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Opinion Birthright Has Failed Young Jews, But Not For The Reason You Think.
Over the past few years, Birthright, the ten-day Jewish roots trip to Israel, has taken something of a beating. Activist groups like If Not Now and J Street U have made a habit of attacking the trip, which has become something of a sacred cow in the Jewish community; these attacks include campaigns criticizing Birthright’s…
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Opinion Israelis Want A 2 State Solution. Here’s How To Make It Happen.
The Israeli elections seemed to prove what everyone already knows: the Israeli electorate has shifted radically right. But this is not entirely true. Studies consistently demonstrate that the majority of Israelis support center-left positions like the two-state solution, social-democratic economic policies, public transportation on the Sabbath, and upholding equality and democracy as the core of…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Attend Funeral Of 21-Year-Old American Killed By Hamas Rocket
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An American citizen killed while running for cover from a Hamas rocket was laid to rest in Jerusalem on Sunday evening. Hundreds turned out to bury Pinchas Menachem Prezuazman, a 21-year old American-Israeli from Ashdod. A member of the Ger Hasidic sect, he leaves behind a wife and baby. The fourth Israeli to be…
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Fast Forward Only Three Democratic Presidential Candidates Weighed In On The Gaza Violence
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Trump volunteered a view on the deadly flareup in clashes between Israel and terrorist groups on the Gaza Strip border this weekend. Of the 21 Democrats running for president, only three weighed in — two, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., favoring Israel’s version of events, and one,…
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Fast Forward House Bill Would Withhold Military Aid To Israel Over Detention Of Palestinian Children
(JTA) — Rep. Betty McCollum, a Minnesota Democrat, has introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would withhold funding from Israel over its detention of Palestinian children. The bill establishes the Human Rights Monitoring and Palestinian Child Victims of Israeli Military Detention Fund, authorizing $19 million annually for nongovernmental organizations to monitor human…
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The Schmooze Attention, This Israeli Man Is Becoming Famous For ‘Hand-Farting’ Hit Songs
[Hand fart to the tune of “We Didn’t Start the Fire”] Bella Abzug, Karl Marx, Jerry Seinfeld, Bend the Arc Amy Schumer, Charles Schumer, Rachel Hannah Weisz! Karlie Kloss, Jeff Goldblum, Theodore Hertzl, Emmy Rossum Roseanne, Al Franken, Netta Barzilai! None of them started hand-farting! Though it was always there, They didn’t care. None of…
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Opinion The One Thing American Jews Can Do To Help Israel
American Jews are worried about Israel and don’t know how to help. This is the conclusion I’ve drawn as an Israeli activist who’s been presenting for more than a decade at synagogues and fire-side chats in the American Jewish community. I usually talk about the challenges Israel’s democracy is facing: the growing polarization, the use…
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Fast Forward Ambassador To Israel Urged Top Orthodox Rabbis To Pray For Trump’s Reelection
United States Ambassador to Israel David Friedman urged top rabbis in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak to pray for President Trump’s reelection in 2020. A video of the incident, which was acquired by the Israeli network Kan, showed Friedman visiting the Ponovezh Yeshiva, one of the most prominent Jewish religious educational institutions in the…
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