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Fast Forward Survivors Of Brooklyn Hanukkah House Fire Released From Hospital
(JTA) — The surviving members of a Brooklyn family whose house burned down in a fire started by a Hanukkah menorah were released from the hospital. Yossi Azan and two of his children — daughter Shalit, 16, and son Daniel, 15 — were released from a local hospital this week, the Yeshiva World News reported….
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Fast Forward Conservative Rabbis Call On Israel To Admit Kenyan Convert
(JTA) — Conservative rabbis have called on Israel to allow a Kenyan convert to study at its yeshiva in Jerusalem. A visa application submitted by Yehudah Kimani last week was rejected by the country’s Interior Ministry. It is the second time that Kimani has been denied entrance to the country. “Kimani is a Jew, converted…
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Fast Forward University Protesters Try To Disrupt Israeli Speaker, Call Him ‘War Criminal’
(JTA) — Anti-Israel activists called former Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor a “war criminal” and called Israel a “terrorist state” during his appearance at a London university. Meridor, who served in Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet from 2009 until 2013, spoke Tuesday night at King’s College in central London on the topic “Threats and Challenges.” Students…
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Fast Forward Knesset Extends Israeli Sovereignty Over West Bank Universities
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Knesset approved legislation that would extend Israeli sovereignty over universities and colleges in the West Bank. The institutions will be placed under the auspices of Israel’s Council for Higher Education, instead of being overseen by the parallel Judea and Samaria Council for Higher Education. The legislation is known as the “Ariel…
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Fast Forward Germany Averaged Four Anti-Semitic Incidents Every Day In 2017
(JTA) — The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in Germany in 2017 remained about the same as the previous year. Published Monday in the Berlin daily newspaper Tagesspiegel, the report — based on police statistics delivered to Bundestag Vice President Petra Pau of the Left Party — indicated there were 1,453 incidents reported in 2017…
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Fast Forward Republican Jewish Coalition Chairman: Our Members Are ‘Thrilled’ With Trump
(JTA) — The chairman of the Republican Jewish Coalition said its members are “thrilled” about the performance of President Donald Trump, especially with his approach to the Middle East. “I think they’re feeling thrilled,” said former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman in an interview with McClatchy at the weekend’s annual RJC leadership conference in Las Vegas….
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Fast Forward Paul McCartney Wins A Prestigious Prize In Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Paul McCartney is one of nine laureates announced for Israel’s prestigious Wolf Prize. McCartney is one of two recipients of the 2018 Wolf Prize in Music, Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin announced Monday. Each year the Wolf Foundation awards $100,000 prizes in five fields. More than 30 winners have gone on to receive…
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Fast Forward 102 House Dems Urge Trump To Continue Funding UN’s Palestinian Refugee Agency
(JTA) — Some 102 Democratic congressmen sent a letter to President Donald Trump calling on him to continue funding for tbe U.N.’s Palestinian relief agency and to the Palestinian Authority. The State Department last month announced that it had put a hold on $65 million of the $125 million annual allocation to the United Nations…
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Yiddish דער נײַער ייִדישער נוסח פֿון חנוכּה־ליד „לעשט ניט די ליכטלעך אויס“New Yiddish version of the Hanukkah song ‘Light One Candle‘
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