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Fast Forward Israel Envoy Wants Kosher Food at UN Cafeterias
JERUSALEM — Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations hopes to soon be eating kosher food in the cafeterias of the international institution. Danny Danon, writing to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, said there are many U.N. employees and diplomats from around the world who observe kashrut, yet kosher food is not available in any of the cafeterias…
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Opinion How These Rap Artists Pissed Off Official Israel — With a Mahmoud Darwish Poem
Poetry has become a lightning rod in Israeli politics. In July, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman summoned an Army Radio broadcaster for “clarification” after the station ran a program discussing the work of the late Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish. And a few days ago, Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev walked out of the…
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Fast Forward California Anti-BDS Measure Is Signed Into Law
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a measure that requires companies doing business with the state to certify that they do not boycott or discriminate against any sovereign state, including Israel. Brown signed Assembly Bill 2844 on Saturday afternoon. The State Senate approved the bill by a vote of 34 to 1 on August…
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Opinion Was Benjamin Netanyahu’s Meeting With Donald Trump Another Case of Electoral Meddling?
The day before the American presidential debate, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in New York, working his famous charm on the two major candidates. The prime minister regards handling Israel’s international relations as one of his strong suits. And indeed, after meeting Donald Trump Sunday morning and Hillary Clinton that afternoon, he was able…
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Fast Forward Should Israeli Settlement Soccer Teams Move Inside the Green Line?
A human rights group urged soccer’s governing body, FIFA, on Monday to move matches being played by Israeli teams in the occupied West Bank to Israel, saying that playing in Jewish settlements meant they were playing on stolen land. The six clubs named by Human Rights Watch are all minor. But the dispute over their…
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Fast Forward 10 American Muslim Leaders Urge Hamas to Return Remains of Israeli Soldiers
WASHINGTON — A slate of ten U.S. Muslim leaders, including both Muslims in Congress, urged Hamas to return to Israel the remains of two soldiers. “In the name of Almighty God the most merciful and compassionate, we appeal to you on the basis of humanity and charity to release the remains of Hadar Goldin and…
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Israel News How an American Executive Dropped Everything To Become Israel’s Shofar King
In 2008, Robert Weinger was divorced, middle-aged and had ended a 23-year career as an executive in the beverage industry, when he took a trip to Israel with his synagogue that would change his life. His tour group was standing atop Mount Bental, a dormant volcano in the Golan Heights, when a fellow tourist asked…
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Israel News Ordaining Rabbis for Orthodox, Reform — and Everything in Between
Sixteen of Israel’s newest rabbis were trained in a first-of-its-kind program where religious and secular students study side by side. The new program, a joint project of the Shalom Hartman Institute and HaMidrasha at Oranim, two Jewish education centers, stands apart from most rabbinical schools which are run under a single stream of Judaism. The…
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