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Fast Forward Western Wall Rabbi Warns Ultra-Orthodox To Stay Away During Women’s Prayer Protest
The Western Wall rabbi requested that haredi Orthodox girls not fill the plaza for the next Women of the Wall service. Aiming to reduce tension at the plaza, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz made the request on Thursday, one day before the monthly Rosh Chodesh service by the group. Rabinowitz said in a statement that the mass…
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Opinion Jerusalem’s Temple Mount Is for Jews, Too
A group of people partakes in violence to prevent a rival group from praying in a site that is deemed holy to both. The authorities in charge of the area restrict access to this revered spot and forbid the second group to enter because of fears of upcoming violent disturbances. At first glance, one would…
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Fast Forward Right-Wing Likud Leader Says Jerusalem Status Is Negotiable at Peace Talks
Israel will accept a peace agreement that includes handing over Arab parts of Jerusalem, senior Likud lawmaker Tzachi Hanegbi said. “I think we will be able to give a good answer, a win-win answer, to almost every issue including the Jerusalem issue, including the settlement issue, every issue has a compromise that can be relevant…
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Fast Forward Four Jewish Nationalist Teens Deface Christian Cemetery in Jerusalem
Four suspected Jewish nationalists were arrested for smashing headstones in a Christian cemetery near Jerusalem’s walled Old City on Sunday. The four men, two of whom were settlers from the occupied West Bank, were throwing concrete blocks at about 15 tombstones when they were caught by policemen who were nearby, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said….
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Fast Forward Israeli Troops Clash With Palestinians in Jerusalem as Temple Mount Feud Flares
Israeli police clashed with Palestinian protesters in Jerusalem’s Old City, the occupied West Bank and Gaza on Friday, reflecting growing tensions over an increase in Jewish visits to the al-Aqsa mosque compound. Palestinian militants and youth groups have called for a general uprising in response to the entry by Jewish groups under police escort to…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leaders Urge Abbas to Go Public With His Moderate Stance
A slate of 100 U.S. Jewish leaders wrote Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas urging him to make public his opposition to a ‘right of return’ and his agreement to a demilitarized Palestinian state. The letter, spearheaded by the Israel Policy Forum, noted that in a recent private meeting, Abbas said an agreement would end the…
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Fast Forward Apple’s New iOS 7 System Leaves Jerusalem Without A Country — Again
JERUSALEM — Apple’s new iOS 7 operating system, like its predecessor, lists Jerusalem without a country. Jerusalem is one of only three cities to be listed in the World Clock without a country, The Blaze reported this week. The others are Vatican City and Taipei. The Blaze showed a screenshot of the World Clock in…
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News Jerusalem Biennale Festival Aims To Showcase World of Jewish Arts
(JTA) — The reader opened with a recitation of Psalm 48 followed by a contemporary poem before yielding the floor to five male dancers, all wearing the standard haredi Orthodox uniform of black pants and white button-down shirt. One had bushy earlocks but no yarmulke. So began the inaugural Jerusalem Biennale, a six-week contemporary art…
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