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Community Israeli Trump Backer: Both Sides At Fault In Charlottesville
As the “Republican Leader” cited by your paper, I strongly protest your use of the August 14, 2017 headline “Israeli Trump Backer Suggests ‘Leftists’ Set Up Deadly Charlottesville Car-Ramming.” This is journalism at its yellowist, and a gross misrepresentation of the thrust of my comments. You should be embarrassed. First, I shouldn’t have to clarify…
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Fast Forward Temple Mount Activist Yehuda Glick Sets Up Office Next To Entrance
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Yehuda Glick, a lawmaker from the Likud party, held office hours outside an entrance to the Temple Mount to protest an ongoing ban against Knesset members visiting the holy site. Glick, a longtime activist for Jewish prayer rights at the Temple Mount, told reporters that the action Monday would only last…
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The Schmooze 10 Ways ‘How 10 Days In Israel Changed Jonathan Lipnicki’s Life’ Changed Our Lives
There are a few life-changing moments in every Jewish person’s life. The moment she is called to the Torah and becomes an adult in the Jewish community. The day she realizes she is the member of a tradition that stretches back earlier than antiquity. Her first trip to Israel. The day she reads an article…
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Fast Forward Israel Won’t Release Names On BDS Travel Blacklist
After human rights groups petitioned the government, Israel revealed that it had a secret blacklist of individuals not allowed into their country due to their support for the boycotts, divestment and sanctions movement – a list they said would be kept secret out of privacy concerns. The list was compiled at the request of interior…
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Fast Forward Diamond Mogul Beny Steinmetz Arrested For Money Laundering
(JTA) — Police in Israel detained the businessman Beny Steinmetz and four others for questioning in a money-laundering investigation involving real estate deals abroad. The five were questioned on Monday under caution, meaning they are considered suspects in the case, the Times of Israel reported. The suspects were brought in for questioning on suspicion of…
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Fast Forward Israeli Cabinet Orders Nuclear Scientists To End Their Strike
The Israeli Cabinet passed a measure on Sunday to force scientists at the top-secret nuclear facility in Dimona to end their strike. During the labor action, which began in February, scientists have operated slowly, refused to grant safety licenses and even stopped operating necessary machinery, The Times of Israel reported. The slowdown had been a…
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Fast Forward Arab Woman Stabs Israeli Man Near Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Arab woman from eastern Jerusalem stabbed an Israeli man near the Damascus Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem. The victim was lightly injured in the Saturday afternoon stabbing attack, according to reports. He was taken to the Hadassah Medical Center on Mount Scopus. The woman, 29 and a mother of…
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Fast Forward Israeli Supermodel Seriously Injured On Electric Scooter
TEL AVIV (JTA) — A leading Israeli fashion model was seriously injured while riding an electric scooter in Tel Aviv. After the accident on busy Rothschild Boulevard Sunday, paramedics treated Shlomit Malka and took her to Ichilov Hospital with a head wound. She was sedated and put on a respirator in the intensive care unit….
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