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Community Why I’m Not Going to College This Year
I just graduated high school with perfect grades, an acceptance letter to my number one university, and what I thought was a sense of what I wanted to do with my life. Yet, to the surprise of many, I am not attending college this year. While my friends were choosing their classes and buying textbooks,…
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Fast Forward Americans Voting From Israel Sour on Trump, According to Exit Poll
JERUSALEM — More Americans in Israel voted for Donald Trump than for Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, but the number of Republican votes plummeted from four years ago, according to a poll released Thursday. Trump, the Republican candidate, received 49 percent of the vote, and Clinton, the Democrat, had 44 percent, the survey found. Keevoon…
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Fast Forward Jewish Billionaire Haim Saban Is Clinton’s Favorite Donor
Bill and Hillary Clinton have cultivated friendships with many deep-pocketed donors over their decades in politics. But a Friday report in Politico confirms what we already knew — no one quite matches Haim Saban, the Israel-American owner of Univision. Saban, with an estimated fortune of $3.6 billion, has lavished his largesse on the power couple….
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News Israeli Ambassador Honored By ‘Anti-Islam Hate Group’
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer will be accepting an award in New York next month from an American organization that has been labeled an anti-Muslim hate group. The Center for Security Policy, which will be honoring Dermer with a “Freedom Flame Award,” is included in a watch list of hate groups compiled…
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Israel News Gaza Doctor Gives Israeli President Reuven Rivlin a Stark Diagnosis on Conflict
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin received a stark diagnosis on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Wednesday from a Gaza doctor. “Israelis are sick with the disease of fear because of their history and narrative,” Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Toronto-based doctor from Gaza told Rivlin, according to Israeli news site Ynet. “The Palestinians are sick with the disease of…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Barely Wins in Israel Exit Poll — Margin Down Dramatically From 2012
Though early voting in Israel has reportedly gone in Donald Trump’s favor, support for the Republican Party has taken a serious, almost unprecedented hit, early exit poll data presented on Thursday suggested. According to so-called exit polls conducted by iVote Israel – a right-leaning group that helps American expats vote in Israel – Trump won 49 percent of the…
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Fast Forward Keeping Kosher May Impose High Economic Price on All of Israel
Behind Israel’s food and tourism industries thrives a parallel economy run by rabbis and a legion of inspectors whose business it is to make sure everything is kosher. Since most Israelis prefer knowing their food is prepared according to Jewish custom, hotels, restaurants and manufacturers have little choice but to go along with the arrangement…
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Fast Forward BDS Spurs Rising Anti-Semitism on Campus: Brandeis Report
— Reports of anti-Semitic incidents on U.S. college campuses have increased, much of it attributed to the rise of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, a new report has found. Researchers at the Maurice and Marilyn Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University conducted the study, which was released in late October….
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