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Fast Forward Friedman Calls Out Reporters On Israel Bias: ‘Keep Your Mouths Shut’
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on Monday accused the media of major bias against Israel in its coverage of the recent violence on the Gaza border, telling reporters to “keep your mouths shut until you figure it out.” Speaking in Jerusalem, Friedman said his criticism was aimed mainly at “my friends in the United…
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Life Tel Aviv Ranked 19th Most Expensive City, In UBS Report
Tel Aviv is one of the twenty most expensive cities in the world, according to a report by Swiss multinational investment bank UBS Group AG Prices and Earnings report published Tuesday. Not including rent, Tel Aviv ranks as the 19th most expensive city out of 77 cities surveyed worldwide. Zurich and Geneva are ranked first…
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Fast Forward Conservative Movement Outraged At Israel’s Rejection Of Ugandan Jews
NEW YORK (JTA) — The head of the Conservative movement’s rabbinical organization sharply criticized Israel for reportedly deciding not to recognize Uganda’s Jewish community, whose members converted under Conservative auspices. Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, who leads the Rabbinical Assembly, said the Conservative movement was “shocked and extremely outraged” at the decision, which she called “unlawful.” “This…
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Fast Forward Conversion Plan Would Strip Control From Israel Rabbinate
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A proposal to overhaul the conversion system in Israel would remove it from under the control of the haredi-Orthodox dominated rabbinate, sparking opposition from the chief rabbis of Israel and dozens of haredi and religious Zionist rabbis. The final report and recommendations on conversion in Israel written former government minister Moshe Nissim…
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Fast Forward Gaza Nurse Had Arms Raised When Israeli Troops Shot Her Dead
The medical team that included Palestinian medic who was shot dead on Friday approached the Gaza border fence with their arms raised, Palestinian officials said. Authorities in Gaza released a video that it said showed the team, wearing white, walking towards the fence before Razan Najjar, 21, was shot. Dr. Yossef Abu Arrish, the head…
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Fast Forward Grandson Of Former Israeli Chief Rabbi To Tie Knot With A Man
(JTA) — A grandson of a former chief Sephardic rabbi of Israel reportedly will exchange wedding vows with a man at a ceremony led by a religious gay woman. Ovadia Cohen, whose late grandfather Ovadia Yosef was the Shas party spiritual leader and Israel’s foremost Sephardic halachic authority, will tie the knot next week with…
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Israel News Israel Will Not Recognize Uganda ‘Jews’
After years of deliberations, the Israeli Interior Ministry has resolved not to grant recognition to the Jewish community of Uganda, Haaretz has learned. Its decision was revealed in a response to the first and only request thus far by a member of the 2,000-strong Ugandan Abayudaya community, who sought to immigrate to Israel under the…
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Slideshows Slideshow: On a Dusty Negev Soccer Field, A Look Inside The Lives Bedouin And Arab Israelis
“Negev” in Hebrew, “an-Naqab” in Arabic. It means dry. It also means South. The Negev desert covers more than one half of Israel’s land space. Like all deserts, it is enchanted, apparently barren and arid yet in reality teeming with life and endowed with natural beauty that is at once mystical and tangible. For centuries…
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