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Fast Forward Google Buys Israeli Start-Up SlickLogin
Google has acquired the Israeli internet security start-up SlickLogin. The Israeli company made the announcement Sunday on the homepage of its website. “Today we’re announcing that the SlickLogin team is joining Google, a company that shares our core beliefs that logging in should be easy instead of frustrating, and authentication should be effective without getting…
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Fast Forward Police Allege Physical and Psychological Abuse Among Canada’s Lev Tahor Sect
Newly unsealed police search warrants allege physical and psychological abuse, forced ingestion of drugs and girls coerced into marriage among the fringe haredi Orthodox sect, Lev Tahor. The documents are part of applications for search warrants from the Quebec Provincial Police. They were unsealed on Friday at the request of several Canadian media outlets. The…
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Fast Forward Nurses at Hadassah Hospital Launch Strike Over Unpaid Wages
Nurses and non-medical staff walked off the job at Hadassah Medical Center to protest receiving only half of their January salaries. The strike Sunday morning lasted for three hours, after which the workers returned, but said they would only work a reduced Sabbath and holiday schedule. Doctors and administrators switched to a reduced schedule last…
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Fast Forward Hungarian Nationalists Hold Rally in Former Synagogue, Despite Protests
Hungary’s far-right Jobbik Party held a political rally in a former synagogue, despite protests. The rally by the party, whose ultra-nationalist platform is laced with anti-Semitism and anti-Roma policy, was held Saturday night in the former synagogue in the town of Esztergom, located 29 miles north of Budapest. The building currently is operated by the…
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Fast Forward Is Rolling Stones ‘Boycott Israel’ Facebook Page a Hoax?
A Facebook page claiming victory in getting the Rolling Stones to boycott Israel is an apparent hoax. The “Rolling Stones: Boycott Israel” page, established Wednesday, on Thursday reported that the group had cancelled a planned June 10 concert. It cited “sources with the Rolling Stones,” but there has been no such announcement. The page also…
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Fast Forward Israeli Web Chat Start-Up Viper Sold for $900 Million
A Japanese e-commerce firm said it will buy the Israeli-founded Viber chat startup for $900 million. Rakuten Inc announced its planned purchase of Viber Media Inc. on Friday. Viber, run by the Israeli entrepreneur Talmon Marco, will add 300 million users to Rakuten’s existing 200 million users, Rakuten’s CEO, Hiroshi Mikitani, told reporters in Tokyo….
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Fast Forward Presbyterians Seek To Disavow Anti-Israel Report
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) reiterated its support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in response to controversy over the publication of a Presbyterian study guide that rejects Zionism. “Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) policy calls for a negotiated settlement between Israel and Palestine and the right for each to exist within secure and recognized borders,”…
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Fast Forward John Kerry’s Jewish Brother Slams ‘Vile’ Attacks on Peace Diplomat
In an op-ed for an Israeli newspaper, John Kerry’s brother recalled relatives who died in the Holocaust and labeled “vile” recent personal attacks on the U.S. secretary of state. In the Friday Yedioth Achronoth, Cameron Kerry described touring the Czech Republic last week with fellow members of his Boston congregation, Temple Israel, and saying Kaddish…
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