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Fast Forward Adelson Cuts Off Cash To Trump Over ‘Chaos’ — And Jerusalem Embassy Flip-Flop
Casino mogul and Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson is angry at “chaos” in the Trump White House — and has refused to provide any more funds to groups backing the president since he took office, Politico reported Monday. Adelson is reportedly upset that Trump, despite his campaign promises, has thus far failed to move the U.S….
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Fast Forward Is Dating Service Wrong To Set Him Up With Non-Jewish (Gasp!) Republicans?
A Jewish man is threatening to sue a matchmaking service after being given politically conservative and non-Jewish dates, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Daniel Levine, 37, paid $5,000 to a company called Master Matchmakers, specifying that he wanted a Jewish, liberal, college-educated, attractive woman who lives near Boston and is shorter than his 5’8”….
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Fast Forward ‘Laughter Doc’ Patch Adams Awarded Israel’s ‘Healing With A Heart’ Prize
Dr. Patch Adams, who pioneered the use of laughter in medicine, was given a special award by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday during a ceremony honoring Israeli doctors and nurses. Twelve Israelis were feted during the second annual “Danielle Prize – Healing with a Heart” awards ceremony, which honors medical personnel who distinguish themselves…
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Fast Forward New Yorker Critic Wins Twitter With Jason Chaffetz/Passover Pun
Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz, the formerly-Jewish college football star who now chairs the House Oversight Committee, declared Wednesday that he would not be running for any office in 2018, surprising his Republican allies and delighting many on Twitter. The New Yorker’s television critic, Emily Nussbaum, may have had the best reaction: During Passover, it is…
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Fast Forward She Buys Billboard, Posts $5K Reward And Prints 150,000 Flyers — All To Find Pooch
A woman bought a billboard alongside Israel’s busiest highway, printed 150,000 flyers, and has offered a $5,453 reward – all to find her lost dog. Perry, a dark brown mixed collie, was dropped off at a kennel when his owner, Raquel, left the country five weeks ago, Haaretz reported. But the day after she left,…
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Fast Forward 53% Give Thumbs Down To Ivanka and Jared In White House
A majority of Americans say that Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s prominent roles in the White House are inappropriate, a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday revealed. In separate questions, voters nationwide were asked whether it was appropriate that the pair were “playing a significant role in the White House.” In both cases, 53% of voters…
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Fast Forward 9 Jews Named to Time 100 List – Can You Guess Them All?
Jews were prominently featured in Time magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people, which was released on Thursday. Husband-and-wife White House advisers Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump received separate entries. Kushner’s bio was written by former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who said that he has “sporadically exchanged views” with Kushner over…
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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg Credits Jewish Mom With Strength To Reject $1B Offer For Facebook
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg credited his “Jewish mother” for giving him the willpower to turn down a $1 billion buyout offer from Yahoo! in 2006 – at a time when he was only 22 years old and the social network was only making $20 million in revenue. Mike Hoefflinger, Facebook’s former director of global business…
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