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Fast Forward Jerusalem Arab-Jewish School Vandalized — Again
A joint Arab-Jewish school in Jerusalem was attacked for the second time in eight months. Swastikas and anti-Arab graffiti were spray-painted on the walls of the Max Rayne Hand in Hand Jerusalem School overnight Tuesday, coinciding with the last day of school. Some of the graffiti read “Arabs to slaughter” and “Arab blood is cheap.”…
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The Schmooze PHOTOS: Michael Douglas Visits Jerusalem With Family
Michael Douglas played the tourist over the weekend after accepting the 2015 Genesis Prize in Jerusalem last Thursday. “I am a Jew,” Douglas told the crowd assembled for the event, emceed by Jay Leno. “Those are four words of pride. My Jewishness is as deep as my genes.” Douglas’ wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, model Bar Refaeli…
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Fast Forward More Palestinians Will Pray on Temple Mount for Ramadan
Hundreds of Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza will be allowed to pray on the Temple Mount on Fridays during Ramadan. Israel’s Defense Ministry made the announcement on Tuesday, a day ahead of the start of the Muslim holy month. The Palestinians will also be allowed to visit family members inside Israel and the…
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Opinion Is Jewish Reaction to Jerusalem Passport Case Opportunistic — or Delusional?
This week’s institutional Jewish responses to the Supreme Court case of Zivotofsky v. Kerry ranged from horrifying to opportunistic to deluded. This is the case, you will recall, of whether a Jerusalem-born American can list “Israel” as his country of birth on his U.S passport. Congress had passed a law mandating that, but the Bush…
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Opinion From a Jerusalem Boy’s Passport to a President’s Powers
When new parents Naomi and Ari Zivotofsky decided to file suit against the State Department, they were convinced they were acting to strengthen Jewish claims to Jerusalem. Instead, the Supreme Court, in ruling decisively against them on June 8, has revealed that this suit is one that supporters of Israel will likely regret for years…
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Fast Forward Reuven Rivlin Tells U.S. General: ‘Jerusalem Is Israel’
“I was born in Jerusalem and I am Israeli,” President Reuven Rivlin told Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff during a meeting at his residence. Rivlin was referring to this week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling that Americans citizens born in Jerusalem cannot list Israel as their birthplace on their U.S….
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Fast Forward Israel Backers Avoid Sweeping Defeat in Jerusalem Passport Case
(JTA) — Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority in the Supreme Court decision that will keep “Israel” off the passports of Jerusalem-born Americans, begins by calling Jerusalem a “delicate subject.” Competing claims to the Holy City were not the only timeworn and sensitive issue the justices contended with in their 6-3 decision on Monday,…
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Fast Forward Women of Wall Splinter Group Reads Torah Scroll at Kotel
For the second time in less than two months, a feminist prayer group has succeeded in bringing a Torah scroll into the women’s section of the Western Wall, in defiance of existing regulations at the Jewish holy site in Jerusalem. This morning, an organization known as Original Women of the Wall held a prayer service…
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