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Fast Forward Putin Says Jews Could’ve Been Behind Election Meddling
Vladimir Putin reportedly has suggested that Jews could have been responsible for meddling in the American presidential election. In a combative new interview with NBC News, the Russian strongman went off script to name possible scapegoats for the campaign to boost then-candidate Donald Trump. “Maybe they’re Ukrainians, Tatars, Jews, just with Russian citizenship. Even that…
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Fast Forward Russia Will Get Its First Jewish University, Modeled On Yeshiva U
(JTA) — Russia will receive its first Jewish university next month, the institution’s dean said. Modeled after Yeshiva University in the United States, The Jewish University of Moscow is a private institution with a student body of 200 whose budget comes mostly from donors and the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia, dean Alexander Lebedev…
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Fast Forward Mother And Daughter Skipped Doomed Russia Plane Flight For Jewish Seminar
(JTA) — A Jewish woman and her daughter who had tickets for an internal flight that crashed near Moscow skipped it to extend their participation in a Jewish studies course, they said. Taliya Samanina and her eldest daughter Malka were scheduled to return Sunday from the Russian capital to their home city of Orsk aboard…
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Opinion Did Saturday’s Clash Prove Iran Deal Skeptics Right?
The clash between Israel and Iran on February 10, following the incursion into Israel’s airspace of an advanced Iranian UAV operated by Iran from Syria, was a new and very worrying development. It signaled the first time that Iran challenged Israel directly and militarily, and from Syrian territory. As far as Israel is concerned, this…
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Opinion How Trump’s Refusal To Confront Russia May End Up Hurting Israel
Welcome back to Jane Looking Forward. If you wish to continue reading this weekly newsletter, please subscribe here. And spread the word! The frightening flare-up involving Syria and Iran this past weekend was not just some far away event that concerns only those of us worried about Israel’s security on its volatile northern border. It…
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Opinion Why Putin and Trump Remain Silent On Israel/Iran Flare Up
Saturday, February 10, witnessed a dramatic escalation in Israel’s simmering war to its north. The Israel Air Force shot down an Iranian drone flying provocatively in Israeli airspace. The IAF then bombed Iran’s drone base deep inside Syria. Then an Israeli F-16 was downed by Syrian missiles. In response, the IAF proceeded to destroy a…
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Fast Forward Vladimir Putin Inherits Tel Aviv Apartment
Tel Aviv may be getting a famous new resident: Vladimir Putin has inherited a one-and-half bedroom apartment on Pinsker Street. The Russian president originally bought the beach-front property for Mina Yudikskaya Berliner, his high school teacher in St. Petersburg, Russia who moved to Israel in 1973. After Berliner passed away last December, she left the…
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News Who Is Adam Schiff?
Rep. Adam Schiff represents California’s 28th congressional district, which includes much of Los Angeles County. Schiff, 57, was first elected to Congress in 2000 and is now the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee. Schiff’s meticulous and detail-oriented style, combined with his soft-spoken manner, has made him one of the most effective legislators involved…
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