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Fast Forward Israel To Build ‘Jewish Disneyland’ With Rides Designed By Rabbis
The American company ITEC is planning a theme park, based on Jewish values, that it says will rival the Magic Kingdom and Harry Potter World, according to Yediot Achronot. Sixteen Jewish-themed rides are planned for the park, including a “Splash Mountain” that replaces the Colorado Mountains with 50-story high biblical imagery. With over $400 million…
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Fast Forward Most American Jews Oppose Trump. He Was Cheered At AIPAC Anyway.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A poll last year by the American Jewish Committee showed that 77 percent of American Jews disapproved of President Donald Trump’s job performance. American Jews had voted 70 percent to 25 percent in favor of Hillary Clinton over Trump. With the exception of the Orthodox, majorities of all the major Jewish denominations voted for Clinton….
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Opinion Why Isn’t AIPAC Talking About Israel’s African Refugee Crisis?
In late February, the Jewish Agency joined a long list of groups opposed to Israel’s deportation of African asylum-seekers. Its board urged that Israel should grant legal status to 500 young people who had grown up in Israel and asked Jerusalem to ensure that “every migrant has an opportunity to apply for asylum and receive…
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Letters AIPAC Members Stand With Israel — As Americans, Not Foreign Agents
In his recent op ed in these pages, former AIPAC staff member MJ Rosenberg argued that AIPAC should register as a foreign agent. This argument requires a response from an insider. I worked at AIPAC for 25 years and remained a close admirer of the organization after I left in 1997 (Rosenberg’s attitude to the…
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Community Ultra-Orthodox Legislators Are Weaponizing Torah Study
A version of this story first appeared in +61J, an Australian Jewish publication. How ironic would it be if Netanyahu’s government came to an end not due to his investigations, but as a result of the messy politics of religion and state? This week, representatives of the ultra-Orthodox sector in Knesset staged a coalition crisis…
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Culture Why Jellyfish Have Become Such A Sucky Problem For Israel
Securing Israel’s energy security is no easy feat. But engineers are now having to put up with a new threat to the nation’s power grid: the nomad jellyfish. The blue-tinted Rhopilema nomadica looks sort of like the lovechild of a mushroom and a very large plastic bag. The species made its first pilgrimage to the…
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Fast Forward Guatemala Will Move Its Israeli Embassy To Jerusalem In May
WASHINGTON, D.C. (JTA) — Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales said his country will move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May. Speaking at the annual conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington D.C., Morales said Guatemala will make the move on May 16, two days after the 70th anniversary…
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Community The Two-State Solution Is Far From Dead
It seems that every passing day brings another obituary for the two-state solution. The past three months’ developments — President Trump’s December 6th Jerusalem declaration, the vitriolic Palestinian backlash, key elements of Israel’s governing Likud Party endorsing West Bank annexation and the recent US embassy announcement — can be viewed as nails in the coffin…
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Culture Ever the restless spirit, Tel Aviv-born architect and designer Ron Arad is still reinventing himself and his art
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