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Fast Forward Israeli Journalist Dan Margalit Accused Of Sexual Misconduct By 7 Women
JERUSALEM (JTA) — At least seven women have accused long-time Israeli journalist Dan Margalit of sexual harassment and sexual assault. Five of the women came forward about Margalit, who started his journalism career in the 70s with the Haaretz newspaper and currently serves as one of the newspaper’s columnists, in an article Tuesday in Haaretz….
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Fast Forward Ted Cruz Slams J Street In Debate With Beto O’Rourke
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sen. Ted Cruz called J Street, the dovish pro-Israel policy group, “rabidly anti-Israel” in the Texas Republican’s debate with his Democratic opponent, U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke. “Congressman O’Rourke is fond of saying he doesn’t take PAC money, but the truth is different,” Cruz said Tuesday after O’Rourke accused the incumbent of accepting…
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Fast Forward Israel Warned That Razing Bedouin Village Could Be War Crime
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor warned Israel that the planned demolition of a Bedouin village in the West Bank may constitute a war crime. In a statement issued hours after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip destroyed a home in Beersheba, Fatou Bensouda also warned that she is “similarly alarmed by…
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Fast Forward Rocket Fired From Gaza Levels Home In Israeli City Of Beersheba
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A rocket fired from Gaza landed on a home in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, reducing the home to rubble. Several rockets were fired from Gaza at civilian areas of southern Israel beginning at about 3:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Israel responded Wednesday morning by bombing at least 20 military targets in…
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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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