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By Haley Cohen
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Fast Forward Betsy DeVos Visits Orthodox Jewish School
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos visited an Orthodox Jewish school for the first time since taking office, the New York Post reported Tuesday. DeVos reportedly met with students and faculty at the Manhattan High School for Girls. She will also attend another Jewish school on Wednesday, the Post added. DeVos has toured private schools affiliated with…
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Fast Forward Michele Bachmann Apologizes For ‘Ignorantly’ Suggesting Jews Convert
Former U.S. presidential candidate Michele Bachmann apologized for her prior efforts to convince Jews they should convert to Christianity, the Times of Israel reported. Bachmann’s expression of regret came on Sunday while she spoke at a Knesset Jewish-Christian Bible study in Jerusalem. She referred to her words as “ignorant.” She declined to acknowledge specifically what…
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Fast Forward U.S. Marines Deployed After Violence Erupts Following Jerusalem Embassy Move
The U.S. has called on dozens of additional Marines to secure its embassies in Jordan, Turkey and Israel due to concerns of a heightened threat of violence following the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on Monday, the Washington Post reported. The deployment announcement came subsequent to the deaths of at least 55 Palestinians…
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Fast Forward European Countries Condemn U.S. Embassy Move
European countries condemned Monday’s move of the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, the Times of Israel reported. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said in a statement that the move “is inflaming already a very tense situation, and the relationship between Israelis and Palestinians.” “We don’t consider it a wise decision to move the embassy,”…
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Fast Forward Howard Schultz Says You Can Use Any Starbucks Bathroom — For Free
Starbucks executive chairman Howard Schultz announced plans to open its restrooms to anyone who wants to use them — whether or not they’re a paying customer, Fox Business reported. The recent policy change came in response to outrage over the arrest of two African-American men last month after they asked to use the bathroom in…
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Fast Forward How Michael Cohen Knew About Schneiderman Abuse Scandal Way Before We Did
A lawyer for women claiming to have been abused by disgraced ex-New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman reportedly says he told Michael Cohen about the abuse claims in 2013, just before Donald Trump tweeted that the then-squeaky clean lawman could face a scandal. Attorney Peter Gleason, who represents two women not among the four interviewed…
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Fast Forward Jared’s Prison Reform Efforts Have An Unlikely Fan — Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian West, who has lobbied White House senior advisor/son-in-law Jared Kushner to pardon a great-grandmother who is serving a life sentence, praised Kushner’s prison reform efforts, Newsweek reported. “I’ve been in communication with the White House and trying to bring her case to the president’s desk and figure out how we can get her…
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News The Man Who Mocked A Hasidic Boy In Video Says Sorry — In Real Life
The man who achieved internet notoriety for mocking a Hasidic boy’s hair and then was widely embraced after posting a heartfelt apology on Twitter is desperate to seek absolution in real life — on the Brooklyn streets where he first saw the boy. Quai James was working in Wallabout last Saturday when he came across…
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