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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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Opinion Striking Sukkahs
Happy Sukkot! Starting Wednesday night, we can all look forward to a week of eating (and in some cases, sleeping) outside. Sukkahs come in all shapes and sizes. Some people will cobble something in their backyard, others will use the handy space provided by an outdoor balcony, and still more may see it as a…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Prepares for First-Ever Biennale
Jewish art is not hip. It can be beautiful, sure. It can be meaningful, of course. It can be valuable, no doubt. But cutting-edge? Current? Cool? Meh. If you believe that, you clearly have not yet been to the first-ever Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art, which opened this week at five venues around town,…
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Fast Forward Group With Ties to Fatah Calls For Attacks Against Israel on the Eve of Yom Kippur
The Al Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades called on followers to launch attacks against Israel. The Fatah-aligned Al Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades on Tuesday distributed a leaflet calling for its “units and sleeping cells” to start launching attacks against “the Zionist enemy” beginning on Friday, the eve of Yom Kippur. The attacks are a protest against the effort…
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Fast Forward Ancient Treasure Discovered in Jerusalem Sheds Light on Jewish Past
The recent discovery of a 1,400-year-old golden treasure trove which sheds new light on a relatively unknown period in the history of Jewish Jerusalem was announced Monday morning at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The finding was made during an archeological excavation near the foot of Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem, and…
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Fast Forward Western Wall Rabbi Condemns Muslims for Riot on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
The rabbi of the Western Wall called on the world to condemn riots by Muslims on the Temple Mount during Rosh Hashanah. Palestinians threw rocks at police and at Jewish worshipers on Friday on the Temple Mount, the holiest site for Jews, following Muslim prayer services at the Al-Aksa Mosque there, as well as at…
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