Shira Hanau
By Shira Hanau
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Fast Forward Less than half of Jewish Israelis support a mandatory army draft, per new poll
(JTA) — A new poll conducted in Israel found that more Israelis support professionalizing the army and abolishing the draft than opposed that idea. The poll was the first time the Israel Democracy Institute found that more Israelis supported the idea of abolishing the draft than opposed it since the organization began studying the question…
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Fast Forward Remains of 7 Jewish COVID-19 victims transferred from Morocco to Israel for reburial
(JTA) — The bodies of seven Moroccan-Jewish victims of the COVID-19 pandemic were flown to Israel last week after being interred in a Casablanca Jewish cemetery more than a year ago. The transfer was arranged by ZAKA, an Israeli volunteer rescue and recovery organization which focuses on ensuring Jewish burial rites for victims of terror…
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Fast Forward Israeli squash team says it will sue if it can’t compete in world championships in Malaysia next month
(JTA) — The Israel Squash Association said it would sue the World Squash Federation if the organization does not ensure the team can compete in the world championships scheduled to take place next month in Malaysia, according to the Jerusalem Post. Israel and Malaysia do not maintain diplomatic relations and Israelis are barred from visiting…
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Fast Forward An 11-year-old girl found a rare 2,000-year-old coin from time of the Jewish-Roman War in Jerusalem
(JTA) — A rare silver coin dating from approximately 67-68 CE was found in dirt from excavations at the City of David park in Jerusalem. The lucky discovery was made by none other than an 11-year-old girl, Liel Krutokop, who was visiting the site with her family to sift dirt from an archeological dig when…
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Fast Forward Nearly 1 in 3 Israeli Jews will be haredi Orthodox by 2050, per Israeli economic projections
(JTA) — Israel’s current population of 9.2 million is expected to grow to 16 million by the year 2050. Of those 16 million, about a quarter are projected by Israel’s National Economic Council to be haredi Orthodox, according to Haaretz. The new population figures projected by the council point to a future in which Israel’s…
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Fast Forward 1 Israeli killed and 4 injured after Hamas assailant opens fire in Jerusalem’s Old City
(JTA) — An Israeli man in his 30s is dead and four others were injured after a Hamas assailant opened fired with a submachine gun in Jerusalem’s Old City Sunday morning. The shooting took place near an entrance to the Temple Mount. Police opened fire on the scene of the attack and killed the shooter,…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Judaica store drops children’s books after author accused of sexual misconduct
(JTA) — A Judaica and Jewish books store has stopped selling a series of popular children’s books after accusations of sexual misconduct surfaced against the books’ author. The announcement from Eichler’s Judaica, which is located in Borough Park, was made Tuesday evening several days after the Israeli newspaper Haaretz published an investigation into alleged sexual…
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Fast Forward Helene Fortunoff, who spun a housewares company into a major jewelry line, is dead at 88
(JTA) — Helene Fortunoff, who helped turn her husband’s mom-and-pop housewares business into a major jewelry company, died Nov. 8 at age 88 in Miami Beach, Florida. Fortunoff became a powerful player in the jewelry industry long before many women had entered the workplace. Speaking to The New York Times in 2001, a year after…
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