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Israel News Bowing to Ultra-Orthodox, Jerusalem Mayor Snubs Gay Pride March a Year After Killing
Thousands are predicted to march in the Jerusalem Pride March on July 21, which will mark one year since an ultra-Orthodox man murdered 16-year-old Shira Banki and wounded six others at the 2015 parade. But Jerusalem’s mayor, Nir Barkat, will be not be joining them. Barkat said he will not be marching out of deference…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Man Carrying Bombs Prevented From Boarding Jerusalem Light Rail
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man in his 20s attempted to board the Jerusalem Light Rail during the morning rush hour with a bag containing pipe bombs that he planned to detonate. The man, a resident of the West Bank near Hebron, was stopped as he began boarding the crowded light rail train at before…
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The Schmooze Scott Disick Visits Israel, Finds ‘Hashem is Everywhere’
A year ago, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West were the talk of Israel when they baptized their daughter, North, in the Armenian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Today, Scott Disick, Kourtney Kardashian’s Jewish ex-boyfriend, was the one looking for a religious experience in the city. The “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star…
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Life Parents of Girl Killed at Jerusalem Pride March Urge Public to Attend Event
JERUSALEM — The parents of Shira Banki, the 16-year-old girl who was killed in an attack on participants in last year’s Jerusalem gay pride march, have called on the public to participate in this year’s march. “After Shira’s murder, there were many voices saying that even though they don’t agree with the way of life…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Bus Killer Sentenced to Three Life Terms
The Palestinian terrorist who killed three men, including an American citizen, in a stabbing spree on a bus was sentenced to three life sentences plus 60 years. Balal Abu Gaanam, from the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, was sentenced Monday in Jerusalem District Court for the Oct. 13 attack aboard a public bus driving…
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Fast Forward Defiant Reform and Conservative Worshippers Hold Western Wall Prayer Service
Conservative and Reform Jews held an egalitarian service at the Western Wall plaza, despite an order issued the previous day by the attorney general denying them permission to pray together at the plaza because it is not a designated area for prayer. The southern portion of the Western Wall, under Robinson’s Arch, is the area…
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Fast Forward East Jerusalem Soccer Field Tells Story of City Divided
It is dry, grey and uneven, but to the boys of Silwan, a Palestinian neighborhood clinging to a hill behind Jerusalem’s Old City, their pint-sized football pitch, with its cracked surface and simple goalposts, was a precious refuge. Then the cracks began to widen. Two months ago, the football coach and residents decided to close…
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Israel News One Person Isn’t Buying Yehuda Glick’s Temple Mount Crusade — His Mom
Israel’s newest Knesset member, Yehuda Glick, is on a mission to bring Jews to pray on the Temple Mount. But he hasn’t won over one person — his own mother. Unlike her son, Brenda Glick’s husband, Shimon Glick, defers to the mainstream rabbis who see ascension to the Temple Mount as religiously risky because of…
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