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Israel News Study: Israel Losing Support Among Democrats, Minorities, Millennials
(JTA) — What do you think of when you think of Italy? Maybe you picture beautiful works of art set against rolling Tuscan hills. Maybe a steaming plate of spaghetti topped with creamy marinara sauce, served with a deep red wine. Now what do you think of when you think of Israel? If you’re like…
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Fast Forward Watchdog: BDS Movement’s Campaign Against Jewish Comedian Is Anti-Semitic
(JTA) — A Tunisian anti-racism watchdog group accused promoters of a boycott against Israel of anti-Semitism after they protested the invitation extended to a Jewish comedian to appear at a local festival. The accusation Thursday by the Tunisian Association for Support of Minorities was over an open letter sent earlier this week to the Tunisian Ministry…
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Fast Forward U.S. Jewish Lawmakers Criticize Netanyahu For Suspending Western Wall Agreement
(JTA) — Four Jewish members of Congress criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s suspension of an agreement to build a non-Orthodox prayer space at the Western Wall. Reps. Eliot Engel, Nita Lowey and Jerry Nadler of New York joined Rep. Ted Deutch of Florida in criticizing Netanyahu for reneging on the deal in a Sunday Cabinet vote. The…
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Fast Forward U.N. Forum On Palestinians Is Anti-Israel, World Jewish Congress Protests
(JTA) — The World Jewish Congress protested a United Nations forum on the Palestinians, describing it as “anti-Israel.” “This week, a United Nations body will once again vilify the State of Israel,” the group said Thursday, the first day of a two-day forum at the U.N. headquarters in New York titled “Ending the Occupation.” The…
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Fast Forward Lakewood Rabbis Warn Community That Welfare Fraud Is ‘Not Justified’
(JTA) — The Orthodox rabbinical council in Lakewood, N.J. responded to the arrest of community members on charges of welfare fraud by declaring “[t]here is no such thing as ‘justified’ theft.” The statement follows the arrests of at least seven couples in the community’s haredi Orthodox community on charges of illegally obtaining government benefits. The four couples…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Crisis With Diaspora Yields Plenty Of Words — But Little Action
JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israeli politicians rushed to condemn their government’s decision Sunday to freeze a plan promoting pluralistic prayer at the Western Wall. Voices from across the political spectrum, including members of the governing coalition, criticized the vote by the Cabinet as a reckless affront to American Jewry. They warned it could weaken the community’s support for Israel….
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Fast Forward Swastikas Painted On Suburban New York Home Sold By Jewish Agency
(JTA) — Swastikas and the word “hate” were spray-painted on a suburban New York home newly sold by a Jewish-owned real estate agency. The vandalism was discovered Saturday in Clarkstown, a Rockland County town about 30 miles from New York City. Late last month, the words “No Jews” were spray painted from floor to ceiling on…
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Fast Forward Swastikas Painted On Hasidic Jerusalem Syngagogue
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Swastikas were painted on the walls inside a synagogue in central Jerusalem. The swastikas were painted on the walls of the Hasidic Lelov synagogue in Jerusalem’s Nachalot neighborhood, as well as on the outside walls of nearby apartment buildings. The vandal or vandals also attempted to set fire to religious books in…
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