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Opinion Start Birthright With Younger Teens
Taglit-Birthright Israel is a truly remarkable invention of contemporary Jewry. The offer of a cost-free 10-day trip to Israel — conceived of as the “birthright” of every Jewish young person — has brought hundreds of thousands of college-aged Jews to Israel. Research by Len Saxe and his colleagues at Brandeis University’s Cohen Center for Modern…
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Fast Forward Israel Election Chief Rules Benjamin Netanyahu Speech to Congress Needs Tape Delay
The head of Israel’s election commission acted on Monday to limit any pre-election boost Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may get from a March 3 speech to the U.S. Congress in which he will warn of the threat from Iran’s nuclear program. The speech has caused controversy in Israel and the United States, where the Democrats…
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Fast Forward Copenhagen Gunman Was Son of Palestinian Immigrants — Angry at Israel
(Reuters) — The slain suspected terrorist who killed a synagogue guard and a man attending a free speech event was reportedly the son of Palestinian immigrants who was angry over the ongoing conflict with Israel. Danish media have widely named the gunman as Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein. Reuters could not confirm his identity and police…
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Fast Forward John Boehner Admits Keeping Netanyahu Speech Secret To Stop White House From ‘Interfering’
John Boehner, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said he kept the White House out of the loop when he invited Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress because he did not want it to interfere. “I wanted to make sure that there was no interference,” Rep. Boehner (R-Ohio), said Sunday in an interview…
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Fast Forward Over 100 British Artists Announce Cultural Boycott of Israel
More than 100 British artists announced that they have launched a cultural boycott of Israel. “We will not engage in business-as-usual cultural relations with Israel. We will accept neither professional invitations to Israel, nor funding, from any institutions linked to its government,” the artists said in a letter to The Guardian newspaper on Saturday. “Now…
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Fast Forward Scholarship Endowed in Memory of IDF Lone Soldier Max Steinberg
A scholarship endowment fund has been established in memory of Max Steinberg, an American lone soldier killed in Gaza during the summer’s Operation Protective Edge. The Max Steinberg Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund was established by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in partnership with the fallen soldier’s parents, Stuart and Evelyn, and his siblings, Paige and…
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Fast Forward Israel Cabinet Approves $46 Million Europe Immigration Plan
Israel’s Cabinet approved a more than $46 million plan to encourage immigration and to adapt the absorption process to Jews from France, Belgium and Ukraine. The plan was approved Sunday, hours after a gunman killed a volunteer Jewish guard at a synagogue in Copenhagen. “We say to Jews, to our brothers and sisters: Israel is…
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Fast Forward After Copenhagen, Some Jewish Leaders Want Offensive Against Radical Islamists
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Jews in Europe to move to Israel in the wake of an attack on a synagogue in Copenhagen. “Extremist Islamic terrorism has struck Europe again, this time in Denmark. We send our condolences to the Danish people and to the Jewish community in Denmark. Jews have been murdered…
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