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Fast Forward Jewish Fan Jona Rechnitz Wins $15K on Super Bowl ‘Safety’ Bet
Another strange Super Bowl start paid off again for a perennial Jewish sports bettor. Jona Rechnitz, a 31-year-old real estate owner in New York, made $15,000 for wagering that the Seattle Seahawks would score the first points of Super Bowl XLVIII on a safety. Rechnitz’s proposition bet paid out at 50 to 1 odds, thanks…
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Fast Forward Republican Jewish Coalition Founder Gordon Zacks Dies
Gordon Zacks, a founder of the Republican Jewish Coalition and an unofficial adviser to George H.W. Bush, has died. Zacks, a businessman who also was chairman of the Florence Melton Adult Mini-School named for his mother, died Saturday at home in the Columbus, Ohio, area following a brief illness. He was 80. He was among…
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Fast Forward Security Advisor Elliott Abrams Calls for Pollard’s Release
Elliott Abrams, a former U.S. deputy national security advisor, said Jonathan Pollard should be released from prison. “I think that there is a just and a humanitarian case for his release,” Abrams told i24 news, an international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel based in Tel Aviv, in an interview Friday. Pollard is in…
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Fast Forward Israel ‘Will Manage’ Without Peace Deal Says Defense Minister
Israel “will manage” without a peace deal, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon told the Munich Security Conference. Yaalon also said the root of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict “is not territory which was released/occupied/taken in ’67 in the Six-Day War.” Instead, he said, “I do not see on the Palestinian side a leadership which is ready to…
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Fast Forward Modern Orthodox Leader Won’t Appeal Sexual Assault Conviction
Rabbi Mordechai “Motti” Elon, an Israeli Modern Orthodox leader, will not appeal his conviction on two charges of sexually assaulting a minor. Elon, 55, said he decided not to appeal the conviction on the advice of his family, which has asked him to move on, Ynet reported Sunday. The rabbi’s attorney said he stood a…
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Fast Forward Italian Jewish Relics at Risk From Flooding Tiber River
Volunteers spent hours placing sandbags and protective sheets to protect the Spanish Synagogue and the Rome Jewish Museum, fearing flooding from the swollen Tiber River. Both are located below street level in Rome’s main synagogue complex on the bank of the Tiber River. The Rome Jewish community news site reported that 40 volunteers from the…
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Fast Forward Roger Waters Attacks Scarlett Johansson, Neil Young Over Israel Support
Roger Waters assailed actress Scarlett Johansson and musician Neil Young on his Facebook page for their support of Israel. In a Facebook post on Saturday, Waters – who has publicly called for boycotts against Israel and has made personal pleas to artists not to perform in Israel – said that he has written privately to…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Slams Kerry for Comment on Israeli Boycotts
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed John Kerry for his warning that Israel would face more international boycotts if the peace process fails. “Attempts to impose a boycott on the State of Israel are immoral and unjust. Moreover, they will not achieve their goal,” Netanyahu said Sunday at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting….
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