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Israel News Circumcision Rates Are Slipping — Even In Israel
When Rani and Hedva Kasher, who live on Kibbutz Kfar Giladi near Israel’s border with Lebanon, had their first two boys, they automatically scheduled the circumcision ceremony. It’s a tradition that marks membership in the Jewish people and goes back to the Bible, which describes both Abraham and Moses’ circumcisions. “I was blind and I…
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Community The Untold Story Of Racism Against Israel’s African Refugees
A version of this article originally appeared on 972mag.com. As a social worker in south Tel Aviv working with African asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan, I have seen my fair share of racism and opposition from Israeli politicians and residents in these neighborhoods. Let’s be clear on one thing, south Tel Aviv is not…
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Fast Forward Israel Top Court Suggests It Will Not Enforce Western Wall Prayer Deal
The Israeli Supreme Court indicated on Sunday that it would not force the government to implement the full plan it had approved and later suspended for an egalitarian prayer space at Jerusalem’s Western Wall – provided that it moved ahead with certain elements of it. Attorneys representing the state notified the court that the government…
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Opinion Abbas Is Wrong About Jewish History – But He’s Not Totally Wrong
This week, in response to the Trump administration’s declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declared in a scathing speech that “Israel is a colonialist project that has nothing to do with Jews.” Abbas did not invent this characterization of Israel; it is a longstanding contention of anti-Zionists. Zionism’s…
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Fast Forward How Israeli Media Translated Trump’s Complaints About “Shithole Countries”
Donald Trump’s remarks about immigration yesterday sparked outrage at home and abroad. At a bipartisan meeting of lawmakers to discuss immigration policy, when speaking on the topic of immigrants from Africa and Haiti, Trump asked, “Why do we want all these people from shithole countries coming here?” News media around the world then found themselves…
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Opinion Criticizing Israel While Black Means Losing Your Status As A Jew
Whenever the kids on my block used to see a white person in our neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, they would always yell out, “Tamar, someone’s looking for you!” In a place where the only white people the kids saw were either teachers or police, it was strange to see random white people…
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Fast Forward Israeli Committee Approves 1,122 New Housing Units In West Bank Settlements
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli planning committee approved over 1,000 new West Bank housing units. The Civil Administration, the military body that enforces Israeli policy on citizens in the West Bank, on Wednesday approved the 1,122 new housing units in 20 settlements and outposts in the West Bank, according to Peace Now. On Wednesday tenders…
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Opinion Religious Women Are Fighting To Take Back Their Neighborhood From Ultra-Orthodox Extremists
In the 10 years I’ve lived in Beit Shemesh, I have seen things I thought I’d never see. I’ve seen signs telling women what to wear and signs ordering them to walk down a specific staircase. I’ve seen young girls spit on and called shiksas. I’ve been spit on, for trying to protect these girls….
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