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News Why are Israel supporters so worried about a tiny boycott of Israeli president’s speech to Congress?
Many more lawmakers refused to hear Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in 2015. But Isaac Herzog is no Netanyahu
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News Abe Foxman: Biden should stop snubbing Netanyahu
Foxman, former longtime head of the Anti-Defamation League, said he’s worried the US-Israeli relationship is off-kilter
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Theater One of our great magicians thinks he knows why there are so many Jews in his field
Asi Wind follows in the tradition of Harry Houdini, David Copperfield and David Blaine
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News Israel’s first spaceship crashed on the lunar surface. Its second just ran into a more Earthly obstacle.
SpaceIL's rookie moonshot inspired a nation, and $90 million was a secured for a second attempt. But the sudden exit of a major benefactor has left the team scrambling
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Fast Forward GOP senators accuse Biden of initiating an ‘antisemitic boycott’ of Israel for settlement policy change
The group of 14 Republicans threatened to slow down the confirmation of Biden nominees for reversing a Trump policy that allowed the US to fund research in Israeli settlements
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Politics Trump hosts 150 Orthodox leaders, delivers Israel speech at golf course dinner
Trump frequently complains about a lack of support among Jewish Americans but is popular among the Orthodox
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Fast Forward Israeli woman kidnapped by Iranian militia has opined extensively in the Forward
Elizabeth Tsurkov’s writings often focused on the dangers of Iranian influence across the Middle East
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Opinion Have the protestors against Israel’s judicial overhaul gone too far?
A mass protest for the good of Israel needs to be led by moderates who want to unite, not radicals who refuse to compromise
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