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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Hosts Republican Dinner for Jeb Bush
Sheldon Adelson will host a dinner featuring former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on the eve of a conference of the Republican Jewish Coalition. Adelson, the casino magnate seen as a kingmaker in the Republican Party because of his willingness to spend tens of millions of dollars in an election, will host the dinner Thursday night…
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Fast Forward Jimmy Carter Says No to Israel Boycott
Former President Jimmy Carter said he would not endorse a boycott of Israel but encouraged nations to make clear which Israeli products originated in West Bank settlements. “We decided not to publicly endorse any kind of embargo, or so forth, against Israeli invasion, or occupying troops in Palestine,” Carter told The Associated Press on Monday,…
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Fast Forward Yad Vashem Won’t Join Hungary Nazi Occupation Museum Project
Yad Vashem has decided not to participate in a project to build a Nazi occupation museum in Hungary. The House of Fates project invited representatives of the Jerusalem-based Holocaust museum and memorial to attend an international meeting of experts to discuss the memorial center to be built in Budapest. Yossi Gevir, senior assistant to the…
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Fast Forward Tad Taube To Step Down From Koret Foundation
Jewish philanthropist Tad Taube will be stepping down this year from his longtime post as president of the Koret Foundation. Taube, who has been Koret’s president since 1982, announced last week that he will not run for re-election when his current term expires in June. But he will stay on until a new president is…
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Fast Forward Peretz Sontag, Missing New York Father of 7, Found Dead in Car
The body of a missing father of seven was found inside his car in a ravine in an upstate New York park. Peretz Sontag, 50, of Pomona in suburban Rockland County, was found dead Sunday by a hiker in Harriman State Park. The cause of death is not known. A funeral was planned for Monday…
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Fast Forward 40% of Hungarians Hold Anti-Semitic Views: Polls
A new survey of anti-Semitic attitudes in Hungary showed up to 40 percent of respondents accepted some anti-Semitic attitudes. The survey of 764 participants was conducted in December by the Median polling company and commissioned by the Action and Protection Foundation — a watchdog on anti-Semitism of the Jewish community. The survey results were presented…
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Fast Forward British Architects Vote To Cut Ties With Israel Group Over Settlement Projects
The Royal Institute of British Architects approved a motion calling on the international Union of Architects to suspend its Israeli counterpart from membership until it refuses to accept projects in the West Bank. The vote by the Royal Institute of British Architects Council on March 19 passed 23 to 16 with 10 abstentions, the institute…
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Fast Forward Chicago Students Push to Reverse 26-0 Loyola Israel Divestment Vote
Students at Loyola University are mobilizing to convince the president of the student government to veto a resolution calling on the university to divest from companies that do business in Israel. The Loyola United Student Government Association voted March 18 to call on the university to remove its holdings from eight companies that provide equipment…
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