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Fast Forward Vandals Strike Catholic Cemetery Near Jerusalem
Vandals destroyed dozens of crosses at a cemetery in a Catholic monastery near Jerusalem. The Latin Patriarchate announced the damage on Saturday when it filed a police report, though the vandalism at the monastery in Beit Jamal reportedly occurred in December, according to reports. The cemetery near the city of Beit Shemesh, located west of…
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Opinion Why I’m Joining Open Hillel’s Academic Council — BDS Disagreements or No
When I was a plucky 11-year old, I challenged the biblical account of creation at my Jewish day school in Winnipeg, Canada. Instead of getting punished, I was invited over to the high school wing to continue the debate with the senior Judaic studies teacher. As is befitting a culture of open critique, I felt…
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Opinion Campaign To Sell Israel With ‘Hotties’ Reaches New Low
I am not a fan of The Israel Project (TIP) for the simple reason that it suffers from the same delusion that plagues FOX News: the one where you claim to be a “,” but do all you can to misdirect any criticism that might challenge your prejudices and lead to real, lasting dialogue. In…
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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Shoot and Kill 2 Palestinians at Checkpoint
Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian men at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Israeli military and Palestinians said, but details of the incident were disputed. The soldiers at Bekaot checkpoint in the northern West Bank were not injured and Israeli forces “thwarted the attack and shot the assailants,” said the…
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Fast Forward Peter Beinart Leads Open Hillel Push by 55 Academics
The Open Hillel student group has established a council of 55 academics who support its mission to open up dialogue about Israel at campus Hillels. Open Hillel announced the launch of its Academic Council on Thursday, which includes high-profile Jewish academics like Peter Beinart, Judith Butler and Shaul Magid. The academics were said to have…
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Opinion The Hypocrisy of Claiming That Foreign-Funded NGOs Hurt Israeli Democracy
If you haven’t heard of SSuDEMOP, now is a good time to get acquainted. The odd-looking initials stand for South Sudan Democratic Engagement Monitoring and Observation Programme. South Sudan, which won independence from Islamist-ruled Sudan in 2011, is the world’s newest nation and its most dysfunctional. It ranks No. 1 on ForeignPolicy.com’s Failed States Index….
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Fast Forward New Jersey Teen Accused of ‘Bullying’ for Anti-Israel Tweets
A Jewish high school student from New Jersey was accused of “bullying” and threatened with expulsion by school administrators for posting anti-Israel Tweets, angering pro-Palestinian groups and free speech advocates. Bethany Koval, 16 of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, known as Benny to her Twitter followers, was summoned to the principal’s office for posting a series…
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Opinion Have Liberal Jews Betrayed Israel?
Have liberal American Jews betrayed Israel? It’s a searing accusation, aimed like a dagger into the heart of those of us who so often feel caught between our loyalty to a Jewish state of Israel and our liberal, pluralistic, red-white-and-blue DNA. Conservative Jewish thinkers and activists have flung this accusation at their liberal brethren for…
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