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Fast Forward Why Israel Is Worried Over What Trump Told The Russians
WASHINGTON (JTA) — As of Tuesday morning, thanks to the unfiltered confessional that is Twitter, we now know this: President Donald Trump shared information with Russia about “terrorism and flight safety,” as he put it. Trump was responding, after about 12 hours, to a Washington Post report that he shared highly classified information with the…
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Fast Forward That Time Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Bumped Into New Ambassador At The Western Wall
Just another day at the Western Wall. Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler, who is in Israel to play a concert, ran into the new U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the holy site on Monday. The grizzled rocker and the white-haired diplomat were quite the odd couple — which made for an interesting photo op….
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Fast Forward David Friedman Takes Office As New Envoy To Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The new U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman presented his credentials to President Reuven Rivlin in Jerusalem. Friedman, who is an Orthodox Jew and owns an apartment in Jerusalem, also presented his wife, Tammy, and daughter, Talia, to Rivlin following the playing of the United States national anthem by an Israeli military…
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Fast Forward 7 Immigrants Win Nefesh B’Nefesh Prizes For Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Seven immigrants to Israel from English-speaking countries have been awarded the 2017 Sylvan Adams Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize. The $10,000 prizes announced Tuesday are awarded to English-speaking immigrants who have made a major contribution the State of Israel. The prizes will be awarded at an official ceremony at the Knesset at the end of…
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Fast Forward Notorious German Holocaust Denier Arrested After Seeking Hungary Asylum
BERLIN (JTA) German right-wing extremist Horst Mahler has been arrested in Hungary, where he had gone into hiding to avoid serving out the rest of a sentence in Germany for Holocaust denial and incitement to anti-Semitism. Mahler, 81, reportedly asked Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban for political asylum in a letter he published May 12 on the Internet. It was…
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Fast Forward Cyclists Pay Tribute To Champ Who Saved Jews From Holocaust
ROME (JTA) – Italian and Israeli cyclists are paying tribute this week to Gino Bartali, an Italian cycling champion who saved hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust and in 2013 was recognized as a Righteous Among Nations. Bartali, who died in 2000, smuggled Resistance messages and false documents for Jews hidden in his bicycle frame…
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Fast Forward Trump ‘Open’ To Working With Iran To End Syria War
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump administration is open to working with Iran to end the Syria conflict. “The United States remains open to working together with both Russia and Iran to find a solution that leads to a stable and united Syria,” Sean Spicer, the White House spokesman, said Monday in opening remarks at the…
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Fast Forward When The Man Who Helped Get The FBI Director Fired Played JCC Softball
(JTA) — Mystery solved! Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who played a central role in James Comey’s firing, used to play center field in a Jewish Community Center softball league. Or maybe right field. Or maybe short left. It’s unclear. What is clear is that the man overseeing the FBI’s investigation into Russian meddling…
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