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Food As More Jews Go Vegan, So Does Birthright
This summer, for the first time, American young adults will have the opportunity to take a Birthright trip that’s specifically vegan. Jewish Veg, a U.S. nonprofit that encourages Jews to transition toward plant-based diets, announced today that it is organizing the trip with Mayanot Israel, a leading organizer of Birthright Israel tours. Until I talked…
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Fast Forward New York Pro-Palestinian Leader Celebrates Truck-Ram Terror Attack
Students for Justice in Palestine leader Nerdeen Kiswani posted on Facebook cheering a truck-ramming terror attack that took the lives of four Israeli soldiers — a move that drew condemnation from some Jewish advocates. “While Palestinian and ‘allies’ in the West scramble to condemn, apologize, explain, hide, rationalize, etc what happened this morning, Palestinians in…
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Community In Israel, A Case For The Status Quo
The status quo is not the ideal solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But it’s better than any of the alternatives. And sometimes that’s the best that can be done in an imperfect world. Secretary of State John Kerry argued in his recent speech that Israel can be either democratic or Jewish, but not both. What…
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Fast Forward President Obama Defends UN Vote and Iran Deal in Israeli TV Interview
(JTA) — President Barack Obama defended his record on Israel in a wide-ranging interview on Israeli TV, and said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with whom he has clashed, “had a good friend” in the White House. Speaking with Channel 2’s Ilana Dayan in an interview aired Tuesday, Obama defended the Iran nuclear agreement,…
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Fast Forward Israel Strips Residency From Relatives of Truck-Ramming Attacker
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The mother of the Palestinian man who killed four Israeli soldiers in a truck-ramming attack in eastern Jerusalem will lose her Israeli residency and other benefits in the wake of the attack. Manwa al-Qunbar and 11 other relatives were summoned Tuesday to the Interior Ministry to begin the process of revoking their…
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Fast Forward Coldplay Denies Report It Will Play Israeli-Palestinian ‘Peace Concerts’
(JTA) — The British rock band Coldplay denied reports that it was planning two “peace concerts” for Israelis and Palestinians in November. A representative for the band said the report was not true, according to Rolling Stone. The Times of Israel had cited a report by Israel’s Channel 2 in an article that said the band was to perform on Nov….
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Fast Forward Paris Will Project Israeli Flag on City Hall in Solidarity After Attack
(JTA) – An image of the Israeli flag will be projected on Paris’ city hall to show solidarity with the victims of a terrorist attack in Jerusalem, the mayor of the French capital said. Anne Hidalgo announced the initiative Tuesday following expressions of solidarity in Berlin, where the Israeli flag was projected on the Brandenburg Gate, and…
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Community Dublin Is Not Jerusalem
In the aftermath of the U.S.’s decision to abstain from a vote criticizing Israeli settlements at the UN, Barack Obama and company have shown their true colors and in a calculated move, going on to stab Israel, not in the back but in the front. The departing president refused to veto United Nations Security Council…
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