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Fast Forward Calls Mount for Stronger Response to Israel Extremist Price Tag Attacks
(JTA) — Houses of worship have been vandalized, businesses defaced and car tires slashed. So-called “price tag” attacks have proliferated since Israeli-Palestinian peace talks were suspended at the end of April. Intended to exact a price for Israeli government policies seen as detrimental to the settlement enterprise, such attacks have long been a problem in…
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Fast Forward Danny Glover Protests Film Screening in Israel
Danny Glover and others featured in a documentary about a 98-year-old Asian-American activist are protesting the film’s screening at a Tel Aviv film festival. In a statement released Monday, participants in “American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs,” including Boggs, said they “formally stand with the people of Palestine,” support the call for a…
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Music Latin America Leaders Jet Into Israel Ahead of Pope Francis
Jewish and Catholic religious leaders from six Latin American countries will make a pilgrimage to the Middle East following the route that Pope Francis will take on his upcoming visit to the region. Young priests and rabbis from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela will share a seminar and visits to holy sites on…
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News Mango the Bear Makes ‘Meteoric’ Recovery After Groundbreaking Surgery
(Haaretz) — Six days after globally pioneering surgery to correct his slipped disc, the giant Syrian bear is moving his legs beautifully, says Sagit Horowitz, spokeswoman for the Ramat Gan Zoological Park. “He changes position from side to side all the time, which means he can,” says Horowitz of the quarter-ton quadruped, who was the…
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The Schmooze Lana Del Rey to Play Israel This Summer
Photo: Getty Images Israel’s summer concert lineup just keeps on getting better. The latest famous name on the list is Lana Del Rey, who just announced she’ll be performing August 20 in Tel Aviv’s Park Hayarkon. According to Haaretz, tickets will range from 400 shekels ($116) for standing room to 1,000 shekels for seats closer…
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Opinion Was Amos Oz Right About ‘Hebrew Neo-Nazis’?
An extremist Jew is arrested at a 2012 rally for ‘price tag’ attacker comrades / Getty Images Over at Tablet, Liel Leibovitz is unhappy that Israeli author Amos Oz is going around calling violent Israeli settlers “Hebrew neo-Nazis.” He claims Oz’s statement suffers from “a logical flaw,” one that has “more to do with philosophy…
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Music Women Move Towards Approval as First Israel Kosher Supervisors
(JTA) — In a step that further expands the opportunities for women to serve as recognized authorities in Jewish law, the Israeli Chief Rabbinate for the first time is allowing women to serve as kosher supervisors. Nine women took the Chief Rabbinate’s kosher supervision exam last week in Jerusalem. Should they pass, they would become…
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Music New Mexico Students Reverse Divestment Vote
The Graduate and Professional Student Association at the University of New Mexico overturned a divestment resolution on the West Bank. Saturday’s vote rescinded an April 28 resolution calling on the university to divest from companies that operate in the West Bank. The vote was 10-10, with the tie broken by the meeting chair. Since the…
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