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Fast Forward Jerusalem Cancels ‘Space Week’ Events After Ultra-Orthodox Pressure
Events in Jerusalem’s popular Machaneh Yehudah Market to celebrate World Space Week were cancelled by the Israeli Ministry of Science, Technology and Space after protests from an ultra-Orthodox city councilman, who was upset that some of the venues were not certified kosher. Scientists and professors had been scheduled to lead lectures, stargazing and virtual-reality experiences…
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Fast Forward Rocket Fired From Gaza Strikes Southern Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A rocket fired from Gaza struck southern Israel. No injuries were reported in the Sunday evening attack, the Israel Defense Forces spokesman said. The Code Red warning siren sounded in southern Israeli cities and towns near the border with Gaza at about 9 p.m. prior to the rocket landing in an open…
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Fast Forward Women March Through Desert For Israeli-Palestinian Peace
JORDAN RIVER, West Bank (Reuters) – Thousands of Israeli and Palestinian women trekked through a biblical desert landscape on Sunday, converging on the shores of the Jordan River in a march for peace. The women, many of them dressed in white, descended through the arid hills leading to the river, where they erected a “peace…
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Fast Forward Two West Bank Palestinians Arrested In Death Of Israeli Man
JERUSALEM (JTA) –Two West Bank Palestinians have been arrested in the death of an Israeli man whose body was found in an Arab-Israeli city. The Israel Security Agency announced on Sunday that the two men from the city of Qabatiya, located near Jenin, were arrested a day after the body of Reuven Schmerling, 70, was discovered…
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Fast Forward Las Vegas Mayor: ‘Israel Lives With This Every Day’
In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, the city’s Jewish mayor said that she might look to Israel for ideas on how to proceed on safety and security in the future. “Israel has lived with this every single day since 1948,” said the mayor, Carolyn Goodman, in comments to the Times of Israel. “I…
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Fast Forward Israeli Political Strategist Runs Afoul Of Anti-Nazi Laws In Austria
An Israeli political strategist might have broken Austria’s anti-Nazi laws in launching an attack campaign against the country’s People’s Party by labeling its leader an anti-Semite. Silberstein, who was charged with corruption in Israel over the summer, helped set up Facebook platforms that slammed Elisabeth Koestinger, head of the People’s Party, as an anti-Semite. He…
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Fast Forward Mourners Call Murder Of Israeli Settler A Terror Attack
(JTA) — Thousands of people gathered in the West Bank settlement of Elkana for the funeral of a resident whose body was found near an Arab village. Reuven Schmerling’s body was found near Kafr Kassem, an Arab-Israeli village, on Wednesday with severe signs of extreme violence, the Israel Broadcasting Corporation reported. Police and the Israel…
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Fast Forward Israel-Style Scouting Movement Comes To America
NEW YORK (JTA) — The 16-year-old counselor stands in a tan uniform shirt, untucked, with green jeans, a green kerchief tied around her neck and epaulets on her shoulders. Two patches are embroidered on her chest. And she’s surrounded by a circle of 11-year-olds. Her task on this Sunday morning in uptown Manhattan is to…
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