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Fast Forward Huntsman Wins Paper’s Nod, Defends Israel
Longshot Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman got a big boost when the Boston Globe endorsed his candidacy just days before the primary vote in nearby New Hampshire. The paper cited the former Utah governor’s “vision for national unity.” “The party has a chance to renew itself,” the paper wrote. “To blaze a path to bipartisan…
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Fast Forward Eric Cantor: ‘I Care About the Poor’
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, asked in a nationally televised interview why most Jews are Democrats, invoked the idea of tikkun olam, the Jewish mandate to repair the world, which the Virginia Republican called “a very charitable concept.” “There is the ability to characterize all the social programs that exist at the federal level as…
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News Bernard Bellush, Historian and Activist, Dies at 94
Bernard Bellush, a labor historian and activist, has died of natural causes at age 94. Bernard Bellush, who was an editor of the the Forverts’s English supplement and served on the Forward Association’s board, died Friday night at a hospital, his wife, Jewel Bellush, wrote in a message to friends. Bernard Bellush was raised in…
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Fast Forward Memorial Services Planned for Adrienne Cooper
A memorial service for famed Yiddish singer Adrienne Cooper is planned for Sunday, January 1 at Ansche Chesed in Manhattan at 12:00pm. The memorial will begin with a kriah, the ceremonial tearing or ripping of garments, and will celebrate the life of Cooper who died on December 25 at the age of 65. Cooper, who…
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Fast Forward Alan Gross Celebrates Hanukkah in Prison
Members of the Cuban Jewish community celebrated Hanukkah this week with Alan Gross, a Jewish American serving a 15-year prison sentence in Cuba. “He looks stronger. He has gained a few pounds and is doing a lot of exercise,” Adela Dworin, who presides over Cuba’s Jewish community, told Reuters. During the two-hour Hanukkah visit, Gross…
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Fast Forward Rothman To Challenge Fellow Democrat
Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.) has announced he will run against fellow Democrat Bill Pascrell in a newly redrawn New Jersey congressional district instead of challenging a Republican for a more GOP-friendly seat, he told colleagues. The veteran Jewish Democrat will now battle Pascrell in a June Democratic primary, one of several intramural fights around the…
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Fast Forward Adrienne Cooper, Yiddish Singer, Is Dead
Adrienne Cooper, a fourth-generation Yiddish singer and music teacher who was instrumental in the contemporary revival of klezmer music, died December 25. Cooper performed the world over, sharing the stage with and recording alongside The Klezmatics, Alicia Svigals, So-Called, and Michael Winograd, among many other prominent musicians. She was also co-creator of various Yiddish-English musicals,…
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Fast Forward On Christmas, Pope Calls for New Peace Talks
Pope Benedict XVI, in his Christmas message from St. Peter’s Basilica, called for renewed talks between Israelis and Palestinians, and for an end to the months of violence in Syria. “May the Prince of Peace grant peace and stability to that Land where he chose to come into the world, and encourage the resumption of…
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