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Fast Forward Arizona and Kansas State men’s basketball teams are headed to Israel and the UAE for Abraham Accords-inspired trip
Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said his dream is to create a full 'Abraham Accords Cup'
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In Israel's remote north, dozens of protesters gathered around a highway junction
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News Conservative Israeli think tank uses fake accounts to skew Wikipedia
Kohelet Policy Forum worker secretly operated five 'sock puppet' accounts, skewing debates and articles about Israel’s judicial overhaul and other contentious issues
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News A boat trip aimed at saving the Dead Sea also explores the marvels revealed by its evaporation
Noam Bedein is the latest activist to confront a problem that has bedeviled Israel — how to save an ecological marvel and tourist attraction that is being depleted by water scarcity, industry and climate change
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Fast Forward Israel recognizes marriage of same-sex immigrant couple who married online in Russia
The attorney representing the couple said that the decision by Israel's immigration authority set a precedent and that there is 'no reason why other couples should not have their marriages recognized'
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News Trumpets, drums and shouts of ‘Shame, shame’ — scenes from the raucous protests on the streets of Israel
In Jerusalem, demonstrators calmly — and loudly — gathered to continue protesting the country's judicial overhaul
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Fast Forward Israeli security guard killed in Tel Aviv terror attack
The terror attack came after a Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Friday night
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Fast Forward Israeli critically wounded in shooting attack in Tel Aviv
Municipal security guards shot the assailant, identified as a Palestinian in his 20s from Jenin, who had expressed his desire to become a martyr in a letter
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Most Eastern European Jewish foods we know about are related to holidays or special occasions. But what kind of foods did Jews in the shtetl eat on a regular Wednesday?
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