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News Jewish Protesters Blast Occupy Eviction
Jewish demonstrators blasted authorities for clearing the Occupy Wall Street protest, saying Mayor Michael Bloomberg betrayed Jewish values by ordering the late-night raid. ?We are outraged by Mayor Bloomberg?s contempt for the rights of American citizens and his use of public health and safety to justify beating and macing nonviolent protesters,? said Daniel Sieradski, who…
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Fast Forward Giffords Discusses Rocky Road to Recovery
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, speaking haltingly in her first interview since she was critically wounded by a gunman?s bullet, said her political future was contingent on getting ?better.? The Arizona Democrat?s road to recovery was the focus of a television special, which aired Sunday night on ABC. It featured excerpts from hours of video taken as…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn March Protests Anti-Semitic Vandalism
Scores of people marched through a Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn Sunday to protest the anti-Semitic vandalism that struck the area two days earlier. Demonstrators marched down Ocean Parkway, including one carrying an Israeli flag, near the Midwood corner where several cars were torched by hate-filled vandals who scrawled swastikas and “KKK” tags on cars. Jews…
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Fast Forward Dead Sea Falls Short in 7 Wonders Vote
It’s wonderful, but apparently not Wonder-ful enough. A provisional list of the New 7 Wonders of Nature was announced and Israel’s Dead Sea failed to make the cut. The Dead Sea was in the running for a place alongside spectacular natural phenomena such as the Amazon, Iguazu Falls, and Indonesia’s Komodo national park, which did…
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Fast Forward Penn State Rocked: Paterno, Spanier Fired
Students rioted in the streets of State College, Pa., Wednesday night after Penn State’s board fired revered football coach Joe Paterno, who has been caught up in a spiralling child sex scandal involving a former top assistant coach. The president of Penn State, Graham Spanier, who is Jewish and according to The Daily Collegian was…
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News 100,000 Mourn Rabbi Finkel of Mir Yeshiva
More than 100,000 people attended the funeral for Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, head of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, who died Tuesday at the age of 68 after suffering cardiac arrest at his home. He had also suffered from Parkinson’s disease. According to Israeli news sources, the packed funeral in Jerusalem, caused disruptions to the…
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Fast Forward Voters Reject Curbs on Unions and Abortion
Voters turned back moves to limit union rights in Ohio and to further restrict abortion rights in Mississippi, both of which were seen as modest Democratic victories a year away from the 2012 general election. In Ohio, voters by a 61%-to-39% margin rejected a law that had curbed public employees’ collective bargaining rights. The law…
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Fast Forward No Trial Move for Leiby Kletzky’s Accused Killer
The accused killer of little Leiby Kletzky will face trial in Brooklyn after an appeals court reportedly rejected his bid for a change of venue. Levi Aron wanted his murder trial moved to Suffolk County on Long Island or the Bronx, citing a torrent of negative publicity, the New York Post reported. The Appellate Division…
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