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Israel News Federations Gather To Network, Organize Fret and — Of Course! — Shmooze
(JTA) — There was the vice president of the United States, two Supreme Court justices and an Academy Award-winning actress with a compelling Jewish story. There were Jewish professionals, lay leaders, clergy and recent college graduates. The West Point cadets’ Jewish choir performed. The Israeli prime minister appeared via satellite from Jerusalem. Part pep rally, part…
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Israel News U.S. and Israel Laugh Off Disputes at Jewish Events — But Deep Divisions Remain
(JTA) — Joe and Bibi? Still buddies. U.S. and Israel? Still allies. Agreement on Iran and the Palestinians? Well, not so fast. The governments of President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were back on joshing terms this week, but the deep differences that led to recent name-calling exchanges still percolated. Netanyahu and Vice…
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News Israelis Are Just Like Other Jews — Only Different
(JTA) — There were bagel breakfasts, a Friday night kiddush in English and Hebrew, and plenty of talk about how to keep the grandkids Jewish. In some ways, the inaugural conference last weekend of the Israeli American Council was much like other Jewish gatherings, except the Jews were Israelis and a lot of what makes…
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Fast Forward BDS Debate Still Roils American Studies Group
(JTA) — Members of the American Studies Association gathered last year for their annual meeting and a vociferous debate on the wisdom of initiating an academic boycott of Israel. One year later, the debate is over and the boycott resolution has long since passed – but the aftereffects are still being felt. Attendees at this year’s…
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Israel News Abe Foxman Slams Sheldon Adelson for ‘Disturbing’ Remark on Israel Democracy
Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman slammed Sheldon Adelson for his “disturbing” dismissal of democracy in Israel. Foxman said the casino billionaire ignored Israel’s founders when he told a conference that God didn’t mandate democracy in Israel. “Sheldon Adelson’s comment suggesting that it’s not so important that Israel remain a democracy is disturbing on many…
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Fast Forward Jewish Donors Desert Britain’s Labor Party After ‘Palestine’ Vote
Jewish donors and supporters are deserting Britain’s Labor party over party leader Ed Miliband’s perceived pro-Palestinian stance. Miliband has been warned of the loss of Jewish support, the U.K. Independent reported Sunday. Miliband, the son of Holocaust refugees, last month ordered all party lawmakers to vote in favor of a nonbinding motion to recognize the…
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Music Soldier Stabbed in Suspected Tel Aviv Terror Attack
A Palestinian stabbed and critically wounded an Israeli soldier near a Tel Aviv train station on Monday, police said, as anti-Israel violence that has raised concern about a new Palestinian uprising in the making reached the country’s business capital. Israeli-Palestinian tensions have festered over access to a Jerusalem compound housing Islam’s third holiest site and…
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Forward 50 2014 Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire businessman, philanthropist and former New York City mayor, could have flown by private jet to Israel on July 23. But it was the middle of the Gaza conflict, just after the United States Federal Aviation Authority banned U.S. carriers from flying to or from Tel Aviv, and Bloomberg had a point…
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