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Fast Forward Israeli Swimmer Sets New Record In Youth Olympic Games
BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Israel started the first day of the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires with a gold medal in swimming. Anastasia Gorbenko, 15, won the Women’s 200m Individual Medley on Sunday. She also set a new Israeli record of 2:12.88. Israel’s national anthem, “Hatikva,” was heard poolside during the medal ceremony on…
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Fast Forward German Jewish Groups Condemn Jewish Support For Right-Populist AfD Party
(JTA) – Germany’s Jewish umbrella organization and a host of other Jewish groups have joined to condemn the right-populist party Alternative for Germany – and to decry a new group that purports to represent Jews in the party. The Central Council of Jews in Germany in a statement issued on Sunday said the AfD —…
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Breaking News Jewish Women’s Groups Slam Kavanaugh Confirmation
(JTA) — Liberal Jewish groups and Jewish groups representing women slammed the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. National Council of Jewish Women CEO Nancy Kaufman called Kavanaugh’s ascension to the Supreme Court “a devastating blow to the confirmation process, and to women and all survivors of sexual assault.” “The expectation that…
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Breaking News U.S. Student Denied Entry To Israel Over BDS Support Still Detained At Airport
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A U.S. student with Palestinian grandparents was denied entry to Israel despite a valid student visa due to her alleged involvement in the boycott movement against Israel. Lara Alqasem has remained in detention at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport since Tuesday as she appeals the decision. The Tel Aviv District Court on Sunday…
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Fast Forward Sara Netanyahu’s Fraud Trial Over Restaurant Tab Opens In Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The trial of Sara Netanyahu, wife of the Israeli Prime Minister, opened in a Jerusalem courtroom. Sara Netanyahu appeared on Sunday in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court where she is on trial in the so-called Prepared Food Affair, charged with fraud and breach of trust. She is accused of ordering some $96,000 worth…
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Fast Forward 2 Israelis Killed In Terror Attack At West Bank ‘Coexistence’ Industrial Zone
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two Israelis were killed and another injured in a terror attack in the Barkan industrial area in the West Bank. The attack took place on Sunday morning shortly before 8:00 at the beginning of the work week in the settlement’s industrial zone that is home to 160 factories that employ thousands of…
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Fast Forward Israel Closes Roads Near Gaza Border After Veiled Threat To Hamas
(JTA) — Israeli security forces closed off roads near the Gaza Strip in an unusual move that comes hours after the country’s defense minister tacitly threatened military action against Hamas. Ahead of the four road closures Friday, Avigdor Liberman on Thursday noted in a Twitter message that the Israel Defense Forces have “exacted a heavy…
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Fast Forward Walter Laqueur, Holocaust Survivor Who Reinvented Terrorism Studies, Dies At 97
(JTA) — Walter Laqueur, a Holocaust survivor and one of the 20th century’s most prominent scholars, has died. Laqueur passed away at his home in Washington, D.C., on Sunday. He was 97. Born in Wroclaw, Poland, and raised in Breslau, Germany, he was a teenager when his parents sent him to Mandatory Palestine only days before the…
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