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Fast Forward Strong Shekel Spurs Israelis To Vacation Abroad
Israel’s booming economy has made the shekel soar, local prices rise and travel fans compare what their money can buy and come to the conclusion – it’s time for a vacation abroad. A few years ago, the average Israeli family might have gone abroad once a year. But with the European Union now allowing budget…
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Fast Forward Israel Minister Accepts Sean Spicer Apology For Hitler Remark
A senior member of Israel’s government welcomed on Wednesday White House spokesman Sean Spicer’s apology for saying Adolf Hitler did not use chemical weapons, comments that overlooked the killing of millions of Jews in Nazi gas chambers. “Since he apologized and retracted his remarks, as far as (I) am concerned, the matter is over,” Intelligence…
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Community Tufts Student: BDS Resolution Vote Marginalized Jewish Voices
At 1:00 a.m. on Thursday April 6, I got a text from a friend telling me that the Tufts University student government was going to hear a resolution about divestment the coming Sunday. We would have only four days to respond to this. Many members of the Jewish community and the Tufts Students for Two…
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Community Double and Triple-Marginalized, Trailblazing Arab Women Fight for Everyone
In March and April, women in the US and around the world marked Equal Pay Day, women’s history month, and International Women’s Day—testaments to the distance women’s issues have come, and the distance left to cover. Yet, for many minority populations, as it is for Arab women of Israel, the goals set and celebrated by…
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Opinion Is Passover Broken Beyond Repair?
It’s time to face facts: Passover is broken. Busted. Split in two. Half of us are celebrating one part of the holiday while the other half celebrates the other part. Most of us don’t even realize we’re celebrating only half the holiday. This shouldn’t surprise us. The Jewish community worldwide is broken into pieces. There’s…
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Fast Forward Israelis Respond To Chemical Attack In Syria With Wave Of Donations
TEL AVIV (JTA) – In response to the alleged chemical attack in Syria on Tuesday, Israelis have donated hundreds of thousands of shekels to help children and others caught in the conflict raging on their northern border. With Israel maintaining a policy of noninterference, giving money has been a way for people here to respond to the brutal six-year civil…
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Fast Forward Egypt’s Sisi, Meeting Jewish Leaders, Is Optimistic On Israeli-Arab Peace
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi expressed guarded optimism about peace between Arabs and Israel, but also warned of the threat posed by Islamists, in a meeting with U.S. foreign policy experts that included Jewish organizational officials. Sisi met Wednesday morning at the Four Seasons hotel in Washington, D.C., with an array of…
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Community Tel Aviv Councilman: We Must Do More To Empower Jewish Students On College Campuses
For the past several years, I’ve had the honor of being hosted by Hillels on college campuses throughout the United States, invited to speak with Jewish and non-Jewish students about the state of Israel in the eyes of a political and social activist fighting for LGBTQ rights, as well as an environmental expert on the…
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Opinion Why Poland’s president canceled his menorah lighting — and how the West helped make that happen
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Yiddish אַ ייִדיש־רעדנדיק קינד דאַרף אַ „שטעטל“׃ ווי עלטערן קומען זיי אַנטקעגןIt takes a village to raise a child in Yiddish: How parents are doing it
מחוץ די חסידישע קרײַזן האָבן געוויסע עלטערן געשאַפֿן זייערע אייגענע ייִדיש־סבֿיבֿות
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