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Fast Forward Jerusalem Mayor Sends Letter Of Sympathy To Las Vegas Mayor
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat sent a letter of sympathy and support to the Jewish mayor of Las Vegas. The letter to Mayor Carolyn Goodman was sent on Tuesday. At least 58 people were killed and more than 500 injured in the attack Sunday night on tens of thousands of people attending a…
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Food Yotam Ottolenghi’s New Dessert Book Has The ‘Sweet’ Smell Of Success
A new book by Yotam Ottolenghi is cause for celebration. And when the book in question, from the author of such wildly popular cookbooks as “Plenty” and “Jerusalem,” comes out with a tome devoted entirely to dessert, well, it almost feels like we should declare a holiday. Not a national one, mind you, but one…
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Life Jerusalem On Yom Kippur: When The Fairytales Of Two Nations Collide
The streets of Jerusalem were deserted. The only remnants of life were the echoes of Jewish prayers nearby, solemn echoes heard on this day in this place for millennia. Those chants in minor key reverberated to me like the mourning of memories past. Was it regret I heard? Sadness? Duty? The prayers followed me along…
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Fast Forward 3 Arab-Israelis Arrested In Temple Mount Terror Plot
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Three Arab-Israelis were arrested for planning a shooting on the Temple Mount. Two of the arrested, one a 16-year-old minor, of Umm al-Fahm located near Haifa in northern Israel, were supporters of the Islamic State who planned to carry out a shooting attack on the Temple Mount modeled after one in July…
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Community The Tenacity Of Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres’s story offers a compelling argument for the indispensable role of leadership, a quality notably absent from the world stage today. Indeed, the first anniversary of the Israeli statesman’s death on September 28 can serve as an important lesson on the potential of those with access to power to shape events, even amid serious…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Chief Rabbi Calls Reform Jews ‘Like Holocaust Deniers’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Shlomo Amar called Reform Jews worse than Holocaust deniers because they reject traditional Jewish law. Amar, who is a former chief rabbi of Israel, in his weekly class last week referenced the Israel Supreme Court decision, handed down hours earlier, in which it called on the government to…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Family Evicted From East Jerusalem Home — 69 Years Later
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian family was evicted from its home of more than 50 years in the Sheik Jarrah neighborhood of east Jerusalem. The eviction early on Tuesday morning to restore the property to the Jewish family that owned it prior to 1948 is the first such eviction since 2009. The eight members of…
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Fast Forward Knesset Members Allowed To Visit Temple Mount Next Week
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Knesset members will be allowed to visit the Temple Mount one day next week following months of unrest at the holy site. The trial visit was coordinated between the Israel Police and the Prime Minister’s Office, The Times of Israel reported. The visit was announced Wednesday, hours after lawmakers Yehuda Glick of…
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