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Opinion Has the American Jewish Left Lost All Sense of Boundaries?
Helped by Michael Douglas and J Street, I have recently become increasingly painfully aware, in the most personal and intense way, of the growing rift between traditional Judaism and everything else that calls itself Jewish. Mind you, I’ve been a Jewish journalist for more than 40 years and I’ve associated professionally and spiritually with almost…
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Fast Forward Israeli Nuclear Whistleblower Says He Does Not Regret His Actions
Mordechai Vanunu, who served 18 years in prison for disclosing Israeli nuclear secrets, said in his first Israeli television interview that he does not regret his actions. He also called on the state to allow him to leave the country permanently. In an interview broadcast Friday night on Israel Channel 2, which was approved by…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu: Israel ‘Too Small’ To Absorb Syrian Refugees
Israel is “not indifferent to the human tragedy” of refugees from Syria and Africa, Benjamin Netanyahu said, but it is too small to absorb mass numbers of them. “We have already devotedly cared for approximately 1,000 wounded people from the fighting in Syria and we have helped them to rehabilitate their lives,” the Israeli prime…
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Fast Forward Black Pastors Lend Helping Hand to African Immigrants in Israel
(JTA) — The Tel Aviv office of Mesila — a city government unit that helps African migrants — isn’t a stop you’ll find on most Israel tours. The office is located in a house down a side street around the corner from the city’s grimy, dim, semi-dystopian Central Bus Station. On Sunday morning, its waiting…
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Culture Can Hip Hop Heal the Holy Land?
The first episode of Vice Media’s new web series, opens with a warning: “Never make a documentary about the Arab-Israeli conflict.” The show’s host, Mike Skinner of British hip hop group The Streets, makes a fair point — however cloying. The ongoing conflict, which technically began with the creation of the State of Israel in…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Won’t Quit Doomed Fight Against Iran Deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to continue his campaign against the Iran nuclear deal, even as President Barack Obama has secured enough congressional support to sustain a veto of any effort to block it. Hours after Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., announced that she was supporting the agreement, effectively ensuring that the deal will…
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Opinion 4 Dramas Exposed by the Forward’s Interview With President Obama — Real and Fake
Jane Eisner’s brings into relief no fewer than four separate dramas that have come to a head in the last year — three real, one fake. The fake one is the so-called crisis in U.S.-Israel relations. Here I agree fully with both the President and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Disagreement over the Iran deal…
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Opinion Israeli Comedy Has a Blackface Problem
On August 10 an Israeli stand-up trio named “Ma Kashur” of themselves dressed up as Ethiopian Jews rapping about racism. Ostensibly, the video was meant to highlight the Ethiopian anti-racism protests that swept through the country earlier this year. But there was a troubling aspect to it. Why were they wearing blackface, when they could…
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