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Fast Forward Trump administration pushes Indonesia to recognize Israel, dangles $2 billion extra in aid
(JTA) — A top Trump administration official wants to leverage development aid to have Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, recognize Israel. Adam Boehler, CEO of the U.S. International Development Finance Corp., told Bloomberg that Indonesia could get $1 billion to $2 billion more in development aid if it joins the rush being organized by…
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News A year like none other, in 20 unforgettable headlines
The year 2020 has truly been one for the history books. It’s with that thought in mind that we’ve chosen to try and sum up the past 12 months in 20 unforgettable headlines, presented chronologically below. We can’t lie: They make for sobering reading. But there are glimmers of joy to be found even so,…
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Community My grandfather was a Nazi. Now I say ‘Never Again’
“Why?” It was an understandable question from the hiring team at Never Again Action: “Why are you interested in this job?” The Jewish-led movement fighting the U.S.’s cruel immigration policies is less than two years old; the salary they were offering me to be their new press director was a fraction of my last one….
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Fast Forward In Trump-brokered deal, Israel and Morocco announce full diplomatic relations
Israel and Morocco will establish full diplomatic relations, in what is the fourth normalization agreement between Israel and an Arab state in the last four months. The news was announced on Twitter by President Trump, whose administration helped broker the agreement. Another HISTORIC breakthrough today! Our two GREAT friends Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco…
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Fast Forward At final White House Hanukkah party, Trump talks up ‘four more years’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — To cries of “four more years,” President Donald Trump told guests at a White House Hanukkah Party that he could stay in office “if certain people have wisdom and courage.” Trump lost the Nov. 3 election to Joe Biden, resoundingly, and Biden is preparing to assume office on Jan. 20. But Trump…
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Culture Israel’s former space security chief says there’s a ‘Galactic Federation.’ We have some questions.
Groucho Marx, and later Alvy Singer, once quipped “I don’t want to belong to any club that would have someone like me for a member.” But what if that club includes aliens? The question came to us Dec. 7, after the Jerusalem Post reported that former Israeli space security chief Haim Eshed dished about the…
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Culture Howard Stern disses President Trump, signs up for 5 more years of Sirius
Howard Stern’s not going anywhere. After months of keeping listeners in suspense, the self-coronated King of All Media has announced that he will remain with SiriusXM for an additional five years. In explaining his loyalty to satellite, he dissed his ex of 15 years: terrestrial radio. “I had been in a toxic relationship with terrestrial…
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Israel News ‘I’m considered a traitor.’ Orthodox Jewish Biden voters are feeling the heat
Some of the most moving conversations I have had recently were with voters who left their political home on the right, including Orthodox Jews, and voted for Joe Biden. Why did their stories make such an impression on me? Their reasons for rejecting Trump weren’t unusual. They eschewed his character, his policies, his populism and…
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