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The Schmooze Google Doodle Pays Tribute to Ofra Haza
The Israeli Google homepage pays tribute to Ofra Haza Israelis visiting the Google homepage today got a fun surprise, in the form of a Google Doodle dedicated to the one and only Ofra Haza. Haza, a famous Israeli singer of Yemenite Jewish heritage, died in 2000 of AIDS-related pneumonia. She was 42. Today would have…
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Opinion Having ‘The Talk’ With My Jerusalem Kids
A six-year-old Israeli boy kisses his mother on his first day of school / Getty Images My daughter’s pre-K is right opposite Jabel Mukaber, where the terrorists who attacked a Jerusalem synagogue yesterday lived. The children were in class watching a video when I picked up my little girl. The pre-K teacher, so poised and…
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Fast Forward UCLA Students Vote 8-2 for Israel Divestment Bill
The UCLA undergraduate student government passed a resolution that calls for the University of California to divest from American companies that are accused of abusing Palestinian human rights. The student government passed the divestment resolution by a vote of 8 to 2, with two abstentions on Tuesday night. The passing vote comes nine months after…
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Fast Forward Israel Finds Strong New Friend in India Leader — Even in Times of Strife
(Reuters) — At the UN General Assembly in New York last September, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set aside time for a critical meeting. But it wasn’t President Barack Obama he was keen to see. It was Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Since Modi came to power in May, ties between Israel and India have…
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Music A Song for the Victims
Within hours of today’s terrorist attack on the Kehilat Bnei Torah synagogue in Jerusalem’s Har Nof neighborhood, Israeli singer Amir Benayoun had already written, produced and released a new song about the killing of four Jewish worshipers by Palestinians. The popular musician, who sings in Hebrew and Arabic, has a history of responding to political…
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Opinion Was Synagogue Terrorist Attack Revenge for Abu Khdeir Killing?
Getty Images In the wake of the terrorist attack that claimed four lives in Jerusalem’s formerly peaceful Har Nof neighborhood, some are speculating that the bloodbath may have been meant as revenge for the murder of Palestinian teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir by Jewish extremists in July. The father of Yosef Haim Ben-David, the main suspect…
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Fast Forward Hadassah Hospital Interim Board Chairman Avi Balashnikov Resigns
The interim board chairman of Hadassah hospital in Jerusalem resigned. Avi Balashnikov stepped down over the weekend, according to the Israeli daily Haaretz, because Health Minister Yael German had failed to find a permanent replacement by an agreed-upon deadline. Moti Debi, a member of the board of directors, also resigned. The resignations are the latest…
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Fast Forward Yehuda Glick Says Palestinian Gunman Apologized Before Shooting Him
Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick said the Palestinian gunman who shot him apologized before firing. “He told me, ‘I’m very sorry, you are the enemy of Al-Aksa,’ ” Glick told Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau, who was visiting Glick in his hospital room on Monday, Israeli media reported. The gunman was referring to the mosque…
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