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Fast Forward Did Joe Biden Urge Ukraine To Back UN Resolution on Israeli Settlements
JERUSALEM (JTA) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko to pressure him to support the United Nations Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements, a “highly placed” Israeli official told Tablet Magazine. “Did Biden put pressure on the Ukrainians? Categorically yes,” the source said, according to Tablet’s report Tuesday. “That Biden told them…
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Fast Forward Israel Bares 200,000 Documents in Yemeni Baby-Kidnapping Scandal
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel inaugurated an online database of some 200,000 pages of declassified documents about the long-controversial “Yemenite children affair” in a ceremony in this city. By making the documents public Wednesday, the state hopes to end the controversy, which has persisted in Israel for decades. Since the 1950, more than 1,000 Israelis families have alleged their…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Will Lay Out ‘Comprehensive’ Two-State Vision for Mideast Peace — Israel Worried
Secretary of State John Kerry will lay out his vision for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a speech on Wednesday, days after the United States cleared the way for a U.N. resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements. The speech, less than a month before President Barack Obama leaves office, is expected to be the…
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Community Columbia Unbecoming – Then and Now
When Algemeiner put Columbia University at the top of its list of the 40 worst Universities for Jewish students, Forward editor Laura E. Adkins doubted the list-makers’ methodology, invited students to chime in, and is now publishing vigorous debates. We write to enlarge and refocus the discussion. It matters little if Columbia University is at…
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Community Jewish Life at McGill Involves So Much More Than Fighting BDS
I am a second year Jewish student at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. I came to McGill in September, 2015, and from that time I have been highly involved in many facets of the Jewish community at McGill. First and foremost, my personal experience as a Jew at McGill has been immensely rewarding. It has…
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Fast Forward Israel Law Would Block Anti-Occupation Group From Speaking in Schools
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett proposed legislation that would prevent the left-wing group Breaking the Silence from entering Israelis schools. Bennett, the head of the right wing Jewish Home Party, proposed an amendment to the State Education Law that would prevent speakers from a school if “there is concern that their activity could…
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Fast Forward American Envoy Hopes To Stay in Israel So Daughter Can Finish School
The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, reportedly has asked the State Department for permission to stay in Israel as a private citizen so that his daughter can complete the school year. His daughter is in the 11th grade, a year that is heavy with Israeli matriculation exams. The U.S. Embassy did not confirm the…
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Opinion How Israel Brought U.N. Resolution on Itself With Irrational Settlement Push
The controversy over the U.S. decision to abstain rather than veto a UN Resolution supported by every other member of the Security Council diverts attention from the most important threat to a secure future for Israel. The single path forward for Israel to maintain its status as both Jewish and democratic is to realize upon…
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