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Israel News Israeli Medical Marijuana Know-How On Display At Cannatech
It was a “high-dea” that brought Garyn Angel to Israel, he said. Angel, a Florida businessman, created Magical Butter, a machine that extracts marijuana and other botanicals into butters and oils. His invention, which looks like a large silver kettle, was on display in Tel Aviv in front of a room full of doctors, investors…
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Opinion AIPAC Reflects Heroism Of Jewish Power — And Its Perils
It’s fitting that the AIPAC Policy Conference, which convened this week in Washington, D.C., falls every year at around the same time as the holiday of Purim. Because the two have a lot in common. On Purim, Jews read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of a Jew who unexpectedly gains influence with…
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Fast Forward Nancy Pelosi Pushes Two-State Solution As Partisan Feuding Hits AIPAC
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Democratic and Republican congressional leaders tussled on the AIPAC stage on the final day of its policy conference over which party’s prescriptions were better for Israel. The display of partisanship on Tuesday morning, hours before pro-Israel activists headed to the Capitol to lobby for their issues, was an extraordinary moment for the…
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Fast Forward Israeli Man Whose Wife Was Killed In 2016 Terror Attack Announces Engagement
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Natan Meir, whose wife Dafna was killed in a terror attack in their home, announced that he is engaged to be married. Meir announced Monday evening on social media that he is engaged to Jerusalem native Zohar Morgenstern. The announcement comes over a year after the terror attack in the West Bank…
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Fast Forward Israelis Wary Of West Bank Withdrawal In New Poll
A new survey shows that over the past decade support for Israel leaving the West Bank as part of a potential peace deal with the Palestinians has fallen precipitously over the past decade. According to the poll, conducted by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, only 36% of Israelis would now back withdrawal from the…
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Fast Forward Bar Refaeli Is Pregnant With Child No. 2
(JTA) — Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli is pregnant with her second child. “Something’s cooking,” she wrote in a post on Instagram alongside a photo of her taking a selfie of her bare midriff, which shows a small baby bump. Something’s cooking … A post shared by Bar Refaeli (@barrefaeli) on Mar 28, 2017 at 6:29am…
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Fast Forward WATCH: What Happens When Israelis Run Into Iranians On Vacation
Israeli tourists ran into a group of Iranians on a hike in Georgia. So how did the two groups address the diplomatic tensions between their nations? Watch this clip from Israeli news site 0404 to find out: Contact Naomi Zeveloff at [email protected] or on Twitter @naomizeveloff
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Fast Forward Female Smurf Scrubbed From Movie Posters In Ultra-Orthodox Israeli Town
(JTA) — The latest casualty in Israel’s “modesty wars” is a Smurfette, a blue cartoon creature who stars in the latest “Smurfs” movie. While a Smurfette — differentiated only by her long blonde hair and six cartoon eyelashes — graced billboards across Israel for “Smurfs: The Lost Village,” along with her three presumably male Smurfs, she was…
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