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News South African Jews Slam Benjamin Netanyahu’s Snub of Mandela Memorial
South African Jews blasted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his controversial decision to snub Nelson Mandela’s memorial service. Amid public anger over Netanyahu’s bizarre claim that it would cost too much to attend, Jews slammed the move and expressed hope it would not diminish the outpouring of emotion from Jews over the death of…
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News Synagogues Turning to Consultants To Better Understand Communities
(JTA) — Before Sacha Litman shares his data analysis with his synagogue clients, he likes to have the board members and staff guess the contents. Which programs are most expensive and most popular? How many Hebrew school parents would recommend the congregation to a friend? Eighty percent of the time, Litman says, the assumptions of synagogue…
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Fast Forward U.S. Suggests There Will Be a ‘Framework Agreement’ in Peace Talks
Amid simmering tensions over Iran policy, the Obama and Netanyahu governments appear to have quietly forged common ground in recent weeks on Israeli-Palestinian talks, with the United States accepting that a possible “framework” agreement might not address every outstanding issue in the negotiations. Such an agreement, the United States and Israel seem to agree, would…
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Fast Forward Court Rules California Family May Proceed with Legal Battle over Nazi-Looted Art
A Jewish family may proceed with its legal battle to recover a valuable painting surrendered to the Nazis following a ruling by a U.S. appeals court on lost artwork. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Monday reinstated a California law allowing lawsuits to recover artwork lost as long as 100…
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Fast Forward Left-Wing Groups Propose Alliance With ‘Right-Wing Opponents’ of Israel Bedouin Plan
(JTA) — They can’t agree on the project’s goal. They can’t agree on who supports it. They can’t even agree on its name. But when it comes to the Israeli government’s plan to relocate 30,000 Negev Bedouin, representatives and allies of the Bedouin community agree with the right wing on one thing: the Prawer plan must…
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Life Pressure for Mastectomies
The recent New York Times story about breast cancer in Israel focused, in part, on the low percentage of women who undergo the surgery after being told they’ve tested positive for BRCA1 or 2, which indicate a much greater risk for breast cancer. The story suggests that this is in part because doctors in Israel…
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The Schmooze Listen to Lea Michele’s New Single
Lea Michele is giving Miley Cyrus a run for her money. The Broadway-actress-turned-TV-star has just released the first single off her debut album, “Louder.” “Cannonball,” as the song is called, is a ballad written by Sia Furler and Benny Bianco, and produced by Stargate. The chorus, “I’ll fly like a cannonball,” is weirdly similar to…
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Fast Forward Israel Facing International Pressure to Renounce Chemical Weapons
Israel, Egypt and North Korea should renounce chemical weapons, especially after Syria joined the convention banning them and three other nations plan to do so, the chief of an international watchdog said on Tuesday. Ahmet Uzumcu, head of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), said Angola, Myanmar and South…
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