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Fast Forward Israeli Company Creating Hidden Camera Reality Show Inspired By #MeToo Movement
(JTA) — An Israeli production company is creating a reality television show format inspired by the #MeToo movement. The show, called “The Silence Breaker,” will use hidden cameras to go under cover and document sexual harassment in real workplaces, The Hollywood Reporter first reported on Wednesday. Each episode will tell the victims’ stories and end…
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Fast Forward 450 Elderly Immigrants Will Be Displaced by U.S. Embassy Move To Jerusalem
The U.S. Embassy move to Jerusalem will cause 450 elderly immigrants to lose their homes, and the Knesset doesn’t have a solution yet. The Diplomat Hotel, which is owned by the U.S. and is located next door to the Jerusalem consulate that will become the embassy in 2020, is being leased as housing for elderly…
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Fast Forward Mayim Bialik ‘Happy To Take A Public Bullet For Israel’
Actress Mayim Bialik, told a large crowd in Jerusalem on Tuesday that her outspoken support for Israel and Zionism has come with “a heavy price.” “It hasn’t yet, that I know of, impacted my acting career, but it has impacted the way that I am seen, and that does impact my career in terms of…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv U. Gets $10M Grant For Medical Research With California Universities
(JTA) — Tel Aviv University scientists will collaborate with their counterparts at Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley on research in medical and information technology. The initiative is being funded with a five-year, $10 million grant from the Koret Foundation, which funds Bay Area organizations and initiatives, and works to support the U.S.-Israel…
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Fast Forward Oslo Festival Rejects Israeli Dancers, Citing Efforts To ‘Whitewash’ Occupation
(JTA) — An arts festival focusing on femininity and gender identity in Oslo, Norway rejected the participation of six Israeli choreographers, saying Israel uses culture to “whitewash” its treatment of the Palestinians. The six Israeli artists who applied to participate in the “Feminine Tripper” festival — Eden Wiseman, Roni Rotem, Nitzan Lederman, Maayan Cohen Marciano,…
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Fast Forward Austria Recalls Israeli Embassy Employee Over Nazi Shirt
Austria’s foreign ministry has recalled an employee of its embassy in Israel after an Austrian weekly said he posted a picture of himself on social media wearing a T-shirt bearing the name of a Nazi tank division. The Falter weekly published a screenshot of the attache’s Facebook page which shows him in a green shirt…
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Fast Forward Cheap Flights To Israel From San Francisco After United Switches Planes
If residents of the Bay Area were looking for an excuse to visit Israel, United Airlines may have just given them one. Starting in May, United will use ER 777-300 airliners with 366 seats on flights from San Francisco International Airport to Ben-Gurion International Airport, instead the 219 seats per flight at present. This will…
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Opinion Jared Kushner’s Friendship With A Saudi Prince Is Endangering Israel
True to his nature, President Donald Trump once again threw out the rulebook of international diplomacy when he hosted Saudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince and de-facto ruler, Muhammad bin Salman, also known as MbS, at the White House on Tuesday. It was then that Trump announced that Washington would sell some $200 billion in arms,…
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