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Fast Forward Israel Kills 2 Near Syrian Border
Israeli troops killed two people near the Syrian border, Israeli news sites reported. “A short while ago two armed individuals were identified in the parameter of the border barrier on the Golan Heights, who attempted to sabotage the operational infrastructure in the border. In response to that, we attacked and hit the suspects,” read a…
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Fast Forward Israel Abstains From U.N. Resolution Slamming Russia Takeover of Crimea
Israel abstained from the U.S.-led bid to isolate Russia at the United Nations in the wake of its takeover of Crimea, distancing itself from the U.S. policy of backing Ukraine in the conflict with its more-powerful neighbor. The non-binding resolution passed in the General Assembly Thursday 100-11, with 58 abstentions, calls on member states “to…
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Fast Forward 49% of Israelis Say Accept Reform, Conservative
Nearly half of Israelis surveyed said Israel’s Chief Rabbinate should officially recognize Reform and Conservative Judaism. In the survey of 500 adults, 49 percent “strongly feel that the Chief Rabbinate should officially recognize the Reform and Conservative streams of Judaism,” Walla.com reported, because this “will in turn strengthen the connection with American Jews.” The poll,…
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Israel News Do Orthodox Rabbi Groups Hold Too Much Sway Over Conversion — in Israel and U.S.?
(JTA) — Even if you converted to Judaism under Orthodox auspices, your conversion may be called into question by the Israeli Chief Rabbinate and the Rabbinical Council of America, the main centrist Orthodox rabbinical group in the United States. If you live in Israel, this means your ability to marry a Jew is in jeopardy….
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Israel News Rwanda Leader Paul Kagame Gets Jewish Embrace — But What About Human Rights?
It was one of the worst mass slaughters since the Holocaust. And two decades later, Israel and the American Jewish community, along with much of the West, are embracing the leader who stopped it as a modern-day hero. A series of memorial events around the world in April will mark the somber 20th anniversary of…
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Fast Forward Former Ehud Olmert Bureau Chief Will Testify Against Him in Graft Case
Ehud Olmert’s former bureau chief Shula Zaken agreed to testify against her ex-boss in the Holyland graft case. Zaken, who has been convicted of graft in another scandal involving the former prime minister, signed a plea agreement Thursday with the state prosecutor’s office, which then asked the court to postpone the verdict in the Holyland…
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Fast Forward King’s College London Students Vote To Endorse BDS Against Israel
The King’s College London Student Union voted to endorse the boycott, sanctions and divestment movement against Israel. The 15-point motion passed Tuesday night at the students general meeting by a vote of 348-252. Following the vote, the college’s administration distanced itself from the measure, the Israeli daily Haaretz reported. The motion calls for researching the…
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Music Center for American Progress Partners With Liberal Israeli Think Tank
An influential liberal Washington think tank with ties to the Obama administration is partnering with a progressive Israeli counterpart. The Center for American Progress is cosponsoring its first Israel event on April 1 with Molad: The Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy. The symposium will address Israeli and U.S. interests in the Middle East….
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