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Fast Forward Matisyahu Performs ‘Jerusalem’ in Spain Amid Palestinian Protests
American Jewish reggae star Matisyahu sang his famous song “Jerusalem” as protesters waved Palestinian flags at a music festival in Spain. Matisyahu performed a 45-minute set early Sunday morning at the Rototom SunSplash Festival, two days after the festival apologized for canceling his performance in the face of pressure from the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Demonstrate Against Movie Theater on Shabbat
Thousands of haredi Orthodox Jewish men clashed with police during protests against a new cinema in Jerusalem that stays open on Shabbat. Some of the protestors threw stones at police and broke the windows of a building on Friday night, the Times of Israel reported. Two separate demonstrations took place throughout the night in the…
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Film & TV Is Zombie Armageddon a Metaphor for Mideast Conflict?
At the recent Jerusalem International Film Festival, the Israeli horror movie “Jeruzalem” was scheduled to premiere right after “From Caligari to Hitler,” a German documentary based on Siegfried Kracauer’s book of the same name. Kracauer was a Jewish writer and critic who escaped Nazi Germany. In his book, he analyzed Weimar-era German cinema and theorized…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Gay Pride Stabber To Be Transferred to Psychiatric Ward
Yishai Schlissel, who stabbed six marchers at the annual Jerusalem gay pride parade, will be admitted to a hospital psychiatric ward. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday ordered Schlissel’s transfer to a psychiatric institution and extended his police custody by 10 days. During his 48-hour stay in the psychiatric ward, doctors will observe Schlissel and…
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Fast Forward Second Temple-Era Mikveh Covered in Ancient Script Discovered in Jerusalem
An ancient mikvah covered in paintings and inscriptions was discovered in Jerusalem at the construction site of a nursery school. The school was being built in the upscale Arnona neighborhood of southern Jerusalem when the ritual bath dating to the Second Temple period was discovered two months ago during a routine archaeological inspection, the Israel…
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News Will Stabbing Attack Tear Apart Israel’s LGBT Community?
When an ultra-Orthodox fanatic named Yishai Schlissel stabbed six people at the Jerusalem Gay Pride march in July — 16-year-old Shira Banki later died of her wounds — Schlissel also fractured Israel’s self-image as a global beacon for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. For years, Israeli diplomats have used their country’s impressive record on…
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Fast Forward Massive Jerusalem Fire Was Deliberately Set, Firebombs Found
A fire that caused the evacuation of hundreds of residents of a Jerusalem neighborhood and nearby moshav and burned more than 70 acres was found to be deliberately set. The remains of two firebombs were found near where Sunday’s fire was believed to have started, the Times of Israel reported, citing Israeli radio reports. The…
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Opinion How Not To Cover a Gay Pride Parade Stabbing
Instead of focusing on the violence involved, the human suffering or the actual blood being shed, some ultra-Orthodox newspapers focused only on philosophy. In response to the stabbings at Thursday’s Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade, those ultra-Orthodox news sources that bothered to report the violence at all referred to the “toeiva” or abomination parade. Toeiva, the…
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