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Fast Forward Israel Chief Rabbinate Extends Time For Couples to Register Intention to Marry
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate extended the time within which a couple can register its intention to marry from three months to one year. The rabbinate came to the decision on Monday, Rabbi Nachman Rosenberg, executive vice president of the Tzohar rabbinical organization, told JTA. Rosenberg said the added time is a boon to couples who were…
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The Schmooze Gal Gadot Shares Her Grief Over Paul Walker’s Death
(JTA) Israeli actress and model Gal Gadot, who has been featured in some the “Fast and the Furious” flicks, went online Sunday to share her grief over the tragic car accident that took the life of franchise star Paul Walker. Walker, 40, was in the passenger seat of a two-seater Porsche Carerra GT Saturday when…
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Opinion In Reaction to Iran Deal, a Clash of Worldviews
In recent days, the Israeli and American media have been full of talk about a crisis in relations between the two countries — and, more specifically, between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The two governments are at loggerheads over the first stage of a nuclear agreement the United States and five other…
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Fast Forward Canadian Prime Minister To Make His First Trip to Israel
“Israel will always have Canada as a friend,” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in announcing his first visit to Israel. The staunchly pro-Israel Harper made the announcement of his visit set for the beginning of 2014 Sunday night at the Jewish National Fund of Canada’s annual Negev Dinner, where he was honored. Calling Israel…
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Fast Forward Hundreds of Gazans Protest Israeli Fishing Blockade
Hundreds of Palestinian youth activists sailed from the shores of the Gaza Strip on Monday to protest at Israel’s restrictions on fishing in the seas off the Islamist-ruled enclave. Palestinian fishermen say they cannot meet demand in Gaza due to Israel’s naval blockade on the territory and limit of six nautical miles (11 km) in…
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Fast Forward Two Hundred Million Dollar Expansion of Ben Gurion Airport Approved
The Israel Airports Authority has approved the expansion of Ben Gurion Airport’s Terminal 3. The expansion plans, approved Sunday, are required to meet the needs of the growing number of passengers passing through the airport. The plans include the construction of a fourth arm for the terminal, at a cost of $187 million. In addition…
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Fast Forward Israeli and Syrian Soldiers Exchange Fire Along Golan Border
Israeli soldiers patrolling in the southern Golan Heights came under fire from Syria. The Israel Defense Forces unit returned fire after Monday’s incident and said that they hit a Syrian soldier, according to the IDF. It is unclear if the unit was targeted or if the gunfire was spillover from the nearly three-year-long civil war…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Has ‘Declared War’ on U.S., Says Olmert
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert accused Benjamin Netanyahu of declaring war on the United States. “We’ve declared war on the American government. You can’t deny this,” Olmert said Sunday at panel discussion during a special conference on the Geneva agreement at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, according to Israeli media….
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