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Fast Forward New Knesset member: Women’s immodesty causes breast cancer, miscarriages
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An incoming member of the Knesset, a member of the Sephardic Orthodox Shas party, said in public lectures on the Torah that women’s immodesty causes breast cancer and miscarriages. Rabbi Baruch Gazahay also said in a lecture recorded in 2016 that “A woman who was used to revealing her upper parts usually…
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Fast Forward Israel officially approves plans to build Golan community named for Trump
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli government officially approved plans to build Trump Heights, a new community on the Golan Heights. The community, known in Hebrew as Ramat Trump, was listed in a bill to establish the community that was submitted for approval one year ago, during an interim government, which could not officially approve the…
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Fast Forward House Dems push new letter against West Bank annexation
WASHINGTON (JTA) — House Democrats have put together a letter that they hope will unite their entire caucus in warning Israel against annexation of part of the West Bank. The letter, now circulating among the party’s House caucus and obtained exclusively by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, warns Israel about the dangers annexation would pose to…
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Fast Forward Israeli soldier rescues Palestinian man under attack by Jewish mob
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli soldier rescued a Palestinian resident of Hebron from a mob of Jewish settlers and was attacked by the mob himself. By Monday morning, four people had been arrested in the attack, including a minor and two teens. The soldier from the Golani Brigade stationed at a military post in Hebron…
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Fast Forward Cancellation of Heritage Trips due to Coronavirus cost Israeli economy $200 Million
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The cancellation of trips for Jewish youths and young adults due to the coronavirus crisis will cost the Israeli economy about $200 million. Trips for about 60,000 young Jews planned for the spring and summer have been canceled, Israel’s business daily Calcalist reported. The heritage trips include programs sponsored by Birthright Israel-Taglit,…
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Fast Forward American billionaire’s son deported from Israel after violating COVID-19 restrictions
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The son of an American billionaire was ordered to leave Israel two days after his arrival for violating quarantine restrictions. Brandon Korff, son of Shari Redstone, chairwoman of ViacomCBS, arrived Friday and was ordered deported Sunday. Korff had been granted special permission to enter Israel to visit with his brother, who is…
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News Israel’s schools reopen, then some close, leaving parents flummoxed
“Put on your masks,” a security guard instructed backpack-wearing adolescents Sunday morning as they streamed into their middle school in in northern Tel Aviv. They lined up to show him the signed declarations by their parents that they are fever-free. When one maskless boy said he forgot his, the guard shouted, “Anyone have a spare…
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Culture A portrait of Israel’s first family — and Israel, itself
Moshe Dayan was an icon with an eyepatch. He commanded the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, marched victorious through the Lions’ Gate in the 1967 Six Day War and served six prime ministers in matters of war and state. But he wasn’t alone either in his achievements or his eventual decline. The Dayans,…
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