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Life Blotting Out Female Bodies From Textbooks
In their ongoing quest to obliterate all signs of women from public life, religious Jews in Israel have now decided that the female reproductive system is obscene and have removed it from their science textbooks. As Haaretz reports, “the Education Ministry has asked textbook publishers to eliminate chapters on human reproduction, pregnancy prevention and sexually…
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Opinion Do the Right Thing on Syria
When President Obama decided to delay a military strike against Syria to first obtain Congressional approval, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told his usually raucous and unscripted government ministers they needed to stay quiet. It was a wise move on Netanyahu’s part. Even though Israel has a huge stake in the outcome of the Congressional debate,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Poised To Back Obama on Syria
An array of Jewish organizations are set to endorse President Obama’s call for military strikes against Syria, although the degree of support is not yet clear. A number of organizations — including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the Zionist Organization of America, Americans for Peace…
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Fast Forward Chief Rabbi Urges Better Treatment for Kapparot Chickens
Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi, David Lau, called for better treatment of the chickens used in the pre-Yom Kippur kapparot ritual. Lau in a letter addressed to ritual organizers and participants wrote that causing the chickens to suffer before and during kapparot would be a “mitzvah through a transgression,” which he said “was not the intention…
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Fast Forward U.S. And Israel Carry Out a Joint Missile Test in the Mediterranean
JERUSALEM/MOSCOW – Israel tested a U.S.-backed missile system in the Mediterranean on Tuesday but did not announce the launch in advance, prompting a disclosure by Russia that kept the world on edge as the United States weighed an attack on Syria. The morning launch was first reported by Moscow media that quoted Russian defence officials…
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Fast Forward Israeli Science Textbook Publishers Ordered To Censor Human Reproduction
The Education Ministry has asked textbook publishers to eliminate chapters on human reproduction, pregnancy prevention and sexually transmitted diseases from science textbooks used in state religious junior high schools as well as from their teacher manuals, Haaretz has learned. Several publishers have already started making the changes, which were requested in late June. The revised…
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Fast Forward Bar Refaeli Flirts With Simon Cowell for ‘X-Factor’
Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli has turned her flirt on Simon Cowell, the creator of “X-Factor,” in a new clip ahead of Israeli version’s release. The clip, which aired on Sunday morning, depicts Refaeli driving up to Cowell in a sports car to introduce him to the judges on the Israeli version of the hit reality…
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Fast Forward Botticelli 15th-Century Fresco Heads to Israel
Italy is giving Israel a Rosh Hashanah present – the loan of a masterpiece by the 15th century Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. The Italian Culture Ministry announced that Botticelli’s fresco “The Annunciation of San Martino alla Scala” is being taken to Israel, where it will be displayed at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem for several…
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