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The Schmooze You Never Would Have Failed Hebrew School With This Teacher
You’ve never heard the Aleph Bet like this. A new music video released by Israeli artist Victoria Hanna flies through the sounds of the Hebrew alphabet with an energy you couldn’t imagine as your mom drove you to Hebrew school on Sunday mornings. Hanna performs the various sounds in a rhythmic chant, dressed as a…
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Fast Forward University of California Student Association Passes Divestment Resolution
The University of California Student Association passed two resolutions urging the university to divest from several countries, including Israel, the United States and Mexico. On Sunday, the association’s board of directors cited human rights violations in several countries in backing measures that urged the University of California Board of Regents to divest its funds. One…
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Fast Forward Alan Parsons Will Play Tel Aviv, Despite Roger Waters’ Objections
Alan Parsons will be playing Tel Aviv over the objections of fellow British musician Roger Waters, a BDS supporter. The Alan Parsons Project is scheduled to perform Tuesday at Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv. “Very happy to be in Tel Aviv!” Parsons tweeted Sunday. Parsons is set to collaborate on an English-language album with popular…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Launch Boycott of Israeli Goods
The Palestinian Authority said it will boycott products manufactured by six major Israeli companies. Mahmoud Al-Aloul, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, announced the boycott on Monday of products manufactured by the Strauss Group, Tnuva, Osem, Elite, Prigat and Jafora-Tabori, the Wafa-Palestine News Agency reported. The boycott will begin Wednesday. Al-Aloul told reporters that…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Defends Decision Not To Meet With Benjamin Netanyahu
President Barack Obama on Monday defended his decision not to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his upcoming Washington visit as following basic protocol of not meeting with world leaders just weeks before an election. “We have a practice of not meeting with leaders right before their elections,” Obama said at a joint news…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Mulls Backing Down on Speech to Republican Congress
(Reuters) — Israeli officials are considering amending the format of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned address to the U.S. Congress next month to try to calm some of the partisan furore the Iran-focused speech has provoked. Netanyahu is due to address a joint session of Congress about Iran’s nuclear program on March 3, just two…
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Fast Forward Israeli Candidates Stump for ‘Caviar Vote’ After Lieberman Party Corruption Scandal
(Reuters) — In this seaside city once ruled by the Greeks and Phoenicians but now largely populated by Russians, the talk in the caviar-stocked delis and jewelry stores is of upcoming elections and Israel’s powerful Russian vote. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the 1990s, more than one million Russian speakers moved to…
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Israel News Benjamin Netanyahu Backers Insist He Technically Didn’t Snub Barack Obama Over Speech
Conservative supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu are now claiming President Obama was not blindsided by the controversial speech to Congress because the Israeli premier’s office only confirmed the event after the White House was informed. Right-wing backers of Netanyahu say the timing of the official announcement — highlighted by a correction in a New York Times…
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