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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Says ‘Why Not?’ to Donald Trump as President
Sheldon Adelson is reportedly open to the idea of supporting Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for president in 2016. “Trump is a businessman. I am a businessman. He employs a lot of people. I employed 50,000 people. Why not?” Adelson, a billionaire casino magnate and prominent Republican donor, said during a gala on February…
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Fast Forward Jewish Rubio Backer Mocks Trump’s Cheating Claim With ‘Minyan’ Quip
The Jewish co-chairman of Marco Rubio’s campaign in Florida mocked Donald Trump’s claim that Rubio’s “minions” were trying to rig the make-or-break primary in the Sunshine State. “I don’t know about minions, but I do know about Minyans,” Adam Hasner, a former Florida state House Majority Leader, told Politico via text message. Hasner was responding…
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News Boris Sandler Retires as Editor of Yiddish Forward
Forverts editor Boris Sandler, who introduced Yiddish journalism to a new generation and earned the laurels of the Jewish literary community in the U.S. and in Israel, will retire, Samuel Norich, publisher and president/CEO of the Forward Association, announced today. Sandler, 66, took the reins of the Yiddish Forward 18 years ago, and broadened the…
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Fast Forward Vanderbilt U. Business Student Killed in Tel Aviv Terror Attack
A 29-year-old American business school student on a school trip to learn about Israeli tech was reportedly killed and as many as 10 people were wounded in stabbing attacks at the popular Jaffa waterfront in Tel Aviv. The victim was identified as Taylor Force, a Texas native and student at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Defends Retweeting Quote From Mussolini
Donald Trump defended posting a quote from Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini on his Twitter account Sunday. The Republican frontrunner said he saw nothing wrong with retweeting the quote “It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep” from a Twitter site named after Adolf Hitler’s closest wartime…
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Fast Forward Israeli Embassy Steps in To Sponsor Noa Concert
In a surprising twist, the Embassy of Israel in Canada has stepped in to sponsor a Noa concert after the Jewish National Fund of Canada withdrew its sponsorship for the singer’s supposedly anti-Israel positions. The Israeli Independence Day concert, which will take place on May 11 at the Chan Centre, looked to be threatened by…
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Fast Forward Eliot Spitzer Probed in Choking of Young Woman at Posh New York Hotel
Disgraced ex-New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is reportedly under police investigation for allegedly choking a woman at a $1,000=a-night room at a posh Manhattan hotel. Several news outlets said police are looking into claims the former politician and CNN host assaulted Svetlana Travis, a Russian woman in her 20s, at the Plaza on Central Park…
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Fast Forward Ruth Bader Ginsburg Pays Poignant Tribute to ‘Best Buddy’ Antonin Scalia
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg paid tribute Sunday to Antonin Scalia, the colleague and unlikely friend who died a day earlier. Ginsburg, who forged a close bond with Scalia despite their places on opposits sides of the ideological spectrum, called her friend “a jurist of captivating brilliance and wit.” “We were best buddies,” she…
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