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Community ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Inspires Fight Against Religious Coercion In Ireland — And Israel
From the moment Atwood’s book was converted by Bruce Miller to a multi-award winning TV series, comparisons haven’t stopped between the horror it depicts and the potential evils of populist nationalism inspired by extremist interpretations of sacred texts. When writing the novel in 1985, Margaret Atwood made a rule for herself that her work of…
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Fast Forward Gal Gadot Turns Down Invitation To Host Eurovision In Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli actress Gal Gadot turned down an offer to host the Eurovision Song Contest next year in Israel. Her agency said she could not host the contest after an invitation to do so by Israel’s Kan network due to a scheduling conflict, Ynet reported. “Gal would be happy to host and take…
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Fast Forward Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich Gets Israeli Citizenship
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Russian-Jewish billionaire businessman Roman Abramovich made aliyah. Abramovich arrived in Israel on Monday afternoon, and immediately received Israeli citizenship. He is now eligible to receive and Israeli passport. He left Israel about three hours after taking care of his citizenship, the business daily Globes reported. He reportedly applied for citizenship from Russia last…
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Fast Forward Israeli Kindergarten Yard Hit By Gaza Mortar Fire
At least 28 mortar shells were fired from Gaza on southern Israel, including one that exploded in the yard of a kindergarten shortly before students were set to arrive. Most of the shells fired in three barrages on Tuesday morning were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system, according to the Israel Defense Forces….
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News Jewish Groups Reject Israel Funding For Fear Of Being Branded Foreign Agents
Last fall, officials with a shadowy Israeli government agency started knocking on the doors of America’s leading Jewish institutions. They came offering money with few strings attached. They wanted American Jewish institutions to help them fight the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement by running “missions” to Israel for influencers, something some of them were doing…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Killed By Israeli Tank Fire In Gaza
Israeli tank fire killed a Hamas fighter at a frontier outpost on Monday while soldiers chased down and caught two other Gazan militants who tried to cross into Israel, the military said. During their pursuit of the two Palestinians attempting to infiltrate armed with “knives, wire cutters and combustible material,” the Israeli soldiers were shot…
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Fast Forward No World Cup For Hamas Prisoners In Israeli Jails
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hamas prisoners in Israeli jails will not be permitted to watch the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament. Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan reportedly ordered the Israel Prisons Service to block the Hamas prisoners from watching the matches. The 2018 World Cup tournament begins next month in Russia. “I have no intention to…
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News Liberal Orthodox Rabbis Rejected By Israel Rabbinate
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An internal correspondence document written by a senior member of Israel’s Rabbinical Courts rejects the authority of all rabbis who receive their ordination from a yeshiva located in New York. The document, obtained by Itim, a nonprofit that guides Israelis through the country’s religious bureaucracy, shows that despite the haredi Orthodox-dominated Chief…
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