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Fast Forward Netanyahu To Lift Ban On Lawmakers Visiting Temple Mount
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli lawmakers will be allowed to visit the Temple Mount for a trial period. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will lift the ban later this month for five days, during which time the government will determine whether the visits cause violence at the site that is holy to both Jews and Muslims. The…
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Fast Forward Hundreds In Jerusalem Protest Bills Bashing Liberal Jews
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Prime Minister’s Residence in Jerusalem to protest government moves seen as targeting liberal streams of Judaism. The protesters who gathered in Jerusalem on Saturday night carried signs including “Judaism without coercion,” and “We are all Women of the Wall.” The demonstration was organized by…
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Israel News Study: Israel Losing Support Among Democrats, Minorities, Millennials
(JTA) — What do you think of when you think of Italy? Maybe you picture beautiful works of art set against rolling Tuscan hills. Maybe a steaming plate of spaghetti topped with creamy marinara sauce, served with a deep red wine. Now what do you think of when you think of Israel? If you’re like…
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Fast Forward Security Flaw In Israeli Propaganda App Exposed User Data
An app designed to help users spread pro-Israel messages on social media contained a security flaw that exposed the email addresses of its users, The Intercept reported Friday. Act.il was developed by three pro-Israel groups that receive funding from Las Vegas billionaire Sheldon Adelson. It has been a pet obsession of Israeli Minister of Strategic…
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Fast Forward Jewish Couple Marries On Temple Mount In Defiance Of Ban
(JTA) — An Israeli couple married on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem despite rules prohibiting Jews from carrying out religious rituals at the holy site. Tom Nisani and Sara Lurcat wed Thursday in a rushed ceremony at the site where the First and Second Temples once stood. Jews are forbidden from praying at the site, which is home to…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Denies Blaming Liberal Jews For Western Wall Crisis
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has flatly denied a report that it instructed diplomats to blame non-Orthodox Jews for the controversy over the Western Wall. Israeli diplomats in North America were told to blame the Reform and Conservative Jewish movements for the ongoing crisis in relations between Israel’s government and U.S. Jewry,…
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Fast Forward Reform Leader: ‘Be Strategic’ With Donations To Israel After Western Wall Debacle
Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the head of the Union for Reform Judaism, suggested American Jews should use donations to Israel to push for the rights of all denominations in an interview with Times of Israel. “It’s a moment to be smart and strategic about all the money we give to Israel, and to contribute to things…
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Fast Forward Controversial Conversion Law Would Be Frozen Under Deal With Ultra-Orthodox
(JTA) — Government sources in Israel said the ruling Likud party had reached a deal with Haredi coalition partners on the future of conversions to Judaism in Israel. The deal entails preserving the current status quo on conversion in Israel for six months, with parties working for and against state recognition for conversions without Orthodox…
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