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Fast Forward Muslim Protests Over Film Spread to E. Jerusalem
Fury about a film that insults the Prophet Mohammad tore across the Middle East on Friday, including the Palestinian territories, with protesters attacking U.S. embassies and burning American flags as the Pentagon rushed to bolster security at its missions. Protests erupted for the first time in Gaza and the West Bank. In East Jerusalem, Israeli…
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Fast Forward Pope Benedict Visits Lebanon Amid Tumult
Pope Benedict arrives in Lebanon on Friday to bring a message of peace to a region torn by civil war in neighbouring Syria and strained by violent Islamist protests against the United States in Libya and Egypt. While those tensions overshadowed preparations for the religiously sensitive visit, security was low-key in Beirut and the only…
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Fast Forward Bibi Insists Focus Is Iran, Not White House
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday denied accusations he was interfering in U.S. politics after coming under fire for fiercely criticising Washington’s handling of Iran. Relations between Netanyahu and President Barack Obama hit a new low this week after the Israeli leader said nations that failed to set red lines for Iran did not…
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Opinion Jerusalem, Why Did We Forget Thee?
In a few days we’ll celebrate one of the emotional peaks in the Jewish calendar, the twice-yearly proclamation that ends the Yom Kippur fast and Passover feast: Next year in Jerusalem. We won’t mean it literally. For most it’s a metaphorical prayer for a better world, expressing faith that history has direction and meaning, with…
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Opinion Who Are Your Forward 50?
Like the advent of cool autumn evenings, like the start of the school year and the wrap up of the baseball season, assembling the Forward 50, the annual list of America’s most influential Jews, is again under way at our office. Staff members have already met twice to discuss the people they believe have had…
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News Fewer Jews in Congress, Bibi’s Red Line, ZOA Woes
In this week’s podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward Washington correspondent Nathan Guttman to discuss the impending drop in the number of congressional seats held by Jews. Then Editor Jane Eisner joins the conversation to discuss why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s posturing on Iran is becoming a campaign issue. Finally, Josh and…
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Opinion Bibi’s ‘Snub’ Leak Makes Sense to Some
It’s surely an irony of the current public spat between Israel and the White House: An Israeli government that tut-tuts every time important public figures speak their mind on Iran has no qualms about leaking sensitive information when it suits its own perceived interests. Whatever the truth of the current spat between Jerusalem and Washington…
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Culture An Agnostic Equation
When it was revealed in 2007 that Mother Teresa — widely regarded as a bastion of faith — doubted her religious beliefs, the public got a rare glimpse of a tormented, and distinctly human, life of paradox. The publication of Mother Teresa’s written communications exposed “a startling portrait in self-contradiction,” in which her private spiritual…
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