This is the Forward’s coverage of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism and the capital of Israel.
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Fast Forward 450 Elderly Immigrants Will Be Displaced by U.S. Embassy Move To Jerusalem
The U.S. Embassy move to Jerusalem will cause 450 elderly immigrants to lose their homes, and the Knesset doesn’t have a solution yet. The Diplomat Hotel, which is owned by the U.S. and is located next door to the Jerusalem consulate that will become the embassy in 2020, is being leased as housing for elderly…
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Fast Forward Israeli Security Guard Seriously Injured In Jerusalem Stabbing Attack
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A civilian Israeli security guard was stabbed and seriously injured in a terror attack in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. The victim, reported to be in his 30s, was stabbed several times in his upper body and is in critical condition in Shaare Tzedek hospital in Jerusalem. He…
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Community The Two-State Solution Is Far From Dead
It seems that every passing day brings another obituary for the two-state solution. The past three months’ developments — President Trump’s December 6th Jerusalem declaration, the vitriolic Palestinian backlash, key elements of Israel’s governing Likud Party endorsing West Bank annexation and the recent US embassy announcement — can be viewed as nails in the coffin…
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Fast Forward IDF Soldiers Hanged In Effigy In Jerusalem Ultra-Orthodox Neighborhoods
(JTA) — Two effigies of Israeli soldiers with a rope around their necks were hung in predominantly Haredi areas of Jerusalem, in what Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said was a “shocking” criminal act. Police officers on Friday removed the effigies, one of which was soaked in flammable fluid, from a rooftop in Jerusalem’s Me’a She’arim…
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Fast Forward Americans In Israel Warned To ‘Keep A Low Profile’ After Embassy Move
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The U.S. diplomatic mission in Israel urged Americans there to “keep a low profile” following last week’s announcement that the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem will open in May. American diplomats in Israel were prohibited from official travel in the West Bank starting Wednesday, the U.S. Consulate General in Jerusalem announced. The Consulate…
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Art Can Germany Teach Jews Anything About Israel?
Midway through the Jewish Museum Berlin’s exhibit “Welcome to Jerusalem,” a sprawling tour through the Holy City, one finds a particularly unsettling image. No, it isn’t an especially gruesome crucifixion, a battle scene of the Crusades or a photograph of carnage after a terrorist attack. The offending picture shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gripping…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Ultra-Orthodox Elementary School Accused Of Physical, Sexual Abuse
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A lawsuit filed against a venerated haredi Orthodox elementary school in Jerusalem alleges physical and sexual abuse within the institution. The lawsuit was filed last week in Jerusalem Magistrates Court against Talmud Torah Kaminetz by a former student who is now an adult. He was assisted in preparing and filing the lawsuit…
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Fast Forward Israel Scraps Tax Plan That Prompted Church Of The Holy Sepulchre To Close
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel on Tuesday suspended a tax plan and proposed property legislation that had prompted the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, revered as the site of Jesus’s crucifixion and burial, to be closed in protest since Sunday. After receiving a statement from the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Roman Catholic, Greek…
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