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Opinion The One Weird Thing That Birthright And JVP Have In Common
When you get down to it, Jewish Voice for Peace, the pro-Palestinian gadfly, probably doesn’t get enough credit from the mainstream Jewish community. The activist group does more than just about any other presence on the American scene to get young Jews passionately engaged with Israel. It’s not necessarily the sort of Israel engagement that…
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Fast Forward Buses On Shabbat Aren’t ‘Essential,’ Israeli Government Tells Supreme Court
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Public transportation on Shabbat is not an essential need, Israel’s government told the Supreme Court in response to a lawsuit. Several liberal groups and a Meretz party lawmaker, Tamar Zandberg, filed the lawsuit calling for public transportation during the 25 hours of the Jewish Sabbath. Buses and trains do not run in…
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Community Nir Baram Talks Tachlis About A Land Without Borders
A version of this article originally appeared in Plus61J, an Australian-Jewish publication. Israeli journalist and author Nir Baram set out to find out what life is really like for people living in the West Bank. Sometimes, he found words could not do justice to their experiences. One of the most moving parts of Nir Baram’s…
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Life This Hasidic Educator Teaches Secular Subjects To Boys — Despite Violent Opposition
Menachem Bombach is waiting behind the gate outside his school building on a dusty hilltop: long black coat, short beard, thin-rimmed glasses, the look of a refined yeshiva student, hands folded in front of him. He smiles and says, “Welcome, welcome!” It’s hard to believe that this gentleman’s home has become the site of frequent…
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Fast Forward Israel Condemns Latest North Korea Nuclear Test
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel condemned the recent nuclear test conducted by North Korea, calling it a continuation of the country’s “pattern of defiant activity.” North Korea carried out the underground test on Sunday, later claiming that it had set off a hydrogen bomb. The explosion was felt in South Korea and China, making it the…
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Fast Forward Conan O’Brien In Israel: ‘My Body Is 62% Hummus’
Conan O’Brien is consuming the good stuff. Or is it consuming him? Over the course of a week-long trip to Israel, where he’s shooting a travel special called “Conan Without Borders,” the flame-haired comedian has visited such hot Tel Aviv eateries as Taizu and Topolopombo in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, and dined with…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivor Celebrates Bar Mitzvah In Israel, 80 Years Later
HAIFA, Israel (Reuters) – Eighty years after he missed the Jewish coming-of-age ceremony, 93-year-old Holocaust survivor Shalom Shtamberg celebrated his bar mitzvah on Thursday with his family and friends in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Shtamberg was born in Warsaw, Poland, and should have celebrated his bar mitzvah when he turned 13, but instead…
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Community Selective Outrage And The Damnable Jewish Silence On Gaza
August marked a year since the publication of the Black Lives Movement platform — and the controversy it generated among Jewish American organizations. A new coalition of over 50 African American organizations released a series of far-reaching “policy demands for black power, freedom and justice.” The demands included an end to the criminalization and killing…
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