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Fast Forward Mike Pence To Address Knesset During Upcoming Israel Visit
JERUSALEM (JTA) — U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will address the Knesset when he visits Israel next month. Senior officials in Jerusalem told Israel’s Channel 10 news that Pence had suggested speaking to the Knesset, and that his offer was accepted. Pence will be the first senior US official to address the Knesset since President…
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Fast Forward Turkish Jewish Leader Denies Snubbing Gay Israeli Envoy
(JTA) — Leaders of the Jewish community of Turkey denied complaints by a gay Israeli diplomat serving in Istanbul, who said they ignore him because of his sexual orientation. Ishak Ibrahim Zadeh, the president of the Jewish Community of Turkey, responded in a statement Thursday to the complaints leveled at him by Yossi Levi Sfari,…
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Fast Forward Why Is Sheldon Adelson’s Jewish Fraternity AEPI Expanding To Israel?
AEPi, known as the “Jewish” fraternity,” is expanding to Israel, and it’s not an obvious move. The group which recently chartered its third full fledged branch in Israel, is trying to establish a role for fraternities in a country where Greek Life is not part of the Israeli students’ experience and where fraternities and sororities…
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Letters Actually, The Intifadas Were Nonviolent Uprisings, Too
Dear Editor, In your interesting article on P is for Palestine, you described the First and Second Intifadas as violent uprisings. They were also nonviolent. Indeed, Palestinians have long engaged in the nonviolent protest of Zionism, from petitioning the King Crane Commission to engaging in BDS. In the First Intifada, experts in nonviolent, non-cooperation such…
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Community Burning Poultry Poop Will Not Solve Climate Change
On November 20, JTA published a piece highlighting an Israeli research group’s findings that burning the excrement produced by turkey and other poultry could be a “greener” alternative to coal power. But burning poultry excrement to combat climate change is a load of chicken poop. To fight climate change and protect our environment, we have…
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Fast Forward He Wandered Into Gaza And Can’t Escape. They Want U.S. Help To Get Him Back.
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Ilan Mengistu knows his pitch to rescue his brother, Avera, should be a no-brainer to Jews — “pidyon shvuyim,” the redemption of the hostage, is among the greatest of commandments. But Mengistu also knows that the story he has to tell is not the straightforward narrative longed for by those who would…
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Fast Forward Lebanon Army On High Alert Near Israel Border
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s army chief told his soldiers on Tuesday to be extra vigilant to prevent unrest during political turmoil after the prime minister quit, and accused Israel of “aggressive” intentions across the southern frontier. Troops should be ready to “thwart any attempt to exploit the current circumstances for stirring strife…and chaos,” the army’s…
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Fast Forward Turkey Poop Can Help The Planet Go Green, Israeli Scientists Find
Here’s a fun fact for the Thanksgiving dinner table: Saving the planet could come down to turkey droppings. Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev published a study determining that poultry excrement could be effectively converted to biofuels and replace approximately 10 percent of coal used in electricity — providing an alternative energy and reducing…
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