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Fast Forward Rambo, Dog Who Helped Catch Palestinian Militant, Honored By Israel’s President
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Rambo the dog visited the president of Israel, who honored him for his role in capturing a Palestinian terrorist. Rambo, a 5-year-old Belgian Shepherd mix, was injured during an operation earlier this month with the Police counter-terrorism unit to capture the Palestinian man suspected of killing two Jewish-Israeli co-workers at a factory…
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Fast Forward Airstrikes Blamed On Israel Hit Arms Depot And Hezbollah Base In Syria
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Airstrikes near Damascus blamed on Israel targeted an arms depot and hit a weapons storage facility controlled by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied the Tuesday night airstrikes, which Russia’s Defense Ministry said endangered two civilian flights landing at the Damascus and Beirut airports. Three Syrian soldiers also were…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Driver Shot While Attempting To Run Down Israelis In West Bank
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Palestinian man was shot and wounded as he attempted to run over with his car Israeli soldiers and civilians waiting at a bus station in the northern West Bank. The Israelis were waiting at the bus stop at a junction just south of Nablus, near a military base, according to the…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu’s Coalition Dissolves, Israeli Elections Planned For Spring
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israelis will soon be heading toward the polls after the heads of all six coalition parties announced that they were dissolving the government, forcing new elections. “Out of national and budgetary responsibility, the leaders of the coalition parties decided, unanimously and unanimously, to dissolve the Knesset and go to new elections at…
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Fast Forward 84-Year-Old Jewish Grandmother Finishes Her College Degree
(JTA) — Janet Fein, 84, practices what she preaches when she says “Never leave anything unfinished.” The Jewish grandmother from Dallas will finally get her degree, in sociology, decades after going straight into the workforce from high school, the Texas Jewish Post reported. She will be among the graduates in the ceremony Wednesday at the University of…
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Fast Forward Simcha Rotem, Last Known Surviving Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Fighter, Dies At 94
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Simcha Rotem, the last known surviving Jewish fighter from the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943, has died. Rotem, known as Kazik, died on Saturday in Jerusalem at the age of 94. “This is the loss of a special figure, because ‘Kazik’ was a real warrior in the full sense of the word,”…
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Fast Forward Jersey City Votes To Keep Polish Massacre Monument In Place
(JTA) — A statue that commemorates the Polish victims of a World War II massacre will remain on the Jersey City waterfront after months of protest and discussion, often uncomfortable, between Polish and city officials and citizens. Jersey City’s city council last week voted unanimously to keep the statue on the site, the Jersey Journal reported…
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Fast Forward Congress Passes Legislation Named For Elie Wiesel To End Genocides
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Bipartisan legislation named for the late Elie Wiesel that aims to improve the U.S. response to emerging or potential genocides is expected to be signed into law by President Donald Trump. The Elie Wiesel Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act passed final votes last week in the Senate and the House of Representatives….
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