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Fast Forward 61 Theater Chiefs Slam Firing of Theater J Director Ari Roth
Sixty-one artistic directors of U.S. theater companies denounced the DC Jewish Community Center’s firing of Ari Roth, the artistic director of its Theater J who staged numerous works critical of Israel. An open letter issued Monday said “it is absolutely clear that Roth was fired because of the content of the work he has so…
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Opinion A Threat to Israel in America’s Cuba Policy?
Obama is caricatured as Che Guevara, an iconic symbol of Cuba’s revolution, on the cover of Brazilian magazine Veja / Getty Images As a life-long Democrat, I was deeply disturbed by the Obama Administration’s decision to act unilaterally on the Cuban question. The policy option may have been a valid one, but the process invoked…
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Israel News Turning Shabbat Into Front in War on Secular Jews
(Haaretz) — There really shouldn’t be anything controversial about a traditional Jewish Friday night dinner. After all, a nice meal with a blessing over candles, wine, and challah bread never hurt anybody. Even secular Israelis who don’t find traditional Jewish practice their cup of tea, or simply embrace the idea of Friday night as “family…
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Opinion How David Grossman Grieves
This past year saw the publication in English of the renowned Israeli author David Grossman’s latest book, “Falling Out of Time.” It’s a sustained meditation on grief told as an allegory and mostly in verse — a book filled with the raw emotion that Grossman feels every day over the loss of his son, Uri,…
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Fast Forward Temple Mount Activist Yehuda Glick Wants Higher Spot On Likud Slate
Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick, who was seriously injured in an October assassination attempt, will run in the Likud Party primaries. Glick, who is recovering from an Oct. 29 shooting outside a Jerusalem conference center where he spoke on the Jewish right to pray on the Temple Mount, is seeking the number 33 spot on…
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Fast Forward 4 Jewish Extremists Arrested in Israel
Four more activists with Lehava, a group that opposes Arab-Israeli coexistence and assimilation, were arrested. Four other members of the controversial organization also were brought in for questioning on Sunday. The arrests came less than a week after the head of Lehava, Benji Gopstein, was arrested in his West Bank hometown of Kiryat Arba. Nine…
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Fast Forward Israeli Boy, 4, Injured in West Bank Rock Attack
A 4-year-old Israeli boy was injured after Palestinians threw rocks at cars near the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The boy was evacuated to a local emergency medical clinic for treatment for injuries from flying shards of glass, according to reports. The attack occurred on Highway 60 on the road to the Jewish communities in…
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Fast Forward How a Chocolate Pudding Could Decide Israel’s Election
(Reuters) — Israel’s high cost of living is set to dominate a March 17 election that could shake up Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, with voter anger symbolized by an overpriced dessert. In a country where the influence of small parties makes elections notoriously hard to forecast, many experts still expect rightwing leader Netanyahu to keep…
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