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Fast Forward Israeli Gov. Proposes Ignoring Supreme Court, Deporting Illegal Migrants
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri has proposed an amendment that would allow illegal immigrants to be deported without their consent, contradicting the Supreme Court. The proposal, which reportedly is backed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, comes days after the court ruled Monday that the government cannot hold…
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Letters Israeli MK’s Mockery of Modern Orthodox Misses The Mark
MK Aryeh Deri derided Modern Orthodoxy as “Borderline Reform” as reported by Israel TV’s Channel 2. This head of the Haredi Sefardic political party, Shas, has served a prison term for criminal corruption, hardly a badge of honor for an Orthodox spokesman we would expect to be committed as a matter of conscience to “doing…
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Community Palestinian School Demolitions Are Destroying Israel’s Future
My parents had always taught me that education was a Jewish value. As a child, their insistence worked a little too well — I could never sleep the night before the first day of school. My notebooks were already in my backpack, and I was so excited to learn. This summer, I met Palestinian mothers…
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Culture How A Tel Aviv Café Is Helping The Needy With Free Challah
A Tel Aviv coffee shop is offering free challahs for those who need them in a novel way — by leaving challahs on café tables for an hour each Friday afternoon. Coffee Station at 152 Ibn Gabirol Street, the street Israelis pronounce as Even Gvirol, will have challahs on tables from 3:30-4:30 p.m each Friday,…
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Fast Forward Messianic Jews Can’t Marry In Israel As Jews Because They Are Considered Christians
An Israeli couple calling themselves Messianic Jews was barred from marrying in a Jewish religious ceremony in Israel because they are considered Christians, a rabbinical court ruled. It was the first time an Israeli rabbinical court was forced to grapple with the issue of the status of Jews who believe in Jesus as the Messiah,…
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Yiddish World Why More Yiddish Radio Broadcasts Would Help Israel
This article originally appeared in the Yiddish Forverts. The decision by the Israel Broadcasting Authority, as part of its transformation into a new agency—the Israel Broadcasting Corporation— to drastically reduce its daily Yiddish radio programming to a weekly half-hour broadcast greatly disappointed Yiddish listeners around the world. None of us, however, were surprised. The writing…
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Fast Forward Israeli Hospital Operates On Palestinian With Rare ‘Tree Man’ Disease
A Palestinian man with a rare disorder that led his hand to blow up and develop cysts making it resemble a tree has finally gotten the growths removed, thanks to an ambitious operation performed at Israel’s Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. “This is a very rare case that has no documentation whatsoever in the medical…
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Fast Forward Israel Launches $20M Program To Teach Children Better English
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel will spend nearly $20 million on a new program to improve the English skills of its schoolchildren. At a news conference Wednesday announcing the Give Me Five program, Education Minister Naftali Bennett said that not knowing how to speak English well is hurting Israelis in business and in life. The plan…
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