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The Schmooze Pot Not Kosher for Passover — Even on 4/20
It’s that time of the year again — Passover and 4/20, the unofficial marijuana celebration day. On the same day. The celebration of all things green poses a particular problem for the chosen people. Namely, is smoking pot kosher for Passover? Sorry to disappoint, but it seems not. In 2007, Israel’s Green Leaf Party, which…
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Fast Forward Did Israel Block U.N. Envoy From Easter Event?
A United Nations envoy accused Israel on Saturday of trying to block him and other diplomats from a pre-Easter “Holy Fire” ritual in the packed Jerusalem church Christians revere as the burial site of Jesus. The incident, following two days of violence at a separate flashpoint holy site for Jews and Muslims, pointed up rising…
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Fast Forward Extremist Jews Try To Torch Israel Mosque
Israeli police are investigating the torching of the entrance to a mosque in northern Israel and the spraying of anti-Arab slogans on its walls. A security camera at the Abu Bakr al Sadik Mosque in Um al-Fahmm filmed three unidentified men wearing masks writing “Arabs out” in Hebrew with a spray paint canister on an…
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Fast Forward Hardline Rabbi Named Head of Israel’s Shas Party
Shalom Cohen, a hardline rabbi known for his overt hostility toward modern-Orthodox and secular Israeli Jews, was appointed spiritual leader of the Orthodox, Sephardi Shas Party. Cohen, leader of the Porat Yossef religiouse seminary, was named president of the Shas Council of Torah Sages on Thursday at a ceremony in Bnei Brak neat Tel Aviv,…
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Israel News Jewish Groups Resume Dialogue With Churches After Israel Aid Schism
“We had the feeling of the Holy One being at work through us,” said the Rev. Mark Hanson, a top Lutheran leader, as he reflected on a recent meeting between Jewish and Christian leaders. That might sound a bit over the top, especially since the cleric was describing a meeting of Christian and Jewish organizational…
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Culture One For the (Vinyl) Record Books
When Eilon Paz came to Brooklyn in 2008, he was looking for more work as a freelance photographer. Though he’d established himself in his native Israel shooting travel and food features, the move was hardly easy — he arrived at the height of the recession. “I came here with nothing. I had no job. I…
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Fast Forward U.S., Israel Teaming Up to Facilitate Entry Into Visa Waiver Program
The United States and Israel are creating a working group to help Israel advance toward joining the visa waiver program. “This is a goal of both the United States and Israel, and it would make travel easier for citizens of both countries,” Julia Frifield, the assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs, said in a…
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Opinion A Giant Initiative To Save the Jewish People
It is almost a cliché to say that Passover is the family holiday for Jews (our Thanksgiving, if you will). It’s when we get to sit at the same table with our loved ones, who also happen to be the ones that can be oh-so exasperating. It is a fascinating tradition where we tell a…
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