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Fast Forward British Protesters Disrupt Radiohead Concert To Protest Israel Gig
(JTA) — British protesters disrupted the band Radiohead’s performance at a festival in Britain over its upcoming performance in Tel Aviv. Some waved Palestinian flags and raised a banner reading “Israel is an apartheid state. Radiohead, don’t play there,” the London-based website Jewish News reported. Some members of the audience shouted “free Palestine,” as well….
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Community Hillel Is Proudly Pro LGBTQ
As someone who is actively working to connect my Jewish and gay identities, I know Hillel to be the most welcoming, inclusive place I have ever worked. One of the perks of my job is visiting campuses across the country and seeing how students are embraced at Hillel because of their myriad identities, not despite…
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Fast Forward Bolivia Leader Attacks Rival Chile As The ‘Israel Of South America’
(JTA) — President Evo Morales of Bolivia called Chile the “Israel of South America” in condemning the expulsion of nine Bolivian officials on Wednesday. The officials were detained in Chile after being accused of smuggling, theft and illegal possession of weapons. They are to be expelled from the country within the next 30 days. Lashing out…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Slam Hillel For Taking Funds From Right-Wing Israeli Group
More than 100 rabbis and rabbinical students have signed a letter calling on Hillel to sever ties with a right-wing Israeli funder and drop its guidelines on discourse about Israel. In the letter, the religious leaders – many of them identified as LGBT – denounce Hillel’s links with Mosaic United, an initiative sponsored by Israel’s…
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Fast Forward Israel-Born T.J. Leaf Drafted By Indiana Pacers
T.J. Leaf the Israeli-born (but not quite Jewish!) former UCLA basketball star was drafted by the Indiana Pacers in the first round of Thursday’s NBA Draft. Leaf was the 18th pick overall. Leaf, who played on an Israel under-18 national team, was noted by commentators for having a European-style game, including good passing skills and…
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Fast Forward Jason Greenblatt Live Tweets Israel Trip – And Doesn’t Win Fans
President Trump isn’t the only person within his administration sending out an unfiltered stream of messages on Twitter. Middle East adviser Jason Greenblatt seems to be following his lead, live-tweeting updates from a trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories this week. Today I paid a shiva call to family of Hadas Malka. She was…
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Fast Forward Ehud Barak Warns Israel Sliding Into ‘Apartheid’
Ehud Barak warned on Wednesday that Israel was on a “slippery slope to apartheid” given the current state of play with Palestinians, in stark comments from the former prime minister and leader of the left-wing Labor Party. Speaking to the German station Deutsche Welle, Barak said that the growth of the Palestinian population would mean…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Mob Pelts Israeli Police With Stones
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Haredi Orthodox Jews pelted police with stones, eggs and other objects while the officers tried to remove three Israeli soldiers who were being verbally attacked at evening services in Jerusalem. The three soldiers were in uniform when they entered the synagogue in the haredi Mea Shearim neighborhood on Wednesday night. Residents surrounded…
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