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Fast Forward Brussels Museum Gunman Videotaped Himself Carrying Out Killings: Reports
The methodical gunman who killed four people at the Jewish Museum in Brussels reportedly videotaped his own attack with a camera mounted on his chest. Security footage depicts the killer wearing a personal GoPro camera apparently to document the terror rampage that killed four people, Haaretz reported. The shocking report — which raises the grim…
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Fast Forward Grandfather of California Killer Elliot Rodger Took Famed Concentration Camp Photos
The grandfather of the man suspected in the mass killing in Santa Barbara, California, was a famed British photojournalist who took iconic photos of Jewish survivors and mass graves at liberated concentration camps in the final weeks of World War II. Police identified Elliot Rodger, 22, a college student as the gunman who drove through…
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Fast Forward Arthur Gelb, Pioneering Times Editor and Critic, Dies at 90
Arthur Gelb, the New York Times managing editor whose arts sensibility and journalistic vigor molded the paper for decades, died Tuesday at age 90 of complications from a stroke, his son said. The veteran newsman reportedly died in New York. Son Peter Gelb told the Times his father died of complications of a stroke. Arthur…
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Fast Forward Boston Rabbi Barry Starr Sent Nude Pics to Teen — Trolled Web for Sex
Disgraced Boston-area Rabbi Barry Starr sent naked photos of himself to boys and trolled the internet for escorts for sexual liaisons — and was tripped up when the brother of one teen demanded thousands in hush money, court documents alleged. The prominent rabbi, who resigned as leader of Temple Israel in Sharon, engaged in “extensive”…
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Opinion Jay Michaelson Wins Deadline Club Award
Forward contributing editor Jay Michaelson has won the 2014 Deadline Club award for opinion writing. The columnist edged out Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner and Fortune magazine’s Allan Sloan to grab the prestigious annual award handed out by the New York City chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists. “I am so proud of Jay Michaelson…
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News Forward’s Jay Michaelson Wins Deadline Club Award
Forward contributing editor Jay Michaelson has won the 2014 Deadline Club award for opinion writing. The columnist edged out Forward editor-in-chief Jane Eisner and Fortune magazine’s Allan Sloan to grab the prestigious annual award handed out by the New York City chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists. The awards, which were announced last night…
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Fast Forward Baruch Lebovits Pleads Guilty to Molestation
Baruch Lebovits, a once prominent cantor in Brooklyn pleaded guilty on Friday to molesting a teenage boy, according to The New York Times. Lebovits received a sentence of two years, but will likely serve only a few months in city jail. The arrangement will allow him to count 13 months served in jail under a…
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The Schmooze Woody Allen Vies With Ex-Collaborator for Tony
As our contributor Joshua Furst has pointed out, of the odder things about the musical adaptation of “Bullets Over Broadway” was the conspicuous absence of credit for the original film’s co-screenwriter Douglas McGrath. One would like to speculate that there were creative differences between the pair. Or that McGrath didn’t want his name associated with…
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