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Israel News Bitcoin Makes Aliyah as Virtual Currency Gains Favor in Israel
(JTA) — Blocks away from the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and the headquarters of two major banks, in the corner of the lobby of a boutique hotel, Nimrod Gruber sticks his hand into an ATM. A few seconds later, a QR code prints out. Gruber takes the slip of paper and walks away, no cash…
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Fast Forward Stanley Fischer Confirmed as Vice-Chairman of Federal Reserve
Stanley Fischer, a former Bank of Israel governor, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as vice chairman of the Federal Reserve. The confirmation vote on Thursday was 63-24, the Los Angeles Times reported. Fischer, 70, succeeds Janet Yellen, who was elevated to Fed chairwoman in February to follow Ben Bernanke. All three are Jewish. Last…
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Fast Forward Israeli Admits Killing His American-Israeli Children
An Israeli man has admitted to killing his two American-Israeli children to take revenge on his wife for divorcing him. The man contacted police late Wednesday night to tell them what he had done. The children, aged 14 and 10, were stabbed to death in their father’s home in the Yashresh moshav in central Israel,…
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The Schmooze All Aboard the Anat Hoffman Wedding ‘Love Boat’
Are you Jewish, Israeli and worried you won’t be able to marry under the auspices of the Chief Rabbinate? Anat Hoffman has a solution for you. The Women of the Wall leader has put out a call for a cruise ship that would allow Israelis to have extraterritorial weddings. “I am seeking a large used…
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Opinion Bowe Bergdahl Is All of Us
‘Was He Worth It?” blared the cover of Time magazine, as if that should be the question Americans ask in light of the release of Bowe Bergdahl after five years of brutal captivity by the Taliban. No, the question we should be asking is a version of the one Pope Francis made famous in a…
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Film & TV WATCH: Project X, Or Eternal Sunshine of the Palestinian Mind
Samer Bisharat, star of Oscar-nominated “Omar,” in Project X / YouTube If you’ve ever seen the movie “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” you’ll immediately be reminded of it after watching the newly released short film “Project X.” The basic plot is the same. Except instead of Jim Carrey trying to erase Kate Winslet from…
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Fast Forward Soccer Boss Sepp Blatter Asks Israel To Ease Ban on Palestinian Players
FIFA president Sepp Blatter and delegates at the FIFA Congress called on the Israeli government on Wednesday to fully commit to FIFA’s plans to ease restrictions on movement for Palestinian footballers. “I call on the Israeli government to facilitate this movement and I go so far as to say its co-operation is crucial,” Blatter told…
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Fast Forward Israeli Sports Minister Defends Ban on Palestinian Soccer Players
Israel, looking to avoid censure at the FIFA Congress in Brazil on Wednesday, has defended its arrest of a Palestine national team player, telling the world soccer body he was a courier for Islamist militants. Sameh Fares Mohammad had intended to “harm the state of Israel and its citizens”, Israeli Sports Minister Limor Livnat wrote…
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