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Fast Forward Can You Guess The Top 10 Countries By Jewish Population?
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s annual world Jewish population figures have been released, and they reveal that Jews continue to be spread throughout the world, although mostly concentrated in major countries. According to research by Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor Sergio Della Pergola, the global Jewish population in 2019 is 14.6 million. There are 175…
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Fast Forward Israeli Held In Russian Jail For Months On Marijuana Charge
(JTA) — An Israeli woman has been imprisoned for four months in Russia without being allowed to air her defense after 9 grams of marijuana were found in her luggage. Naama Issachar denies the marijuana was hers. The Jerusalem Post reported that Issachar’s sister said the 25-year-old Israeli army veteran, who was traveling back to Israel…
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Fast Forward Russian Hackers Hit Benny Gantz’s Cellphone In ‘Unprecedented Attack’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Russian hackers struck the cellphone of Benny Gantz, the chief rival to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in what an Israeli intelligence firm called an “unprecedented attack.” CGI Group, which Gantz hired to investigate a series of leaks from the center-left Blue and White party, said no sensitive information was gleaned from the…
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Culture For July 4, Irving Berlin’s most American song
I have always been dubious of the idea of “American Culture.” America, being, since its inception, a land of immigrants constantly in demographic and ethnic flux. And this is a good thing, indeed, the idea of a country founded upon legal and philosophical principles, as opposed to ethnic or linguistic concerns, is the fundamental promise…
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Fast Forward Jewish Ukranian President-Elect Could Fill Region With Jews, Says Putin Aide
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s adviser published an opinion piece expressing that Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky could fill eastern Ukraine with Jews, The Moscow Times reported. Sergei Glazyev’s blog post was posted to a nationalist website the same day that Zelensky met with top Ukrainian Orthodox Jewish rabbis, according to the Times. Zelensky is Jewish. “I…
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner: Mueller Investigation Damaged Country More Than Russian Interference
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Jared Kushner said that the special counsel investigation into Russian interference was “much more harmful” than the Russian interference itself. “The investigations and all the speculation that has happened over the last few years has had a much harsher impact on democracy than a few Facebook ads,” President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Putin Makes Anti-Semitic Joke About Jews And Money
(JTA) — Russian President Vladimir Putin made a joke invoking the anti-Semitic trope about Jews and money during a visit to Crimea. During a visit with local residents and religious leaders on Monday in Crimea, a local Jewish leader made a comment about financial difficulties. Putin replied “So the Jews have problems with finances! Only…
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Fast Forward Former Trump Lawyer Cohen To Testify Publicly Before Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen said on Thursday he has agreed to testify publicly before a U.S. House of Representatives committee on Feb. 7. Cohen said in a statement he had accepted an invitation by the panel’s Democratic chairman, U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, to appear publicly before the Committee on Oversight…
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