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Fast Forward Pittsburgh Jewish Day School Aide and Sister Killed by Single Bullets in Home
A teacher’s aide at a Pittsburgh Jewish day school area and her pediatrician sister were murdered in their home by single gunshots to their heads, authorities said Sunday. Susan Wolfe, 44, who worked at Hillel Academy in the upscale Squirrel Hill neighborhood and her sister, Sarah Wolfe, 38, had “other injuries” but those injuries did…
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Fast Forward New York Times Opinion Page Passed on Dylan Farrow Letter Accusing Woody Allen
The New York Times opinion editors reportedly refused to run Dylan Farrow’s open letter accusing her adoptive father Woody Allen of sex abuse. Politico reported that the Op-Ed page bosses passed on the explosive letter, which was later published on Nicholas Kristof’s blog. Kristof, a close friend of Farrow’s mother Mia, decided he would run…
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Culture Zach Braff’s New Movie, ‘Wish I Was Here,’ Plays on Actor’s Jewish Upbringing
Day school parents can take heart from Mr. Scrubs. “Wish I Was Here,” Zach Braff’s Kickstarter-funded film, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in late January. Fans — especially the 46,520 who helped pay for it to be made — were eagerly awaiting the “Garden State” follow up. And, exactly a decade after Braff’s first…
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Fast Forward Fox Demands Changes in Scarlett Johansson’s SodaStream Super Bowl Ad
The Fox television network, which is airing the Super Bowl, has demanded changes to SodaStream’s commercial for the big game — but not for the reasons that have made the company controversial. Fox honchos want the Israeli home beverage company to edit out a line at the end of the commercial where a sultry Scarlett…
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Fast Forward New York Mayor Bill De Blasio Praises Israel at AIPAC Gala
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio reportedly praised Israel at a private gala event hosted by the pro-Israel group AIPAC in Manhattan. The new mayor, who took swept into office in a November landslide, told the group that “part of his job description is to defend Israel” and that it is “elemental to being an…
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Fast Forward Scarlett Johansson Chided by Oxfam for SodaStream Deal
Oxfam has distanced itself from Scarlett Johansson over the Hollywood superstar’s decision to represent SodaStream, the Israeli company that operates in the occupied West Bank. The international aid and development group said on its web site that it was “engaged in a dialogue” with Johansson, who is one of its “global ambassadors” over her relationship…
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Fast Forward Where’s Menachem Stark’s Missing $1.7M?
Police are reportedly investigating what happened to $1.7 million that vanished from a business account tied to slain Brooklyn real estate developer Menachem Stark. The money was “improperly” removed from a joint $2 million account the murdered Hasidic man set up with partner Israel (Sam) Perlmutter, the Daily News reported, citing court documents. An additional…
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Fast Forward Speed Limit Lowered on Brooklyn Street Where Samuel Cohen-Eckstein Killed
New York traffic authorities have reportedly lowered the speed limit along a busy Brooklyn street that runs alongside Prospect Park where bar mitzvah boy Samuel Cohen-Eckstein was struck and killed by a van. City workers installed new signs lowering the maximum speed to 25 mph on Prospect Park West over the weekend, the New York…
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Yiddish פֿאַר וואָס הערט מען ניט וועגן דעם גלעצנדיקן וווּקס פֿון דער ישׂראל־בערזע? Why aren’t we hearing about the dramatic growth of the Israeli stock market?
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