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News Ron Pundak, Man Behind Oslo, Dies at 59
Ron Pundak, an Israeli historian who helped engineer the Oslo Accords, has died. Pundak, who died Friday of cancer at the age of 59, was an expert on Jordanian and Palestinian history who, through his contacts, began talks with Palestinian leaders in 1992 with the permission of Yossi Beilin, who was deputy foreign minister at…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Gives $16M To Send Israel to the Moon
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife have pledged $16.4 million to fund the Israeli SpaceIL mission to the moon. The donation by the American Jewish couple’s Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Family Foundation was reported Thursday on the Israeli news site on science, hayadan.org.il. “Sheldon and I are thrilled to be supporting the…
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Fast Forward Spain Village May Change ‘Jew Killer’ Name
A Spanish village is considering removing the phrase “kill Jews” from its name. The village of Castrillo Matajudios near Leon in northern Spain will convene its 60 resident families at a town hall meeting next week to discuss and vote on the first formal proposal to change the village’s name, the regional daily Diario de…
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Fast Forward London Orthodox Synagogue Stops Allowing Women To Carry Torah Scroll
Under pressure from the local rabbinical court, a London Orthodox rabbi ended the practice of women carrying a Torah scroll during prayers at his synagogue. Rabbi Harvey Belovski told congregants last week that the rabbinical court had ordered him to stop a practice that he had initiated last year, in which women carried the Torah…
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Fast Forward N.J. Teen Charged with Bias Intimidation After Allegedly Luring Orthodox Women
A New Jersey teenager was charged with multiple counts of bias intimidation after he allegedly tried to lure Orthodox women as part of a gang initiation. Police said Rafael Laurano-Flores, 18, of Lakewood had planned to touch and knock down an Orthodox Jewish woman in the southern New Jersey township, according to the Asbury Park…
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Fast Forward Israeli Haredim Protest Against Arrest of Yeshiva Draft-Dodger
About 500 haredi Orthodox men demonstrated in Jerusalem against the arrest of a yeshiva student who ignored a call-up notice for army service. The protesters, who also took to the streets in the predominately haredi city of Bnei Brak, blocked intersections, set fire to trash bins, and threw rocks and bottles at police on Thursday…
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Fast Forward Soviet Jewry Activist Jacob Birnbaum Dies at 87
Jacob Birnbaum, who helped launch the movement to free Soviet Jews, has died. Birnbaum, the founder of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, died Wednesday at the age of 87. A native of Germany, Birnbaum escaped with his family to England after the Nazis came to power and later moved to France. Upon moving to…
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Fast Forward Australian Ex-Minister’s ‘Unhealthy’ Israel Lobby Claims Draw Pushback From Jews
Australian Jewish leaders are rejecting allegations that the “hardline” pro-Israel lobby in Melbourne wielded “extraordinary influence” on Mideast policy during Julia Gillard’s tenure as prime minister. In his new book, “Diary of a Foreign Minister,” Australia’s former foreign minister Bob Carr accuses Gillard of “subcontracting our foreign policy to party donors” and the pro-Israel lobby…
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