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Fast Forward President Obama Hosts Jewish Leaders at White House Hanukkah Party
President Barack Obama hosted President Reuven Rivlin and a dozens of Jewish leaders Wednesday at two White House parties for Hanukkah. Obama recalled the Alan Gross was freed just in time for last year’s holiday, and noted that Gross was able to attend this year’s party. “We are happy to have him home here today…
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Fast Forward New York Mayor Bill de Blasio Gets Mixed Response From Syrian Jews on Refugees
The mayor or New York reportedly drew some criticism from Syrian Jews for comparing Muslim refugees fleeing their homeland with Jews fleeing the Holocaust. Bill de Blasio received warm applause as he vowed to keep New York Jews safe as terror fears are heightened but there were ripples of disapproval when he brought up the…
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Fast Forward African Jewish Leaders Meet in Landmark Gathering
Jewish leaders from nine southern African nations met World Jewish Congress leader Ronald Lauder in a landmark gathering for the mostly small and isolated communities. Jews from tiny communities in countries such as Zimbabwe, Zambia and Swaziland met in the South African capital of Johannesburg, where Lauder told them they will not be forgotten by…
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Fast Forward Police Hunt New Orleans Attacker Who Shot Jewish Good Samaritan
A Jewish medical student cheated death when he stopped to help a woman being attacked on a New Orleans street — and was shot in the stomach, police said. Tulane University student Peter Gold, 25, survived the hellish attack when the thug’s weapon jammed as he tried to shoot Gold again in the head. Michele…
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Fast Forward Missing Jewish Student Jacob Marberger Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
The body of Jacob Marberger, a Jewish student at Washington College in Maryland whose disappearance sparked a manhunt and virtual shutdown of the school, has been found in a Pennsylvania nature sanctuary, authorities said. Police say Marberger died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The teen, who grew up in suburban Philadelphia, forced…
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Fast Forward Israeli Killed in Mali Hotel Bloodbath
An Israeli was reportedly among the 19 people killed when Islamic terrorists stormed a luxury hotel in the West African nation of Mali. The Israeli victim, who worked as an advisor to the government of Mali and was a regular visitor to the country, was staying at the Radisson Blu hotel in the capital of…
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News American Terror Victim Was Suburban Boston Teen Studying for Year in Israel
The American killed in a West Bank shooting was a Massachusetts teenager who was studying for a year at an Israeli yeshiva. Ezra Schwartz, 18, of the Boston suburb of Sharon, was reportedly returning from visiting a memorial to the three young people kidnapped and killed in 2014 when he was ambushed near the settlement…
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Fast Forward Petition Slams Liberal Think Tank for Hosting Benjamin Netanyahu Speech
Scores of progressive and pro-Palestininan activists have signed a petition opposing a left-leaning think tank’s decision to host a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday. More than 100 leaders and groups, including a founder of MoveOn.org and Jewish Voice for Peace, have called on the Center for American Progress to scrap the…
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