Forward Staff and JTA
By Forward Staff and JTA
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Fast Forward Israel, British Jewry Offer Condolences In Wake Of Deadly London Attacks
(JTA) — At least two civilians and a police officer were killed in a car-ramming and knife attack outside the houses of Parliament in London. British authorities are calling the attack a “terrorist incident” as they continue to investigate the motive in the Wednesday afternoon attack. More than 20 are reported injured, some seriously. The…
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Fast Forward Dominique Strauss-Kahn Freed Without Bail as Rape Case Crumbles
Disgraced banker Dominique Strauss-Kahn was freed without bond on Friday as the rape case against him started to crumble amid questions about the accuser’s credibility. Prosecutors told a judge that the credibility of the maid who claimed the former IMF chief sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan hotel room had been thrown into question. After…
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News Israeli Boycott Effort Deemed Illegal in Britain
Britain’s largest academic union decided this week not to go ahead with discussions about potentially boycotting Israeli universities. Last May, the country’s University and College Union voted to open up discussions about the “moral implications” of ties with Israeli institutions in light of the “denial of educational rights” to Palestinians. Last week, the union’s legal…
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News Abraham Klausner, Shoah Survivors’ Advocate
Rabbi Abraham Klausner, the first Jewish chaplain in the U.S. Army to enter the Dachau concentration camp after its liberation, died June 28 at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 92. He died several years after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, his wife, Judith, told The Associated Press. Klausner had been a leading…
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News Cheney Slated for Aipac Confab
Less than a week after his former chief of staff was convicted on four counts of perjury, Vice President Dick Cheney is scheduled to address the most important annual conference of pro-Israel activists. This marks the second year in a row that the vice president will speak at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s benchmark…
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Israel News Short Cuts
Pop diva Britney Spears may have dropped Kabbalah, but she seems plenty interested in Jewish studs. Just a few weeks ago, The Shmooze noted that Spears was dating South African-born Jewish record producer Jonathan “J.R.” Rotem. Now, word is that she has moved on to model Isaac Cohen…. A New York judge has ordered Jerry…
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News Jews in Congress
Senate (13) New Members: Ben Cardin (D-Md.); Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Re-elected: Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.); Herb Kohl (D-Wis.); Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) Returning: Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.); Norm Coleman (R-Minn.); Russell Feingold (D-Wis.); Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.); Carl Levin (D-Mich.); Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.); Arlen Specter (R-Pa.); Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). House (30) New Members: Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.); Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.);…
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News Poll: U.S. Jews Back Strike Against Iran — by Israel
Support among Jews for an American military strike against Iran has declined during the past year, according to an annual survey of American Jewish opinion released Monday. The survey, commissioned by the American Jewish Committee, found that only 38% of American Jews support American military action, down from 49% last year. But, according to this…
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