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Fast Forward Newtown Rabbi Decries ‘Culture of Violence’
The rabbi of the only synagogue in Newtown, Conn., decried the “culture of violence” that led to the deadly rampage, as President Obama prepared to speak at a vigil for the 28 victims. Shaul Praver held a community prayer session on Saturday at Adath Israel, and told Israel’s Army Radio Sunday that he castigated the…
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News Jewish Child Shot Multiple Times in Newtown Rampage
At least one of the 20 children killed in the Newtown school massacre was a 6-year-old Jewish boy, whose twin sister and older sibling escaped the rampage at the Sandy Hook School. Noah Pozner was identified by the coroner as the youngest of the victims. He was shot multiple times. Rabbi Shaul Praver of Adath…
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Fast Forward Jewish Rampage Survivor Issues Gun Control Call
Joshua Stepakoff was just 6 years old when he was shot and wounded in a 1999 shooting rampage at his suburban Los Angeles preschool. Now 19, he wants to know why more hasn’t been done to curb gun violence in America. “If now is not the right time, when is? People are shot every day……
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Fast Forward RCA ‘Deeply Troubled’ by Yeshiva Allegations
The Rabbinical Council of America said it is “deeply troubled” over the allegations of sexual abuse at the Manhattan campus of the Yeshiva University’s High School for Boys that was revealed by the Forward. The Modern Orthodox group said it was particularly disturbed by the allegations that occured at the flagship educational organization of the…
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Fast Forward Nechemya Weberman Convicted in Sex Case
A Brooklyn rabbi who acted as a therapist was convicted of sexually abusing a Brooklyn girl, authorities said Monday. Nechemya Weberman, an unlicensed therapist, was found guilty of 59 separate counts of abuse and faces up to 117 years in prison. “The victim showed great courage to come forward in a very difficult time. Hopefully,…
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Fast Forward Ed Koch Hospitalized With Infection
Former New York Mayor Edward I. Koch was hospitalized for a lung infection, a spokesman said. George Arzt, Koch’s spokesman, said he was being treated at with antibiotics for an infection in one lung at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Arzt told the New York Times that he expected the former mayor to be released in…
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Fast Forward Missing Coed’s Parents Blast Friends for Silence
Missing college student Lauren Spierer’s parents have slammed their daughter’s friends for “stonewalling” about key details from the night their daughter disappeared. In a new interview with ABC’s Katie Couric, Robert and Charlene Spierer, of suburban Greenburgh, N.Y. blasted their daughter’s friends at Indiana University for supposedly maintaining a code of silence about what happened…
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Fast Forward Jewish Principal Convicted of 75 Sex Abuse Counts
The principal of a private Jewish high school in Brooklyn was convicted of sexually abusing three boys over the course of a decade, authorities said. Emanuel Yegutkin, 33, the principal of Elite High School in the Bensonhurst section, was found guilty of 75 counts of sex abuse. He faces up to 25 years in prison…
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