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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Sends Condolence Letter to Grandson of Alice Herz-Sommer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a condolence letter to Ariel Sommer, the grandson of Alice Herz-Sommer, who was the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor. Herz-Sommer died Sunday in London at the age of 110. With her death, Yisrael Kristal, an Israeli candy maker from Haifa who turned 110 in September, becomes the unofficial world’s oldest…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Bets $10B on Japan Casinos
Billionaire Sheldon Adelson is willing to bet $10 billion that his Las Vegas Sands will become the leader in casino gambling in Japan, an offer he says his competitors can’t match. What remains to be seen is whether one of the world’s last great untapped gaming markets is willing to bet on him. For months,…
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Fast Forward Abortion Stirs Little Debate in Israel
(JTA) — A billboard in central Tel Aviv features a black-and-white photo of a distressed woman above a caption in bold red letters that reads, “The pain and remorse from my abortion accompany me every day.” The billboard is an advertisement for Efrat, an anti-abortion outfit that dubs itself “The Committee to Rescue Israel’s Babies”…
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Fast Forward Birthright Teens Can Stay 6 Months Without ‘Jewish’ Test
Participants in programs that bring young Diaspora Jews to visit Israel should be allowed to extend their stay without proving they are Jewish enough to make aliyah, a Knesset committee recommended. The Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee agreed unanimously on Tuesday that the Interior Ministry should allow participants in programs such as MASA and…
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Fast Forward PJ Library Gives Books to Israeli Arab Children
A foundation that distributes free Jewish books to Jewish children in North America and Israel is launching an initiative to deliver Arabic books to Israeli-Arab preschoolers. The Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s PJ Library and Sifriyat Pajama, PJ’s sister program in Israel, have collectively given away more than 10 million books in nine years. The new initiative…
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Opinion The Lesson of Angela Merkel’s Hitler Mustache
Benjamin Netanyahu casts Hitler mustache on Angela Merkel / Marc Israel Sellem Ah, the hazards of light and shadow. When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke at a press conference today with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, he didn’t mean to point his finger in a way that would cast upon her face a distinctly Hitler-mustache-like…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Parties in Israel Issue Ban on Yeshiva Students Enlisting in IDF
The rabbinic councils of three Orthodox parties in Israel have issued a statement prohibiting their yeshiva students from enlisting in the Israeli military. The senior rabbis of the Lithuanian haredi Orthodox Degel Hatorah and Hasidic Agudat Yisrael, and the Sephardic Orthodox Shas parties issued the statement following a joint meeting on Monday night. It was…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Stays Silent on Attack on Lebanese Hezbollah Site
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would neither confirm nor deny that Israel had struck a target in Lebanon. Lebanese media reported Monday that an Israeli airstrike hit a site in Lebanon known for its arms smuggling and recruitment for Hezbollah. The Daily Star on Monday quoted a Lebanese security source as saying that the Israeli…
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