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Fast Forward Samantha Power Pushing for Israel’s Place on The U.N. Security Council
Samantha Power, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, recommitted to securing Israel a tour on the U.N. Security Council after assisting its entry to a U.N. regional group. Israel last month became a member of the JUSCANZ regional group at U.N. headquarters in New York. JUSCANZ stands for Japan, United States, Canada, Australia, and…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Say Peace Talks Doomed by ‘Reservations’ — Predicts ‘Stuck’ Process
A top Palestinian official said on Tuesday a framework agreement being crafted by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to buttress troubled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks may be doomed to fail. Nabil Abu Rdeineh, spokesman to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, said the deal due to be submitted to the two sides in the coming weeks would…
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Opinion The Jewish Bloodbath We Caused — and Forgot
“Do you kids have a permit to hang up all of these posters around the city?” the policeman asked. “Permit?” my friend and I questioned in response. “We are trying to raise public awareness about baseless hatred, and destructive conflict, and you’re asking us for a permit?” Yet, after several hours in the sweltering heat…
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Fast Forward Sochi Jews Join Israelis for Munich Olympic Terror Memorial
Members of the Jewish community of Sochi and Israeli delegates to the Olympics held a memorial for the 11 Israelis killed by terrorists in Munich at the Summer Games in 1972. About 200 people took part in Sunday’s memorial at a hotel near the Games’ venue in Russia, Reuters reported. A Sochi youth group sang…
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Opinion Birthright’s Second-Time Shift
Here’s the current mission statement: “The gift of a trip to Israel from Taglit-Birthright Israel is designed to offer a first-time educational peer experience.” Not any more. The international leadership group in charge of Birthright has decided that the free, 10-day program can be a second-time educational experience, too. This is a technical change with…
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Fast Forward Rotem Offers Full Apology for ‘Reform Not Jewish’ Remark
Israeli lawmaker David Rotem offered a full apology for reportedly saying the Reform movement “is not Jewish.” At the start of a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting on Sunday, Rotem again addressed the remarks, which raised the hackles of religious and other Jewish groups in Israel and the United States. “I had no…
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Israel News Israeli Breast Cancer Survivor Launches Prosthetic Nipple Company
KFAR SABA, Israel (JTA) – Michelle Kolath-Arbel squeezes a nipple, rolling it in her fingers with a look of mild disgust. This model, which Kolath-Arbel ordered from China two years ago for $50, is thick and crude and took three months to arrive in the mail. “It was hard, rubbery,” she said. “It looked like…
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Fast Forward Hadassah Hospital Workers Threaten Strike If Not Paid Full Salary
Doctors at Hadassah Medical Center said they would start a full strike if they do not receive the salary owed to them. Staff members on Sunday threatened to go on a full strike the following day unless they receive the remaining half of their unpaid salaries by midnight, the Times of Israel reported. They received…
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