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Culture The Inconvenient Truth About Jews From Arab Lands: They Were Expelled
(Haaretz) — Nathan Weinstock hadn’t planned to write a book about the Jews of Arab lands. But when he looked for information about the modern history of Moroccan or Iraqi Jewry, he was surprised to discover that there was no book in French that told the story of the elimination of the Jewish communities in…
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Fast Forward Eyal Golan ‘Sex With Girls’ Charge Dropped
The case against Israeli singer Eyal Golan for allegedly having sex with minors was closed due to a lack of evidence. The Tel Aviv District Attorney’s Office made the announcement on Wednesday. The day before, Golan, 42, released a public letter asserting his innocence and claiming that the case stemmed from his attempts to renew…
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Fast Forward San Diego JCC Cancels Planned Show by Singer Eyal Golan Amid Sex Probe
A Jewish community center in San Diego cancelled a concert by Eyal Golan amid suspicions that the Israeli singer had sex with minors, an Israeli radio station reported. Golan was slated to perform Jan. 19 at a concert which was advertised as late as Jan. 10 on the website of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community…
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Opinion Fall of Mizrachi Singing Sensation Eyal Golan
Eyal Golan, one of Israel’s most famous singers, is under house arrest, suspected of having sex with underage girls. Golan is a bestselling artist from the mizrachi or Eastern music genre, as well as being a television star. He has his own show, and serves as a judge on the talent show Rising Star. The…
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Culture Canada Urged To Recognize Jewish Refugees From Arab Lands
A Canadian parliamentary committee called on the government to recognize the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab lands. A report from the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development recommends that Ottawa “officially recognize the experience of Jewish refugees who were displaced from states in the Middle East and North Africa after 1948.” It…
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Fast Forward Canada Bill Recognizes Jewish Refugees’ Plight
A Canadian lawmaker has proposed a motion in the country’s Parliament calling for formal government recognition of some 850,000 Jews forcibly displaced from Arab lands since Israel’s creation in 1948. In his Nov. 8 motion, Liberal Parly lawmaker Irwin Cotler, a former Canadian justice minister, noted that by rejecting the United Nation’s Partition Resolution of…
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Israel News Recognizing Jewish Refugees From Arab World
Naim Reuven was only 8 when he left Baghdad more than 50 years ago, but he still remembers going with his father to catch fish in the Tigris River. His dad worked in a laundromat, a middle-class father of six and one of Iraq’s more than 100,000 Jews. Baghdad’s Jewish community suffered a pogrom in…
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