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Fast Forward Some Say The Messiah Is Coming — On Israel’s New High-Speed Train
A new high-speed train nearing completion in Jerusalem is being celebrated as a sign that the Messiah is on the way. Breaking Israel News, a website that caters to prophetically-minded readers, declared that “many esoteric hints indicate the road to the Third Temple will be paved with train tracks.” There is, the website writes, a…
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Opinion Trump Has Handed The Israel Lobby To Evangelicals. That’s Terrifying.
Vice President Mike Pence’s on again, off again visit to Israel is apparently on again for next week, but the actual timing was never the real thing. Pence and other deeply conservative white Christian evangelicals now driving American policy toward Israel and the Palestinians are playing a very long game that extends far beyond one…
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Life My Japanese Daughter’s Coming of Age Ceremony In Jerusalem
Miriam wiped the sweat off her brow in layers of heavy silk kimono woven with delicate pastel and bright red flowers. I could barely recognize my twenty year old daughter out of her baggy sweater and modest, flowing skirt. Here she was, dressed for her Seijinshiki, the Japanese Coming of Age ceremony, clip-clopping in her…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Won’t Restart Peace Talks Until U.S. Rescinds Jerusalem Decision
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The chief negotiator for the Palestinians said they will not resume any kind of peace negotiations with Israel until the United States walks back its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. “The Palestinian leadership will not accept any offers for negotiations unless the American decision on Jerusalem is annulled,” Saeb Erekat said…
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Fast Forward Kosovo Would’ve Voted With U.S. On Jerusalem Embassy Move
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Kosovo president Hashim Thaci said his Muslim-majority nation would have voted with the United States against a United Nations resolution condemning the Trump administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Thaci said in a recent interview with the Albanian newspaper Express that were Kosovo to achieve full United Nations membership it would…
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Community Shmuley Boteach’s Attack On Lorde Is Deplorable And Destructive
On the last day of 2017, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach took out a full-page ad in the Washington Post attacking Lorde, a massively popular 21-year-old pop singer from New Zealand, with the leading headlines “Lorde And New Zealand Ignore Syria To Attack Israel!” and “21 Is Young To Become A Bigot!” Boteach was seemingly incensed because…
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Community How To Build A Successful Community Garden — In Ultra-Orthodox Parts Of Israel
The centrality of nature to the Israeli ethos is undeniable. Its citizens are infatuated with the country’s incomparable natural beauty and celebrate it constantly. Boasting some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes, diverse eco-systems, and unique wildlife, Israel’s abundant biodiversity serves as a key component of the population’s vibrant culture and history. Still, many Israelis…
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Fast Forward Knesset Passes Bill Making It Harder To Cede Parts Of Jerusalem In Peace Deal
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli lawmakers approved a bill that would make it harder to cede parts of Jerusalem in a future peace deal. The legislation, an amendment to Israel’s Basic Law on Jerusalem, requires a vote by an absolute majority in the Knesset — 80 members of the 120 in the body — to give…
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