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Opinion 44% of Jewish Israelis Say They Don’t Need U.S. Cash
An Israeli observes the Iron Dome system in action / Getty Images Almost one in two Jewish Israelis think that their country could withstand a substantial decrease in American support. In a new poll by the nonpartisan Israel Democracy Institute, conducted in the light of U.S.-Israel tensions over the end of the peace process, 44%…
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Fast Forward Maccabi Tel Aviv’s David Blatt on NBA Radar for Coaching Slots
David Blatt, who guided Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Euroleague basketball championship, is rumored to be in the mix for several coaching jobs in the NBA. The Cleveland Cavaliers reportedly have contacted Blatt for their vacant head coaching post, The Associated Press reported, citing a person familiar with the situation. The Cavs, who fired…
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Fast Forward Lady Gaga To Play Tel Aviv, BDS Or No
American singer and performer Lady Gaga will appear in Tel Aviv as part of her current concert tour. Lady Gaga will perform at Yarkon Park on Sept. 13, her producers announced Sunday. The appearance is part of her current world tour: “artRAVE: The ARTPOP ball,” named after her album released last November. She will perform…
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Fast Forward Peres Joins Pope, Abbas for Unprecedented Vatican Peace Prayer
Israeli President Shimon Peres arrived in Rome to take part in a “call for peace,” with Pope Francis and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Peres arrived in Rome Sunday morning for the Vatican visit. During the main event with the three leaders as well as delegations of Jewish, Christian and Islamic faith leaders, they will…
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News Confessions of a Christian Zionist
As a child I knew nothing about Israeli culture, politics or people. But I was a Christian Zionist. I believed with perfect faith that across the globe, the descendants of ancient Hebrews had been stirred by God to return to the Middle East. I believed Israel was the sole inheritance of the Jews. I imagined…
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Opinion Israel Earns Red Card at Soccer’s World Cup — Again
You will not hear “Hatikva” at the World Cup that opens on June 12 in Brazil. The last and only time Israel participated in the tournament was 1970. Yet even countries not famous for their soccer prowess, such as Bosnia-Herzegovina and Honduras, get to play on this enormous stage. Israel, which has a proud professional…
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Fast Forward Binyamin Ben-Eliezer Quits Israel President Race Under Cloud
Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, one of two leading candidates to succeed Shimon Peres as Israel’s next head of state, withdrew from the race on Saturday, a day after police questioned him under caution over a loan he had received. The move appeared to smooth the path to the presidency of Reuven Rivlin, a former speaker of parliament…
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Culture Frederic Brenner, the ‘Jewish Christo,’ Uses Photography To Challenge Israel Debate
‘What do you see?” asked the French-born photographer Frédéric Brenner while showing me his new book, “An Archeology of Fear and Desire,” during a recent interview in the Manhattan offices of one of his longtime funders, the Revson Foundation. His photography books, among them 1996’s “Jews/America: A Representation” and 2003’s “Diaspora: Homelands in Exile,” with…
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