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Fast Forward Israel Moves To Outlaw Alternative Kosher Certification Agency
A bill to prohibit an alternative kosher certification agency from operating passed an initial vote in Israel’s Knesset. The bill, introduced by lawmakers from the haredi Orthodox Shas and United Torah Judaism parties, would prohibit the alternative organization, called “Private Certification,” from granting kosher certificates to restaurants, according to Haaretz. The bill passed Wednesday by…
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Food In the Land of Milk and Honey, Israelis Turn Vegan
Nana Shrier in her Georgian restaurant, Nanuchka, in Tel Aviv. Reuters — Nana Shrier, owner of the stylish Georgian restaurant Nanuchka in downtown Tel Aviv, shocked Israel’s culinary world when she removed all animal-based products from the menu. A year later business is thriving, defying those who predicted its demise. Nanuchka is part of a…
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Opinion Israel Security Establishment Breaks With Bibi on Iran Deal
There’s a deep crack emerging in the veneer of wall-to-wall support offered by Israel’s political leadership to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his war against the Iran nuclear agreement. The crack has a name you might recognize: the Israeli security establishment. You know — the folks whose job it is to identify and address threats…
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Fast Forward Europe Plans Steps Against Israel Banks Over Occupation
The European Union agreed this week to push ahead with labeling Israeli goods made in settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move that has alarmed the Israeli government; but now there are proposals to go much further, including targeting Israeli banks. In a paper to be published on Wednesday, the European Council on Foreign…
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Opinion Why U. of California Should Dump ‘Three D’ Definition of Anti-Semitism
Pity the University of California. The UC system is the latest (and perhaps largest) organization being pulled in different directions by competing supporters of Israeli and/or Palestinian causes. At issue? Whether the UC system — which in the past few years has seen outrageous instances of anti-Semitism and (separately) contentious anti-Israel activities and resolutions —…
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Fast Forward Europe Ministers Call for End to Israeli Settlements and Land Grabs
The foreign ministers of the European Union called on Israel to halt settlements and policies including “forced transfer.” Their statement on the Middle East peace process was released Monday at the end of a monthly European Union Council meeting in Brussels. It reiterates “strong opposition to Israel’s settlement policy and actions taken in this context,…
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Fast Forward Knesset Lawmakers Approve Law Against Rock Throwers
Israeli lawmakers voted to impose longer jail terms on people caught throwing rocks at civilian cars and roads. The Knesset passed the bill on its second and third readings by a vote of 69 to 17. Under the new law, rock throwers can be sentenced to up to 20 years in jail if it is…
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News Is There a Brighter Future for Reform Judaism in Israel?
Jerusalem native Noa Sattath came out twice to her family: first as a lesbian, and later as a Reform rabbi. But it was her second admission that ruffled her secular Israeli parents. “For them, Judaism is a lost cause,” said Sattath, who is the director of the Israel Religious Action Center, the Reform movement’s legal…
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