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Fast Forward AIPAC Stays Silent On Trump’s Opposition To Israel Missile Defense Aid Boost
When President Obama threatened to veto extra monies for Israel’s missile defense system, the AIPAC lobby spoke up and denounced the move as a threat to the Jewish state’s security. Now, with the Trump White House opposing the same funding, the powerful organization has been silent. Last year, the Obama administration threatened to veto a…
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Community Another Rock Giant Defends Radiohead’s Israel Performance
Radiohead has provoked a lot of criticism over their upcoming July 19th concert in Tel Aviv from those who advocate boycotting, divesting from and sanctioning Israel (BDS). In particular, lead singer Thom Yorke and BDS proponent Roger Waters have been engaged in a heated back-and-forth surrounding the event. Waters has repeatedly called on the band…
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Fast Forward Israel Insists To Court It Will Expand Western Wall Egalitarian Prayer Space
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The government of Israel told the nation’s Supreme Court that it plans to expand and upgrade a space for non-Orthodox prayer at the southern section of the Western Wall near Robinson’s Arch. The government made the declaration in documents submitted to the court in response to a petition filed by the non-Orthodox…
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Opinion Jane Looking Forward: From Gaza To Shoes And Shakespeare
Gaza. It’s the four-letter word of the Middle East. Nobody wants to say it. Nobody wants to think about it. Yet the contentious strip of land controlled by Hamas issued last week described living conditions as “more and more wretched” and predicted that the coastal enclave would become unlivable as soon as 2020. Electricity is…
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Fast Forward Reporter Who Scored Scoop On Chicago Dyke March Hits Back At Organizers
Gretchen R. Hammond, the Jewish journalist who broke the story of women with rainbow flags bearing Stars of David being asked to leave the Chicago Dyke March, took to Twitter on Monday to suggest that march organizers were responsible for her getting bounced from her reporting job. After the story ran, Hammond was transferred to…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Archaeologists Hunt For Ark Of The Covenant In Israel
Archaeologists funded by Christian organizations are taking a shovel — again — to Tel Shiloh, an archaeological site that was a major center of worship for ancient Israelites. They’re looking for the ark of the covenant, the holy chest containing the two stone tablets on which Moses is said to have written the Ten Commandments,…
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Fast Forward Hasidic Winemaker Hopes To Sell Ultra-Orthodox On $100 Bordeaux
Yossi Izakovitch is betting that he can convince ultra-Orthodox Jews that his Bordeaux-style blend is good enough to justify its $100 price tag — and its $93 price differential with Manischewitz. Since its first vintage in 2011, Izakovitch’s Jerusalem winery, Metzuda, has gone from selling 1,500 bottles to 25,000 bottles last year. “Wine is not…
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Fast Forward Knesset Committee Approves Bill Requiring Supermajority To Divide Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Knesset committee has approved a bill that would make it difficult to divide Jerusalem in a peace deal. The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved an amendment to an existing Basic Law that would require a majority of at least 80 Knesset members to pass a decision to give up land in…
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