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Fast Forward JTS’s Arnold Eisen Opposes Israel Jewish State Bill
The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York has come out against Israel’s proposed nation-state bill, which would enshrine into law Israel’s status as Jewish state. In a written statement Wednesday, Arnold Eisen, chancellor of Conservative Jewry’s flagship seminary, said that JTS was “alarmed” by the Knesset’s consideration of the bill. “We hope that the State’s…
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Opinion Why Did Israel’s President Just Oppose Bibi’s Bill?
Getty Images (JTA) Reuven Rivlin just did the one thing Israel’s president — a largely ceremonial post — doesn’t usually do: He publicly, and vehemently, opposed a specific bill endorsed by the government and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Addressing a conference in Eilat, Rivlin lambasted the controversial Nation-State Law, advanced this week by Israel’s…
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Fast Forward Israeli President Slams Divisive Jewish Nation-State Bill
Israel’s president has said a bill promoted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that would anchor in law the status of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people runs counter to its founding fathers’ vision of equality for Arab citizens. The bill comes at a time of high tensions in Israel, the occupied West Bank…
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Fast Forward Jewish Construction Worker Killed in Terror Attack, Police Say
A Jewish construction worker who fell to his death in Petah Tikvah was killed in a terror attack, police say. Nathaniel Arami, 26, fell 11 stories from the side of a high-rise building where he was doing exterior work when both of his rappelling cables snapped in an incident on Sept. 16. His co-workers had…
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Israel News Israel’s Lone Soldier Center Severs Ties With Rabbi George Finkelstein
The Lone Soldier Center, which looks after isolated young people serving in the Israel Defense Forces, has severed ties with a rabbi accused of inappropriate behavior with boys and young men. The center acted weeks after the Forward began making inquiries about Rabbi George Finkelstein’s involvement with the group. In an email to a Lone…
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Fast Forward Israel Officials Hit Back at U.S. Criticism of ‘Jewish State’ Law
Israeli officials hit back at U.S. criticism of their country’s proposed “Jewish state” law. “I say to the Americans, we will manage Israel’s affairs,” Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett of the right-wing Jewish Home party told Army Radio on Tuesday. “In the end it’s our problem, it’s a domestic problem and I don’t think anyone…
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Opinion If America Had Laws Like Israel
Thinkstock A new proposed bill, supported by senators on both sides of the aisle, will finally define and determine the United States of America as the land of the Protestant People, the largest religious constituency in the U.S. and the group out of which America’s founding fathers and ruling leadership emerged. The new law aims…
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Fast Forward Israeli Man Attacked in Berlin After Leaving Synagogue
An Israeli man visiting Berlin suffered a black eye and fractured fingers in a street attack. The Israeli, 22, said he was beaten and kicked Sunday evening after leaving synagogue by four men who spoke German with an Arabic accent, according to reports. “I have no doubt they attacked me because I looked Jewish or…
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