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Fast Forward Sole Israeli Victim of Malaysia Airlines Shoot-Down Has Unique Life Story
(JTA) — A few hours before he departed Amsterdam for Australia on July 17, Ithamar Avnon was praying for peace with his parents at their home in the Netherlands. That evening, pro-Russian separatists shot down Avnon’s flight, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 passengers and crew. Avnon, 26, was the sole…
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Food The Year I Ate My Heart Out
The second semester of my freshman year of college, I was lucky enough to study abroad at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Although I’d been to Israel before on school, family, and youth group trips, my study abroad experience gave me a deeper experience of, and as a result, commitment to, the country than I’d ever…
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Fast Forward Hamas Slips Into Israel Village and Fires Deadly Mortars During Eid Holiday
Palestinian fighters slipped into an Israeli village from the Gaza Strip and fought a gun battle with troops on Monday as an unofficial truce called for the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival disintegrated. The clash, in which Israeli television said five gunmen were killed and the Islamist Hamas movement said it had killed 10 Israeli soldiers,…
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The Schmooze One Direction Divided Over Gaza
One Direction is at a crossroads. It seems that two members of the popular British boy band have very different opinions when it comes to the war in Gaza. Frontman (and sometimes Jewish wannabe) Harry Styles was criticized last week for being too pro-Israel, after he started following Israel journalist Lliana Bird on Twitter, the…
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Fast Forward 8 Children Killed in Strike on Gaza Park on Eid al Fitr
A huge explosion in a public garden in northern Gaza killed eight children and two adults, and wounded 40 others, Palestinian medics said on Monday. Locals blamed the blast on an Israeli air strike, but Israel denied responsibility, saying it was a misfire by a rocket launched by Hamas militants. At roughly the same time,…
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Opinion When ‘Anti-Israel’ Looks Like ‘Anti-Semitism’
Since Israel launched its military operation in Gaza, other countries are seeing an increase in anti-Semitic hate speech and attacks. In France, synagogues are being firebombed. In Belgium, coffee shops are barring Jews from entry. In Chicago, leaflets threatening the Jewish community are being discovered on parked cars. In India, Jewish sites are being threatened…
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Fast Forward New Zealand Jews Mourn Slain Israel Soldier
A small community in New Zealand is mourning the loss of a Kiwi-born Israeli soldier killed in action in Gaza. Staff Sergeant Guy Boyland, 21, was killed Friday trying to raze tunnels in Gaza. He was laid to rest at his home Sunday on Kibbutz Ginosar in the Galilee. Boyland was born in Taupo, a…
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Fast Forward Tayyip Erdogan Vows To Protect Turkish Jews
Turkey will keep its Jewish citizens safe, but the Jewish community should denounce Israel, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a Turkish newspaper. “Jews in Turkey are our citizens. We are responsible for their security of life and property,” Erdogan told the Daily Sabah. He added: “I talked with our Jewish citizens’ leaders on Thursday…
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