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Fast Forward Shimon Peres Gives ‘Largest’ Online Civics Class
Israel’s President Shimon Peres delivered an on-line civics class to more than 9,000 Israeli high school students in 215 classrooms across Israel, setting a new world record. The Presidential Class, held Thursday morning at Cisco Israel headquarters in Netanya, was billed as the largest on-line civics class in the world. Cisco officials decided to make…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Plays Down Mideast War of Words
Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday brushed off Israeli criticism of his Middle East peace efforts, saying he has been “attacked” with bullets in the past and would not be intimidated by words. On Sunday, Israeli’s minister for strategic affairs accused Kerry of holding a gun to Israel’s head by speaking of “an increasing…
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Fast Forward Firestorm Over Israeli Lawmaker’s Claim That Reform Movement is ‘Not Jewish’
Israeli lawmaker David Rotem, who heads an influential Knesset committee, said the Reform movement “is not Jewish.” Rotem, chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, and a member of the ruling government coalition from the Yisrael Beiteinu party, reportedly said during a committee meeting on Tuesday, “The Reform movement is not Jewish ……
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News Project Zug Promotes Jewish Textual Study Using Internet Video Technology
A few months into his rabbinical studies in Jerusalem in 2012, it struck Benjamin Ross how little Israelis seemed to know about American Jews like him. At the same time, the second-year Hebrew Union College student was mulling over the fraught, distanced relationships American Jews have with Israelis. “Many Americans have no concept of life…
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Fast Forward Eyal Golan ‘Sex With Girls’ Charge Dropped
The case against Israeli singer Eyal Golan for allegedly having sex with minors was closed due to a lack of evidence. The Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office made the announcement on Wednesday. The day before, Golan, 42, released a public letter asserting his innocence and claiming that the case stemmed from his attempts to renew…
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Opinion John Kerry, Modern-Day Haman?
Secretary of State John Kerry and Haman / GettyImages/HipsterJew.com First he was described as “obsessive” and “messianic” by Israel’s defense minister Moshe Yaalon. Then he was accused by Israel’s intelligence minister Yuval Steinitz of “holding a gun to Israel’s head”. And now, Secretary of State John Kerry faces a new barrage of criticism coming from…
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Fast Forward Is New York Anti-Boycott Bill in Trouble?
The New York State Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill intended to prohibit colleges from using any state money to fund groups that boycott Israeli universities. Companion legislation was under consideration in the State Assembly and seemed assured of passage, given that it had the backing of the speaker, Sheldon Silver. Sponsors in both chambers said…
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Fast Forward Israel Cuts Stipends to Yeshiva Students
Israel’s Finance Ministry said on Wednesday it was cutting funds to seminary students exempt from compulsory military service, in the latest battle between the Jewish state’s secular majority and an ultra-Orthodox minority. Seminary students, many of whom rely on state stipends, have for decades been excused from army service under blanket exemptions that have long…
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