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Fast Forward Florida Law Professor Dan Markel Was ‘Intended Victim’ in Slaying
Dan Markel, a prominent Jewish Florida law professor and author, was the “intended victim” in his shooting death inside his home, the Tallahassee Democrat newspaper reported Tuesday. Tallahassee Police Chief Michael DiLeo called the Friday killing a “murder” in a Monday press release. He said the killing was not “a random act” and was not…
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Fast Forward American Cousin of ‘Revenge’ Victim Beaten by Israeli Soldiers
The American cousin of suspected Palestinian revenge attack victim was beaten and imprisoned by Israeli troops during protests before the funeral of the Jerusalem teen, Arab-American activists charged. Tariq Khdeir, 15, who is a tenth-grader in Tampa, Fla., suffered serious injuries in the July 3 beating and is being held under police guard at a…
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Fast Forward Presbyterians Vote 310-to-303 for Israel ‘Occupation’ Divestment
The American Presbyterian church voted Friday by a slim 310-303 margin to divest itself of holdings in three companies accused of supporting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. The measure by one of the largest mainline Protestant denominations, which is a victory for the boycott Israel movement, means the church will sell about $21 million…
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Fast Forward Wiretapped Yiddish Small Talk Could Derail Wideranging N.Y. Corruption Trial
A sprawling New York state corruption trial could reportedly be seriously delayed or even derailed by some 300 recordings of an upstate Hasidic wheeler-dealer chatting in Yiddish. A federal judge is considering his options after defense lawyers for disgraced state Sen. Malcolm Smith complained that they had not had a chance to listen to the…
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Fast Forward Alexander Imich, World’s ‘Oldest Man,’ Dies at 111
Alexander Imich, a Holocaust survivor cited as the world’s ‘oldest man,’ has reportedly died at 111. Imich died peacefully at his home in a New York-area assisted living facility Sunday, NBC News reported. Imich, who was born in Poland in 1903 and survived a Soviet Gulag, emigrated to the United States in the 1950s. He…
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Fast Forward Jonathan Sarna Recovering After Collapse
Jonathan Sarna, the American-Jewish historian, is making a steady recovery after collapsing a few weeks ago. Sarna is reading email and gradually regaining the use of his voice, according to recent postings on the website CarePages. “While Jonathan’s elation at being able to speak has calmed down a bit, he is still lecturing and threatening…
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Fast Forward Lewis Katz, New Co-owner of Philadelphia Inquirer, Dies in Plane Crash
Lewis Katz, co-owner of the Philadelphia Inquirer and a philanthropist, died in a plane crash in Massachusetts. Katz, 72, died Saturday night at an airfield near Boston. The Gulfstream IV plane he was riding in with six other people crashed after takeoff from Hanscom Field, according to reports. Philadelphia Inquirer editor Bill Marimow confirmed Katz’s…
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Fast Forward Mayor Bill de Blasio Pleads ‘Hear No Evil’ on Orthodox Rabbi’s ‘Heresy’ Attack
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio claimed he didn’t hear a rabbi’s shocking rant about Open Orthodoxy and non-Orthodox Jews, despite sitting just a few feet away. De Blasio got testy when reporters queried why he sat silent through the Agudath Israel gala speech of Rabbi Yaakov Perlow in which he denounced the more progressive…
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