This is the Forward’s coverage of Jerusalem, the holiest city in Judaism and the capital of Israel.
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Community A Trump Embassy Move Would Be Nothing To Celebrate
During his campaign, Trump promised that he would honor a longstanding American commitment and finally move the American embassy in Israel from it’s current home in Tel Aviv to West Jerusalem, where the seat of the Israeli government is located. For more than a decade, no foreign embassy has been located there, and the world…
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News What If Donald Trump Really Does Move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem?
The Trump team has called relocating the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem a “priority.” and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said such a move would be “great.” But experts on the Middle East see a variety of possible scenarios for such a move, and most of them are terrible. The main concern is that moving…
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Fast Forward Natan Sharansky Slams Bill Banning Non-Orthodox Prayer at Western Wall
JERUSALEM — Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky slammed a Knesset bill that would prevent non-Orthodox public prayer at the Western Wall. Sharansky, who led the negotiations on the egalitarian measure along with outgoing Cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit, slammed the new proposal, said the measure would torpedo the agreement in January for an egalitarian prayer section at…
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Israel News Jerusalem Mayor Hopes Ivanka and Jared Will Push for Embassy Move
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat has a wish-list for President-elect Donald Trump, and the top item is moving the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to the holy city. Barkat thinks Ivanka Trump and husband Jared Kushner will help him at long last tick off this item. “My impression is, because I know some of…
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Fast Forward Mayor Nir Barkat Says Trump Era Will Be Good for Jerusalem
(JTA) — It’s been nearly 50 years since Israel captured eastern Jerusalem, including the Old City, from Jordan in the 1967 Six-Day War. For the past eight years, Nir Barkat has been this city’s mayor. On Sunday evening, six months ahead of the “united Jerusalem” jubilee, Barkat received an honorary doctorate from Yeshiva University at the…
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Fast Forward Online Petition Pushes Donald Trump To Move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
— The Orthodox Union has started an online petition calling on President-elect Donald Trump to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. The move would recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s “chosen capital,” the O.U. petition on Change.org says. It also notes that June 2017 will mark the 50th anniversary of the reunification…
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Fast Forward Women of the Wall Subjected to Body Searches at Western Wall Prayer Service
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Members and supporters of the Women of the Wall organization were subjected to body searches at the entrance to the Western Wall Plaza. The women also were disturbed Thursday during their monthly prayer service marking the start of the new Jewish month by haredi Orthodox women at the site who loudly blew whistles….
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Fast Forward Jewish Federations Demand Implementation of Western Wall Prayer Deal
— The Jewish Federations of North America board of trustees sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underscoring the “growing sense of urgency” on the part of American Jews to see the agreement to create an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall fully implemented. The letter was approved by the board on…
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