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Fast Forward Six Jewish Teens Charged in Anti-Arab Beating
Six Jewish teens were charged with causing serious bodily harm in an attack on an Arab resident of eastern Jerusalem. The teens appeared Wednesday in Jerusalem District Juvenile Court. Four of them admitted to attacking Ibrahim Abu Taha, 28, last weekend in Jerusalem, Haaretz reported, citing the charge sheet. Two other teens were charged with…
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Fast Forward Hiroshima Survivors Protest Nukes in Jerusalem
Survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb in Japan protested in Jerusalem against nuclear weapons. The survivors visited holy sites, including the Western Wall, on Monday, calling for the end of nuclear weapons, The Associated Press reported. They held signs in Japanese that read, “Nuclear Abolition.” “Any use of the atom [bomb] should be forbidden, even…
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Fast Forward Ancient Reservoir Found Near Wailing Wall
A public water reservoir dating to the First Temple period was unearthed next to the Western Wall. The discovery unveiled late last week shows that “It is now absolutely clear that Jerusalem’s water consumption during the First Temple period was not solely based on the output of the Gihon Spring, but that it also relied…
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Fast Forward Five Jewish Teens Arrested for Jerusalem Attack
Jerusalem Police arrested five Jewish teens in connection with an attack on an Arab resident of eastern Jerusalem, which left the victim with a broken leg. The arrests on Saturday night came two days after Ibrahim Abu Taha, 28, was attacked in downtown Jerusalem. The victim and a Jewish co-worker had walked a female Jewish…
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News Convention Update, Taste For Tongue, A Kinder Cut?
In this week’s podcast, host Naomi Zeveloff is joined by Forward Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman who is currently in Charlotte, NC, reporting on the Democratic National Convention and the battle over relations with Israel. Then, Forward staff writer Paul Berger drops by to discuss how pain is managed in circumcisions. Finally, is cow tongue making…
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Opinion Dueling Views From Israel on Jerusalem Flap
The speaker of the Knesset, Reuven Rivlin, told Israeli reporters that the controversy over the mention of Jerusalem in the Democratic National Committee platform had “far-reaching significance” in harming the relationship between the Obama administration and Israel. The deputy speaker of the Knesset disagrees. In a conversation this morning in my office, Shlomo Molla, a…
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News Obama Orders About-Face on Jerusalem
A day of criticism and damage control efforts ended with a Democratic about-face on the issue of Jerusalem. The party decided on Wednesday to amend its new platform and to reinstate in its language recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The amendment, which was personally ordered by President Barack Obama, may put an end to the…
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News Why Did Jerusalem Disappear From Platform?
Jerusalem has many mysteries, but none may be as perplexing at present as its temporary disappearance from the Democratic Party platform. Several people involved in the platform’s writing who spoke to JTA late Monday and early Tuesday said they did not know how boilerplate references to Jerusalem as Israel’s capital that have appeared in Democratic…
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