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Fast Forward Reform Delegation Holds ‘Candid’ Meeting With Netanyahu
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A delegation from the Union for Reform Judaism had a “wide-ranging and candid conversation” with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, the group said. The delegation, led by the URJ’s president, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, met with Netanyahu for an hour on Sunday, according to a statement issued by the congregational arm of the movement at the…
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Community Angel Investing in the Promised Land: An Early Stage Investor On The Future of the Startup Nation
Editor’s Note: In this series — Why Is This Interview Different From All Other Interviews — we will introduce you to pioneering Jewish leaders across a variety of industries. Jason E. Klein is an early stage investor and founder of On Grid Ventures. He is Chairman of Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Greater New…
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Community Liberal Jews: It’s Time To Stand Up For Others — And Ourselves
It is a scary time to be Jewish in America. Our communities have watched with alarm as Donald Trump wielded anti-Jewish stereotypes to energize his base and with outrage at his administration’s brazen flirtations with Holocaust denial. In the past two months, Jewish cemeteries have been desecrated, our synagogues fired into, and our community centers…
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Fast Forward WATCH: The Orthodox Are Wearing Popcorn Hats In Israel
An Orthodox streimel hat made of popcorn seems to have popped up (apologies) as one of the most popular (sorry) costumes in Haredi Israel this Purim. A day after Israeli journalist Sam Sokol published a photo of an Orthodox man in a study hall wearing the classic wheel shaped hat but filled with popcorn, he…
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Fast Forward Intel Buys Israeli Self-Driving Car Company In Record Deal For $15 Billion
Intel is buying Israeli driverless car firm Mobileye for a whopping $15.3 billion, putting the tech company squarely in the game to develop self-driving vehicles and confirming the Jewish state’s status as an innovation hub. “Congratulations to Mobileye! Israeli genius, Israeli pride,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on Twitter after the deal’s announcement. Added Science…
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Fast Forward Team Israel Takes First Loss In World Baseball Classic
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel lost its first game in the World Baseball Classic, losing in a rematch with the Netherlands by a score of 12-2. Israel is now 4-1 in the tournament overall, and 1-1 in the second round of the 16-team quadrennial tournament. Team Israel will face Japan on Wednesday. Israel was the lowest-ranked team…
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Fast Forward 2 Israeli Police Officers Injured In Palestinian Stabbing Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Israeli Border Police officers were injured in a stabbing attack in the Old City of Jerusalem. The officers were stabbed by an alleged Palestinian assailant overnight on Sunday at their post near the Lions Gate. A third officer reportedly shot and killed the man, identified by the Palestinian Maan news agency…
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Opinion ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ Negates Jewish History
For much of the rest of the spring, students affiliated with chapters of the rabidly anti-Israel Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) will stage events throughout the world marking “Israeli Apartheid Week.” The mission of these odious events, according to organizers, is “to raise awareness of Israel’s settler-colonial project and apartheid system over the Palestinian…
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