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Fast Forward Dead Sea Scrolls May Be Palestinian, Germany Says
BERLIN (JTA) — Israel has pulled out of a planned exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls in Frankfurt because the German government would not guarantee their return if claimed by Palestinians. The Frankfurt Bible Museum announced that it has canceled the exhibit scheduled for a September 2019 opening. Its director, Jürgen Schefzyk, said he regretted…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Not Allow Iran To Entrench Itself In Syria, Netanyahu Warns
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in a video statement that Israel would not allow Iran to gain a foothold in Syria, hours after reports that Israel had struck an Iranian military installation near Damascus. “Let me reiterate Israel’s policy: We will not allow a regime hell-bent on the annihilation of the…
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News 3 Weddings In New York Synagogue. One Shared Act Of Defiance Against Israel’s Orthodox Rabbinate
Jewish weddings are typically joyous events during which a couple’s family and friends gather to celebrate and shower them with love as they create a new life together. But on Sunday, three Israeli Jewish couples will turn their party into a protest, and their intimate moment into a public, political act. Temple Emanu-El, the iconic…
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Fast Forward Trump To Recognize Jerusalem As Capital Of Israel Next Week
Trump will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel next week, according to reports from Reuters and Axios. No previous U.S. president has recognized Jerusalem as the capital. The White House initially denied the reports, then said it had “nothing to announce.” “The President has always said it is a matter of when, not if,”…
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Fast Forward Flynn’s Alleged Lies Including Asking Russia To Ease Off On Israel
The explosive federal indictment issued Friday against Michal Flynn, President Trump’s former national security adviser, accuses the retired general of making false statements to FBI investigators. Flynn, according to the indictment lied to the FBI regarding his talks with Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak. In one of these conversations, Flynn asked that…
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Fast Forward Did Netanyahu Say Reform Judaism Will Die Within 50 Years?
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied that he said in closed talks that Reform Judaism in the United States would disappear within two generations due to assimilation. Netanyahu’s bureau said the reports, which appeared Friday in the Makor Rishon daily, were “inaccurate and do not reflect the Prime Minister’s views.” But Makor Rishon’s…
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Community Israel’s Insidious Plan To Collect Student Data Was Bad News For Jews
A version of this article originally appeared in New Voices. Picture Naftali Bennett and Bibi Netanyahu meeting in a dark basement under the Ministry for Diaspora Affairs and, by the light of a single candle, recommitting themselves to a secret plan to win the hearts and minds of impressionable American youths. This is how I…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Urge Israel Not To Deport African Refugees
WASHINGTON (JTA) — An array of U.S. Jewish groups urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt plans to deport tens of thousands of African refugees, offering to assist in their care. “We are concerned that if you move forward with these plans the lives of thousands of individuals will be put in jeopardy, and…
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