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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Gaza Targets After Rocket Falls on Ashkelon
Israel struck five targets throughout Gaza hours after a rocket fired from Gaza landed near the southern coastal city of Ashkelon. Direct hits were confirmed on what the Israel Defense Forces called in a statement “terror sites.” The attacks occurred late on Saturday night. Earlier, on Saturday evening, a rocket fired from Gaza landed in…
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Fast Forward Washington Reevaluating Role in Middle East Peace Talks
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that Washington was evaluating whether it was worth continuing its role in Middle East peace talks, signaling his patience with the Israelis and Palestinians was running out. There was a limit to U.S. efforts if the parties themselves were unwilling to move forward, Kerry said during…
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Fast Forward Birthright Trains 200 Educators To Lead Trips
Taglit-Birthright Israel will train Jewish educators from across the United States as Israel trip leaders. The program will train 200 trip leaders each year through a partnership with the iCenter, a North American organization dedicated to Israel education. The application deadline for the first cohort of Taglit Fellows is May 15. The program includes a…
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Fast Forward Palestinian-Israeli Clash Erupts Outside West Bank Prison
Several Palestinians were injured in clashes between rioters and Israeli troops near the Ofer Prison north of Jerusalem. The rioters hurled stones and burning tires toward Israelis guarding the facility, Army Radio reported Friday. The troops used crowd dispersal means. The Ma’an news agency reported that 13 people were injured. Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners are…
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Fast Forward It’s ‘Reality Check’ Time for the Peace Talks, Says Kerry
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Friday the United States was evaluating whether to continue its role in Middle East peace talks after both Israeli and Palestinian sides had taken steps that were not helpful. Speaking during a visit to Morocco, Kerry said it was “reality check time” and there was a limit…
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Israel News Israeli Jews Who Aren’t Jewish in Eyes of Rabbis Face Kafkaesque Conversion Plight
They live as part of Jewish society in the Jewish state, but the state itself does not consider them Jewish. For Israel, some 330,000 immigrants, mostly from the former Soviet Union, represent a big assimilation problem and a big political problem, made worse by the fact that the only solution for this largely non-religious group…
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Opinion Memo to New York Times: Women Are Jews, Too
Protesters call for the release of Jonathan Pollard / Getty Images So I check the homepage of the New York Times on Thursday afternoon, as I regularly do several times a day, to see a prominent story proclaiming that all the talk of freeing convicted spy Jonathan J. Pollard is dividing American Jews. “More and…
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Fast Forward Diaspora Rabbis Urge Jerusalem Mayor To Withdraw Support From Anti-Arab Cleric
More than 1,000 Diaspora rabbis called on Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat to withdraw his support for Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, known for his anti-Arab stances, as chief rabbi of the city. The rabbis, including the leaders of the major non-Orthodox Jewish movements and the head of the New Israel Fund, sent the letter to Barkat on…
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