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Fast Forward Bar Refaeli Owes Israel $2.25 Million In Back Taxes
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Israeli court ordered supermodel Bar Refaeli to pay about $2.25 million in back taxes. The verdict in the Central District Court in Lod was handed down last month but the full ruling was published on Sunday, the Kan national broadcaster reported. Refaeli also was ordered to pay about $33,700 in court costs….
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Fast Forward Israel Approves $840 Million Plan For Expansion At Ben Gurion Airport
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Travelers will have dozens of additional check-in counters and more parking under an $840 million expansion plan for Ben Gurion Airport. Israel’s Transportation Ministry approved the plan for the international arrivals and departures terminal to feature an additional 90 check-in counters, four more luggage conveyor belts, an expanded duty-free area, a larger border control…
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Fast Forward Anti-Zionist Imam Who Gave Congressional Prayer Hits Back At Critics
(JTA) — The Texas imam who gave an invocation on the House floor responded to those who criticized his invitation over social posts in which he demonized Israel, likening the country to Nazi-era Germany. Omar Suleiman is the founder and president of the Dallas-based Yaqeen Institute, an organization that describes itself as a resource about…
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Fast Forward Israeli Government Picks Spot For New Town Named After Trump
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli government has selected a location for the establishment of a new Jewish community in the Golan Heights to be named after President Trump. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday that he will submit the decision for official approval by the new…
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Fast Forward Ukrainian Jews Can’t Agree On Whether Anti-Semitism Is Rising Or Falling
KIEV (JTA) — In the largest poll of Ukrainian Jews conducted in 15 years, nearly one fifth of 900 respondents (17 percent) said that anti-Semitism has increased in the country, whereas another fifth (21 percent) said the opposite. The data underline divisions among Ukrainian Jews over the effects of the 2014 revolution that toppled the…
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Fast Forward Israeli Man Attacked At Pro-Palestinian Event In Berlin
(JTA) — A video shows an Israeli man being attacked by a group of people at a pro-Palestinian event in Berlin. In a clip posted by the news agency Ruptly, which is owned by the Russian government network RT, about a dozen men are seen pushing and hitting the man before policemen are able to…
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Fast Forward Farrakhan Decries ‘Satanic Jews’ In Talk At Chicago Catholic Church
(JTA) — Louis Farrakhan punctuated a speech at a Chicago church Thursday with denials that he was anti-Semitic and an assertion that he was “here to separate the good Jews from the satanic Jews.” The longtime leader of the Chicago-based Nation of Islam spoke at the St. Sabina Catholic Church at the invitation of the Rev….
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Fast Forward Rabbis Met With New York Times To Discuss Anti-Semitic Cartoon, Israel Coverage
NEW YORK (JTA) — A dozen rabbis from across the major denominations met with the publisher and editorial page editor of The New York Times regarding the anti-Semitic cartoon it published and its general coverage of Israel. The meeting Wednesday morning at The Times offices in Midtown Manhattan lasted an hour and a half and…
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