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Fast Forward Secular Beit Shemesh School To Turn Ultra-Orthodox Following Controversy
A secular school in Bet Shemesh that was divided to allow a haredi Orthodox girls school to have classes in the building will become a completely haredi school. The secular Safot V’Tarbuyot School, or School for Languages and Culture, located in a haredi Orthodox neighborhood in Bet Shemesh, was under capacity by more than 300…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Scientist from East Jerusalem Named to High Israeli Government Post
A Palestinian scientist from eastern Jerusalem has been named deputy chief scientist of Israel’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Space. Tarek Abu-Hamed of the Sur Baher neighborhood of eastern Jerusalem, has become the highest-ranking Palestinian without Israeli citizenship in an official government post, according to the Times of Israel. Abu Hamed does not hold Israeli…
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News Can Israeli American Council Grow Without Kow-Towing to Big Donors Like Sheldon Adelson?
It was a gala reminiscent of the good old days of Jewish organizational philanthropy. When leaders of the Israeli American Council described the new community center they intend to build for Israeli expats in the San Fernando Valley, and the $10 million price tag that comes with it, hands were raised from the audience that…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu ‘Regrets’ Offending Israel’s Arabs With ‘Racist’ Comment
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he regretted offending Israel’s Arabs during a rallying call on election day last week that his critics had denounced as racist. In a video clip posted on his Facebook page, Netanyahu told representatives of Israel’s Arab community: “I know that the things I said a few days…
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Opinion Want To Fight the Occupation After Bibi’s Victory? Here’s How.
Activists from Center for Jewish Nonviolence replant trees on the Nassar family farm / Courtesy Nothing has more depressed American Jewish progressives than the recent revelation that Israel will be facing four more years of Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu’s renewed reign spells continued rancor between the two countries American Jewish progressives care about. It means more…
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Fast Forward European Union Join Arab States in Seeking Access for UN Rights Envoy to Gaza
The European Union (EU) joined Palestinian and Arab delegations on Monday in calling on Israel to allow a U.N. human rights investigator to visit Gaza, while the United States and Israel snubbed the debate. Israel has not cooperated with special rapporteur Makarim Wibisono, who presented his first report to the Human Rights Council based on…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Attend Israel Funeral of Seven Kids Killed in Brooklyn Fire
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral and burial in Israel of seven children who died in a house fire in Brooklyn. “God Almighty took seven roses,” said their father, Gabriel Sassoon, in a eulogy at a Jerusalem cemetery on Monday afternoon, according to Ynet. “He took my children and my future grandchildren, maybe 70 or…
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Opinion Israeli Left Splits on Tactics at J Street Conference
J Street / Facebook Speaking at a press conference on the margins of the J Street national convention today, a group of left-wing Knesset members split over the role they’d like American Jews to play in American diplomacy, particularly at the United Nations. Responding to a reporter’s question, Zionist Union lawmakers Yoel Hasson and Ksenia…
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