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Opinion Game Over for Religious Balance in Beit Shemesh?
Getty Images In a rerun of a scandal-ridden poll in the fall, Beit Shemesh has reelected its ultra-Orthodox mayor. Rarely has a political campaign pitted Haredim and others against each other to the extent seen in this Israeli city. The original election in October was fought as a battle between two rival visions for the…
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The Schmooze Is Roseanne Barr Making Aliyah to Israel?
(JTA) — Comedian Roseanne Barr revealed via Twitter on Wednesday she is interested in making aliyah. Here’s what went down: Barr, who currently lives on a macadamia nut farm in Hawaii with her fourth non-Jewish husband, responded to a Times of Israel story about the aliyah organization Nefesh B’Nefesh with this tweet. aliyah 2014 — Roseanne…
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Fast Forward 4 More Rockets From Gaza Hit Israel
Rockets fired from Gaza continued to fall on Israel, a day after a massive barrage from the coastal territory left thousands of Israelis in bomb shelters. Four rockets were fired Thursday morning at Ashkelon and Ashdod, with two landing in open fields between the two cities and one intercepted over Ashkelon by the Iron Dome…
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Fast Forward Israel Law Requires Referendum To Reverse Annexation of Golan or East Jerusalem
Israel’s parliament on Wednesday toughened a law requiring a public referendum on potential land-for-peace deals involving withdrawals from land annexed by Israel. The law turns legislation already passed in 2010 into a constitutional amendment that would require an absolute majority of 61 of the Israeli Knesset’s 120 lawmakers to rescind. “When it comes to making…
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Fast Forward IDF Air Force Strikes 29 Gaza Sites After 40 Rockets Hit Southern Israel
Israel’s Air Force attacked 29 sites in the Gaza Strip after more than 40 rockets and mortars were fired from Gaza at communities in southern Israel. The Israel Defense Forces responded to Wednesday evening’s rocket attacks, hitting what it called in a statement 29 “terror locations” in Gaza with artillery fire. “This retaliation was precise…
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Fast Forward Britain’s David Cameron Vows To Battle Anti-Israel Boycotts
British Prime Minister David Cameron told Israeli lawmakers that his country would work against international boycotts and sanctions against Israel. “You have a British prime minister whose belief in Israel is unbreakable and whose commitment to Israel’s security will always be rock-solid,” Cameron said in a speech Wednesday at the Knesset in Jerusalem. Cameron arrived…
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Fast Forward Gaza Rocket Barrage Hits Israeli Cities
A heavy rocket barrage from the Gaza Strip struck southern Israel on Wednesday, police said, a day after Israeli forces killed three Palestinian militants in the enclave. Police said there were no immediate reports of casualties after “a number of waves of rockets” hit. In the Gaza Strip, the Islamic Jihad group claimed responsibility for…
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Fast Forward Ukraine Jewish Leaders Blast Israel for Soft Line on Crimea
A Ukrainian Jewish leader opposed to the Russian takeover of Crimea failed to drum up support this week from Israel, which is sitting out the crisis pitting its U.S. ally against Moscow. Edward Dolinsky, head of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, made a lobbying trip to Jerusalem with influential Ukrainian Jewish lawmaker Alexander Feldman. They were…
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