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Fast Forward Left-Wing Groups Propose Alliance With ‘Right-Wing Opponents’ of Israel Bedouin Plan
(JTA) — They can’t agree on the project’s goal. They can’t agree on who supports it. They can’t even agree on its name. But when it comes to the Israeli government’s plan to relocate 30,000 Negev Bedouin, representatives and allies of the Bedouin community agree with the right wing on one thing: the Prawer plan must…
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Fast Forward Israelis Living in the U.S. Less Likely to Criticize Israel, New Survey Shows
The longer Israelis live in the United States, the less critical of Israel they are likely to be, a new survey suggests. The Internet-based survey of nearly 1,600 people divided respondents into two groups: those living in the United States for less than 10 years, and those living in the country for more than 10…
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Opinion Is Yair Lapid’s Honeymoon Over?
The Israeli election in January was widely lauded as a testament to the revival of Israel centrism. Coming out of nowhere the brand new Yesh Atid party won 19 seats — almost a sixth of the Knesset’s mandates. Is this revival now over? A poll just conducted for the Globes financial newspaper found that if…
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Life Shutting Down Women’s Healthcare
Women were caught in the crosshairs of the government shutdown this week, which, as this much-shared stunt photo of a group of eight white male Republicans demonstrates, appears to be as much about testosterone and saving face as it is about helping America move forward. Look into the causes for this week’s shutdown, and you’ll…
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Fast Forward English Speakers Grab Bigger Role in Israel Politics — Halting Hebrew and All
In the eight years since Rabbi Avrohom Leventhal moved from Baltimore to this central Israeli city of 80,000, he has trained as a technical writer, taken over a local charity and become president of his synagogue. Now Leventhal is hoping to add city councilman to his resume. Leventhal loves Beit Shemesh, but none of his…
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Life Forget Weiner. Meet the Other Mayoral Candidates
Sick of hearing about “fool me twice, shame on me” Anthony Weiner’s approach to women? Me too. So let’s take a look at how the other front-running candidates for New York City mayor approach women and the issues that affect us. Bill de Blasio De Blasio is the only candidate that has a page dedicated…
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News Weiner/Spitzer; A Forgotten Yiddish Poet Comes Home
In this week’s Reporters Roundtable podcast, host Josh Nathan-Kazis is joined by Forward director of digital media, Dave Goldiner, to discuss the futures of Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner. Then, staff writer Paul Berger speaks with Henrik Greenberg about the Yiddish poet Naftali Herts Kon, whose works have recently been returned to his daughter after…
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The Schmooze Sexy Selfie Gets Knesset Rebuked
Knesset Chairman Yuli Edelstein is not pleased with the sex appeal of some its members. In a letter sent out to all the MKs, Edelstein rebuked them all over a series of embarassing events, which he said “cheapen” the Knesset, Haaretz reported. Though nothing specific was mentioned, the timing led Senior MKs to believe that…
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