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Community What the Death of My Mother Taught Me About Charedi Jews and Arab Israelis
The plane was rapidly approaching Tel Aviv airport. Leafing through the newspapers distributed earlier by the flight attendant, I couldn’t escape the headlines. They were filled with reports about the latest violence erupting between the charedim and “secular” Jews, the tensions with the Arab-Israeli population, the dissatisfied immigrants from the former USSR and Ethiopia, the…
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Community As American Jewish College Students, We Are Deeply Concerned About the Election of Donald Trump.
To the leaders of the American Jewish community, We write to you as American Jewish college students who are deeply concerned about the election of Donald Trump to the Presidency of the United States, and its implication for millions of people in our country, in Israel and around the world. In the book of Exodus,…
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Israel News Israel Hopes To Turn Down the Volume on Mosques — Is That Racist?
In early November, Jewish activists armed with Israeli flags and boom boxes sounded the Muslim call to prayer outside the homes of Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat. The activists — some of whom traveled from their East Jerusalem settlement — wanted the lawmakers to know what it was like to hear…
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Fast Forward Husbands Who Refuse To Give Wives Orthodox Divorce Face Jail in Israel
JERUSALEM — A Jewish man in Israel who refuses to grant his wife a religious divorce after being ordered to do so by a rabbinical court could face criminal charges and be jailed. A new policy directive issued Monday by Israel’s State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan said that if a husband is convicted of violating the…
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Opinion Donald Trump, Support a Two-State Solution. It’s the Only Way.
On January 20, Donald Trump will assume the presidency of the United States, and his administration will undertake the immense responsibility of shaping American foreign policy. It is difficult to ascertain precisely what Trump’s approach will be to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, given the disparate statements that he and his advisors have made during the course…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton’s Jewish Outreach Director Is Moving to Israel
— Sarah Bard, the Jewish outreach director for the campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, is moving to Israel. Bard, 36, was scheduled to move by next week, she told JTA last month. Her aliyah, to be with her Israeli fiancé, had been planned before the presidential election campaign. She reportedly does not have…
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Fast Forward Melania Trump Has ‘Warm’ Phone Chat With Sara Netanyahu
JERUSALEM ( — Melania Trump, the wife of president-elect Donald Trump, and Sara Netanyahu, the wife of the Israeli prime minister, had a “heartfelt and warm” phone conversation, Benjamin Netanyahu said in a Facebook post. The world leaders’ wives spoke to each other Saturday night. “Mrs. Trump said that she looks forward to our visit…
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Opinion The Israeli Right Wing Is Delighted by Trump’s Win — and Why That’s So Dangerous
The Israeli government has expressed elation in reaction to Donald Trump’s electoral victory. Likud MK Yehuda Glick invited Trump to visit the territories to “see with his own eyes that settlements are the way to peace.” Ayelet Shaked, Israel’s justice minister, expressed hope that the president-elect would fulfill his promise to move the U.S. embassy…
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