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Fast Forward Ugandan Jew Denied Visa To Study In Israeli Yeshiva
(JTA) — A Jewish man from Uganda who led a Birthright trip to Israel in September was denied a visa to study at a yeshiva there. Asiimwe Rabbin, 28, had intended to participate in a program at the Conservative yeshiva in Jerusalem, but was told this week he would not get the required visa because…
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Fast Forward Study: Increase In Israeli Jews Identifying As Reform And Conservative
Only about 12,000 Israeli-Jewish adults – not even a fraction of a percent – are registered dues-paying members of Conservative and Reform synagogues, according to a study published on Monday. Roughly 7,500 are registered with the Conservative movement and 4,500 with the Reform movement. On the other hand, the study, published by the Jewish People…
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Opinion Israel Doesn’t Need Liberal Judaism. It Needs Liberalism.
This summer, we wrote an article in these pages in which we argued that Reform and Conservative American Jews should stop importing their brand of Judaism to Israel on the grounds that we already have too much religion. What Israelis need is not softer versions of Judaism, but rather help strengthening our liberalism, which is…
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Fast Forward Move Over, ‘Fauda.’ Hit Israeli Series ‘When Heroes Fly’ To Stream On Netflix.
(JTA) — The new hit Israeli television series “When Heroes Fly” will be streamed on Netflix. The first season of the Keshet network’s series, a total of 10 episodes, will be available to Netflix subscribers around the world early next year in its original Hebrew with subtitles, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “When Heroes Fly”…
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Community Remembering The Positive Changes President Carter Made For Israel — And American Jews
September 17 marked the 40th anniversary of President Jimmy Carter’s singular achievement — the Camp David Accords. The Accords established the framework of the Israeli-Egyptian Peace Treaty, which the parties signed six months later. In return for Prime Minister Menachem Begin ordering Israeli withdrawal — including settlements — from the entire Sinai Peninsula, Egyptian President…
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Fast Forward Ad Accuses Virginia Democratic Candidate Of Hating Israel
(JTA) — The Virginia Republican Party in an ad accused Democratic House candidate Leslie Cockburn of hating Israel and America. “Leslie Cockburn hates veterans, hates ICE, hates Israel,” the footnoted ad posted late last week on the Virginia GOP Facebook and Twitter pages reads. “Basically, Leslie Cockburn hates America.” Cockburn is a former “60 Minutes”…
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The Schmooze Meet The 93-Year-Old Israeli Just Crowned ‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’
Truth is often stranger than fiction in Israel, a land flowing not with milk and honey but startups and bagged chocolate milk, where Gal Gadot can win a beauty pageant and so can 93-year-old great-grandmother Tova Ringer. Ringer was crowned this year’s “Miss Holocaust Survivor” on Sunday at the annual competition at the Haifa Convention…
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The Schmooze Israeli Court Demands Two New Zealand Activists Pay $18K For Urging Boycott Of Lorde Concert
Picture this: You’re going on a date tomorrow with a wonderful-seeming man. A friend of a friend calls you — she heard about your date plans and she wants to warn you that she went on a date with the man, and when she didn’t go home with him he called her a whore. You’ve…
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