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Fast Forward Iran’s Supreme Leader Suggests ‘People Of Palestine’ Vote On Fate Of The Land
(JTA) — Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called for a referendum in order to decide the future of the historical lands of Palestine. In a meeting Sunday with university professors and intellectuals, Khamenei suggested that people who trace their roots to before the creation of the modern State of Israel should be polled, including…
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Fast Forward Fake North Korean Tweet Calls Netanyahu a ‘Criminal’ and ‘Liar’
(JTA) — A fake tweet calling Israel’s prime minister a “stinking Zionist” nearly led to an international incident with North Korea in the hours before the historic summit between its leader, Kim Jong Un, and President Donald Trump. The fake tweet appeared Monday on an account bearing the name of North Korea’s foreign minister, Ri…
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Fast Forward Street Near Paris Named For Nakba, Dubbing Israel A ‘Catastrophe’
Update, 1:15 p.m.: On Tuesday afternoon, the signs for Nabka Alley were ordered removed by the mayor of the Bezons municipality in the northwestern Paris region. Dominique Lesparre made the order at the request of the top central government official for the Val-d’Oise region, who said they could “seriously disrupt public order,” according to reports….
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Fast Forward Quicken Loans Makes It Kosher For Orthodox Jews To Take Out A Mortgage
(JTA) — Orthodox Jews can continue to take out mortgages and other loans from Quicken Loans after the company resolved a Jewish legal problem. Agudath Israel of America, a major haredi Orthodox organization, issued a Jewish legal ruling in April prohibiting Jews from taking out loans from the Detroit-based company because it is majority-owned by Jews —…
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Fast Forward The Man Who Ran Chicago’s Jewish Community For Almost 40 Years Is Stepping Down
(JTA) — Steven Nasatir, the longtime CEO of Chicago’s Jewish federation, will be moving into another role next year after four decades on the job. Nasatir, 73, is the longest-serving CEO of any Jewish federation. His organization, called the Jewish United Fund, has distributed almost $7 billion to charitable causes since he took the job…
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Fast Forward 4 Israeli Cities Vie To Host Eurovision Contest
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation, and not the government of Israel, will conduct negotiations with officials from the Eurovision song contest. The decision was announced Sunday by the Ministry of Communications, following a meeting between Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation CEO Eldad Koblenz and Communications Ministry Director General Nati Cohen. The Israeli business…
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Fast Forward Teenage Girl Stabbed On Street Of Israeli City
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An 18-year-old woman is in serious condition after being stabbed by a Palestinian man in the northern Israeli city of Afula. The woman on Monday afternoon collapsed in front of a coffee house in the center of the city with stab wounds on her upper body after telling passersby that she had…
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Fast Forward Patriot’s Julian Edelman Apologizes To Fans For Failed Drug Test
(JTA) — New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman responded to reports that he violated the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs with an apology. Edelman is appealing the four-game suspension for the violation, which first was reported on Thursday by ESPN. “I am very sorry — I don’t know what happened,” Edelman wrote on Instagram on Friday….
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