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Israel News New CNN Video Raises Fresh Questions on Killings of Palestinian Teens
(Haaretz) — CNN released new footage, adding fuel to the fire involving the controversial killing of two Palestinian youths on Nakba Day, May 15, by Israeli forces. The video, filmed by CNN producer Kareem Khadder in the West Bank village of Beitunia, depicts a number of Border Policemen in the area, including one firing at…
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Life Avoid Bad Rabbi? There’s an App for That
An Israeli couple at their wedding (Haaretz) — When Israelis want to be warned of traffic jams ahead they check Waze, the popular crowd-sourced GPS. When they are planning their vacation, they look at hotel ratings and reviews on Tripadvisor to make sure their trip is smooth. So why shouldn’t they have the benefit of…
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Fast Forward UCLA Student Court Says No Conflict in Israel Trips
A student-run judicial body at UCLA found that two former student government representatives did not violate conflict-of-interest rules in accepting sponsored trips to Israel. The Judicial Board for the Undergraduate Students Association ruled Thursday in favor of Sunny Singh and Lauren Rogers, who had taken trips to Israel sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League and the…
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Life ‘Preeminent’ Jerusalem Educator Deborah Kallen
Forward Association Deborah “Devora” Kallen was Jerusalem’s preeminent progressive educator. Raised in an Orthodox Jewish family in Boston, Massachusetts with seven siblings (including her brother, philosopher Horace Kallen) Kallen chose to reside in Palestine in 1920 with the goal of establishing the Parents Educational Association School there. Arriving at the onset of Third Aliyah wave…
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Israel News Israel Goes Mad for Hoops Champions — But Few Israelis Make Cut
The excitement was almost enough to kill Israel’s 90-year-old president. Right after Tel Aviv’s top basketball team won Europe’s championship crown in Milan in a nail-biting 96–86 victory that went into overtime, President Shimon Peres told the team’s coach by phone, “I watched the whole game and nearly had a heart attack.” “You are heroes…
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Fast Forward Growth-Hungry China Pours Cash Into Israel Firms
(Reuters) — China’s purchase of a controlling stake in Israel’s largest food maker reflects a broader surge in Chinese investment in an economy largely tethered to Western markets. The deal, announced on Thursday, gives China access to Israel’s high tech expertise, cachet among consumers made wary by domestic food production scandals and an alternative place…
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Opinion Coma Case Could Mean Leap Forward for Agunot
A woman gestures at a Jerusalem demonstration to help agunot / Haaretz We’re familiar with the stories of recalcitrant husbands who refuse to give their wives a get, a religious writ of divorce, effectively preventing them from remarrying. But less discussed is the heart-wrenching experience of women whose husbands are alive, but unable to interact…
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Fast Forward Michael Bloomberg Will Use $1M Genesis Prize for Fellowships
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg will use his $1 million Genesis Prize to establish a new fellowship under the auspices of the Genesis Philanthropy Group, which will award him the prize. Bloomberg is the first laureate of the Genesis Prize, which was established last year by a group of Jewish philanthropists in collaboration with…
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