gaza Strip, left battered by three weeks of merciless fighting between Israel and Hamas Islamists. Marking the end of the holy Ramadan month of fasting, Eid is normally a time…
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Israel News Israel Plans to Target Radical Islam Offshoot Once Gaza Is Done
Once Israel completes its latest military campaign in Gaza against Hamas, the government has its sights set on a domestic enemy who shares the Islamist group’s ideology and aims. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced at the end of June that he is working on criminalizing the Islamic Movement, a radical organization based inside Israel’s pre-1967…
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Life Can a Maxi Skirt Bridge Cultural Divide?
Mushky Notik (left) and Mimi Hecht (right) created Mimu Maxi Together, sisters-in-law Mimi Hecht and Mushky Notik run Mimu Maxi, a fashion label the creates clothes that are both modest and chic. The women, members of the Crown Heights Hasidic community, came up with idea for the company when struggling to find something stylish to…
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Fast Forward No Ramadan Joy for Muslims in Gaza
(Reuters) — Instead of enjoying celebrations and night time feasts, Palestinians in Gaza are spending the Islamic holy month of Ramadan cowering in their homes and temporary shleters from Israeli bombs. Muslims fast during the daylight hours in Ramadan and sundown would normally bring a carnival atmosphere to Gaza’s crowded streets, with lanterns strung above…
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Fast Forward Jewish Ukraine Governor Vows To Return Mosque
The Jewish governor of a large Ukrainian city has promised to return a former mosque to the hands of the Muslim community. Igor Kolomoisky, who was appointed governor of the Dnepropetrovsk region in March, made the promise last week during a visit to the city’s Olympic Reserve Sports School, which operates out of a building…
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News Why British Orthodox Rabbi Fasts for Ramadan
(JTA) — A few hours into the 10th day of Ramadan, Rabbi Natan Levy was swapping fasting tips with a Muslim fellow passenger aboard the London Northern train line. Specifically, they were debating the merits of having a very large meal before sunrise — a technique adopted by many observant Muslims who are trying to cope…
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Fast Forward Dutch Pro-ISIS Protesters Shout Anti-Semitic Slogans
Dozens of demonstrators shouted menacing slogans about Jews at a rally at one of the largest immigrant neighborhoods in The Netherlands. The demonstrators gathered Friday in the Schilderswijk, a neighborhood of approximately 33,000 residents in The Hague where half the population was born either in Turkey or Morocco, or to parents who were born in…
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Opinion Taking Different Lessons From Same Threat
Yeshiva students pray for safe return of three kidnapped youths With the terrorist kidnapping of three teenagers dominating the news cycle and nearly every private conversation for the past two days, Israelis have had little attention to spare for America’s national agony in Iraq. It’s hard to think of a time when the two nations’…
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