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Culture Why Israel Is The Cultural Center Of The Jewish World
At the age of seventy, Israel is the cultural center of the Jewish world. Whether in the fields of literature or cinema, theater, dance, or food, Israel can no longer be described as one hub among many, equal in standing to that which continues to be produced in Europe or the United States. Rather, Hebrew…
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Fast Forward Members Of Congress Want The U.S. Army To Use Israel’s Iron Dome
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Forty Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives urged appropriators to consider purchasing Iron Dome, the short-range missile defense system in Israel, for U.S. Army use. The request is in a letter to the top Republican and Democrat on the defense subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee urging inclusion of…
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Fast Forward Trump Peace Envoy: Hamas Uses Gaza Protests ‘As Cover To Attack Israeli Troops’
NEW YORK (JTA) — Jason Greenblatt, President Trump’s chief Middle East negotiator, said Hamas uses protests at Israel’s border with Gaza to attack the Jewish state. “Hamas and other terrorist groups have spent their energy and resources encouraging Palestinians in Gaza to stage protests and throw rocks and Molotov cocktails at the border fence,” Greenblatt…
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Fast Forward Israel Lawmaker Doubles Down On Call To Shoot Palestinians After Twitter Ban
A far right-wing Israeli lawmaker was briefly blocked from Twitter following a post saying teenage Palestinian Ahed Tamimi should have been shot for scuffling with Israeli soldiers on her family’s property in the occupied West Bank. “In my opinion, she should have caught a bullet, at least in the kneecap. That would have put her…
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Fast Forward George Soros Warned Son Alex: ‘Never Be Like Trump’
Alex Soros opened up to the Israeli news source Yedioth Ahronoth during a press conference in Berlin last week. The 33-year-old philanthropist and Founding Chair of Bend the Arc, a Jewish social action group, spoke to journalist Nahum Barnea about everything ranging from Trump to a two-state solution, Jewish Insider reported. The younger Soros also…
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Fast Forward Barnard Students Angry At Administration’s Rejection Of Pro-BDS Landslide Vote
Barnard’s Student Government Association denounced an email from their president during their Monday night meeting. Sian Beilock’s letter, which was e-mailed to the entire school community and posted on Barnard’s website earlier in the day, addressed a referendum regarding whether SGA should advocate for the college to divest its ties to eight companies that do…
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Fast Forward Israel Says It Won’t Deport African Immigrants After All
The Israeli government said on Tuesday it was abandoning a plan to forcibly deport African migrants who entered the country illegally. The government had been working for months on an arrangement to expel thousands of mostly Eritrean and Sudanese men who crossed into Israel through Egypt’s Sinai desert. “At this stage, the possibility of carrying…
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Community Teachers Can’t Hide The Occupation From Our Students
As Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israel Independence Day) came and went, alongside the news of 39 Palestinian protesters killed along the Gaza fence (including 15 year old Mohammed Ayoub), I was once again forced to reckon with the version of Israel that I was taught as a student — and the perspective I offer my students as…
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