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Fast Forward JDate Billboards Yanked After French Vandalism
A French billboard advertiser scaled back a campaign for the Jewish dating site JDate after its billboards were vandalized. Thierry Courrault, a regional director for the JC Decaux billboard giant, said his company decided to pull 18 billboards out of 100 advertising JDate and which carried the site’s Star of David-shaped logo. The reason was…
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Fast Forward Israeli Toddlers Killed by Potent Bug Killer
Two Jerusalem girls died after inhaling the fumes of a powerful pesticide. Avigayil and Yael Gross, two and four years old respectively, died Wednesday from breathing in the fumes of a pesticide which an exterminator had left inside a room in their home. The room was supposed to be sealed but fumes may have leaked,…
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Fast Forward Larry King and Technion Israel Institute of Tecchnology To Promote Israel High-Tech
Former CNN host Larry King and the Technion Israel Institute of Technology have agreed to work together to promote Israeli high-tech. King and the Technion are establishing the Israel Silicon Valley Chambers of Commerce, the Israeli business daily Globes reported. They are set to be launched in Tel Aviv and at Stanford University in Palo…
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Fast Forward Birthright Allows ‘Second-Timers’ To Join Israel Trips
Jewish young adults who previously visited Israel on a high school program will still be eligible for Birthright. The Taglit-Birthright Israel steering committee approved the expansion of the free 10-day trip to Israel at a meeting on Tuesday, the Diaspora Affairs Ministry announced on Thursday. The committee also voted to increase funding to attract more…
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Fast Forward French Jewish Leader Backtracks on Soft Quenelle Stand
The president of France’s main Jewish group backtracked on what appeared to be a softened stance on the quenelle after it was interpreted as support for a French soccer player who performed the gesture during a match. Roger Cukierman of the CRIF umbrella group on Thursday reiterated that the quenelle is “an inversed Hitler salute”…
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Food Volunteer Kosher Supervisors Help After LA Scandal
A volunteer board of rabbis has been regularly inspecting Los Angeles businesses already certified as kosher by the Rabbinical Council of California. The Kashrut Vaad of LA — five local rabbis not affiliated with the rabbinical council — has been making inspections since late last year, the Los Angeles Jewish Journal reported. Its formation comes…
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Fast Forward New Lion Named Gir Debuts at Jerusalem Bible Zoo
The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo is welcoming a new male lion from Sweden. The two-year-old rare Asiatic lion was scheduled to arrive Thursday night. He replaces Lider, a 16-year-old male Asiatic lion who was put to sleep last summer. The new lion, Gir, will join lioness Ileniya, 16, though the two lions will be kept apart…
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Fast Forward Albuquerque Jewish Deli Hit by Anti-Semitic Vandals
The owner of a Jewish deli in Albuquerque found an anti-Semitic message stuck to her establishment’s front door on a mailing label. “To the Kikes who should die,” the message stuck on the front door of the Nosh Deli said, KOB News reported. A second label read “To the Kikes who gave me a black…
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