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Fast Forward Hamas Will Join PLO
Hamas is will join the Palestine Liberation Organization, in a move toward unifying Palestinian leadership. Since 2007, the Islamic militant group has controlled Gaza and its rival party, Fatah, has governed in the West Bank. The Associated Press is reporting that Hamas leader Khaled Meshal will work with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, of Fatah, to…
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Fast Forward Anthony Weiner, Huma Abedin Welcome Baby Boy
Former Rep. Anthony Weiner and his wife, Huma Abedin, yesterday welcomed their first child, a boy named Jordan Zane, The New York Post is reporting. The 47-year-old Democrat, who is Jewish, had represented parts of Queens and Brooklyn until June, when he resigned after he was discovered to have posted explicit photos of himself on…
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Fast Forward Lawyer Blames Kletzky Killing on ‘Inbreeding’
The lawyer for accused killer Levi Aron shockingly blamed the murder of little Leiby Kletzky on “inbreeding” in the tight-knit Hasidic community. Howard Greenberg told a Brooklyn court hearing Wednesday that Aron is insane and suggested that intermarriage between close relatives may have caused his mental problems, the Daily News reported. “There’s inbreeding in that…
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The Schmooze Forward Fives: 2011 in Exhibitions
In this, the third annual Forward Fives selection, we celebrate the year’s cultural output with a series of deliberately eclectic choices in music, performance, exhibitions, books and film. Here we present five of the most important exhibits of 2011. Feel free to argue with and add to our selections in the comments. “The Sota Project”…
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The Schmooze Forward Fives: 2011 in Performance
In this, the third annual Forward Fives selection, we celebrate the year’s cultural output with a series of deliberately eclectic choices in music, performance, exhibitions, books and film. Here we present five of the most important performances of 2011. Feel free to argue with and add to our selections in the comments. “Return to Haifa”…
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Fast Forward Ron Paul Disavows Namesake Anti-Israel Newsletter
With support for Rep. Ron Paul growing in the early caucus state of Iowa, a new report is once again calling attention to Paul’s connection to a newsletter that referred to Israel an “aggressive, national socialist state,” and suggested that the Mossad was responsible for the 1993 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. James…
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The Schmooze Forward Fives: 2011 in Music
In this, the third annual Forward Fives selection, we celebrate the year’s cultural output with a series of deliberately eclectic choices in music, performance, exhibitions, books and film. Here we present five of the most important Jewish music releases of 2011. Feel free to argue with and add to our selections in the comments. “Songs…
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Fast Forward Syria Will Admit Foreign Monitors
Bowing to international pressure, Syria agreed Monday to admit foreign monitors; the deal is part of an Arab League-brokered peace plan aimed at ending months of deadly unrest in the nation. The League had recently suspended Syria’s membership, and announced sanctions against the the country, where a military crackdown against civilians challenging Bashar Assad’s rule…
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