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Fast Forward Israel Issues Tenders for New Settler Homes Ahead of Election
Israel published tenders on Friday for the construction of 450 new housing units in occupied Palestinian territory, a move that critics denounced as a political gesture ahead of a March general election. Ariel Rosenberg, spokesman for Israel’s Housing Ministry, said the government was simply remarketing tenders that had failed to sell when they were initially…
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Fast Forward Steven Salaita Sues University of Illinois Over Loss of Tenured Post
A professor who lost out on a tenured position at the University of Illinois after he made Twitter postings critical of Israel claimed in a lawsuit on Thursday that the university violated his rights to free speech under the U.S. Constitution. Steven Salaita said in his lawsuit that university donors pressured trustees to withdraw their…
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Israel News Ron Dermer Is Benjamin Netanyahu’s Man in Washington — for Better and Worse
Ambassador Ron Dermer has just taken the biggest risk of his short diplomatic career. As Israel’s envoy to Washington, Dermer would ordinarily be the man behind the scenes promoting his state’s most important foreign relationship. But the Israeli diplomat is now at center stage — both praised and reviled as the key player who, with…
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Culture Ze’eva Cohen Documents Her Gliding Career at Age 74
Ze’eva Cohen is tidying up her desk. The modern dancer who enjoyed a blaze of celebrity in the 1960s and ‘70s has reached the age where securing her place in history feels more urgent than satisfying a restless impulse to move. It’s too soon to say that she will never autograph another playbill, or smile…
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The Schmooze Chelsea Handler Goes Topless For Middle East Peace
So, Chelsea Handler went topless again. This time though, it was all in the name of peace. Handler is currently in Israel to help raise funds to the Tal Center for Integrative Oncology the Sheba Medical Center. Apparently, the combination of desert, sunset and camel gave her the sudden urge to disrobe. “A Muslim allowed…
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Fast Forward Top Democratic Senator Says No Iran Sanctions Till June
Democratic U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown, the top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee, on Thursday called on panel members to wait until June to pass legislation to toughen sanctions on Iran, in order to give world powers and Tehran time to negotiate. “Congress should have the collective patience to wait until the end of…
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The Schmooze It’s Over. Israel’s Wix Wins Super Bowl Ad War
Tel Aviv-based web development company Wix.com has what we think is one of the funniest Super Bowl ads set to air this Sunday and it stars former Green Bay Packer Brett Favre and four other retired football greats. Favre was the quarterback who just couldn’t quit the NFL. He retired, then unretired, then joined the…
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Opinion When ‘Let My People Go’ Tugged at World’s Heart
It’s not necessarily how you want to launch your new teaching career, but hey, stuff happens. Facing my first class, I stood by the desk, looked at the students and wept. The course, “Israel and Its Neighbors,” focuses on political and military aspects of the Middle East conflict. I had decided to start things off…
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Yiddish אַ ייִדיש־רעדנדיק קינד דאַרף אַ „שטעטל“׃ ווי עלטערן קומען זיי אַנטקעגןIt takes a village to raise a child in Yiddish: How parents are doing it
מחוץ די חסידישע קרײַזן האָבן געוויסע עלטערן געשאַפֿן זייערע אייגענע ייִדיש־סבֿיבֿות
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