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Fast Forward Sentence for Alleged Iranian Spy in U.S. Renews Cries to Free Jonathan Pollard
A 10-year maximum prison sentence given to an Iranian engineer accused of spying on the United States spurred a new call in Israel for the release of Jonathan Pollard. Mozaffar Khazaee, 59, a dual Iran-U.S. citizen, was arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey last week for attempting to smuggle to Iran blueprints…
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Fast Forward Obama Officials Urge Jewish Groups Not to Back New Iran Sanctions
Two top Obama administration officials urged Jewish groups not to back new Iran sanctions, calling them “dangerous.” The officials — from the White House national security team and the Treasury Department — spoke Wednesday with Jewish leaders in a call convened by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. JTA spoke with multiple…
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Fast Forward White House Pushes Jews To Shun ‘Dangerous’ Iran Sanctions
Two top Obama administration officials urged Jewish groups not to back new Iran sanctions, calling them “dangerous.” The officials — from the White House national security team and the Treasury Department — spoke Wednesday with Jewish leaders in a call convened by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. JTA spoke with multiple…
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Fast Forward Serbian Holocaust Restitution Deadline Looms
Families of Serbian Jewish victims of the Holocaust have until March 1 to file claims for property restitution. Serbia passed a law in October 2011 enabling restitution of Holocaust-era property or compensation in lieu of restitution for people whose property was confiscated by the Nazis or the Communist regime that followed. This week, the World…
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Fast Forward Will Boca Raton’s Shaarei Kodesh Synagogue Get $3M From Disputed Will?
A South Carolina court will decide the fate of a $3 million bequest to Shaarei Kodesh, a synagogue which merged with Congregation Beth Tikvah in Boca Raton, Fla. A judge in South Carolina this week set the trial for June, according to the Sun Sentinel of Fort Lauderdale. Hadassah, ORT, Americans for Peace Now and…
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Fast Forward Poet Juan Gelman, Jewish Critic of Argentina Dictatorship, Dies
Argentinian Jewish poet Juan Gelman, a critic and activist against the country’s military governments of 1976 to 1983, has died. Gelman died Tuesday in Mexico City where he lived in exile. Gelman, born to a Jewish family of Ukrainian immigrants who moved to Buenos Aires to the Jewish neighborhood of Villa Crespo, was exiled to…
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Fast Forward Protests Erupt Over Dutch Fund’s ‘Occupation Divestment’ Plan
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a Dutch finance firm to protest its decision to divest from Israeli banks over their activity in West Bank settlements. Approximately 300 protesters gathered Monday in Zeist, a city located 20 miles southeast of Amsterdam, at the headquarters of the PGGM pension administrator, which last week announced the divestment from…
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Fast Forward Avi Weiss Gets Green Light From Israel Rabbis To Vouch for Jewishness
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel will accept letters confirming individuals’ Judaism from Avi Weiss, a New York liberal Orthodox rabbi. The Rabbinate sent a letter Wednesday to Weiss’ attorney in Israel, Assaf Benmelech, affirming that it will accept all letters from Weiss confirming the Judaism of couples who want to wed in Israel. In October,…
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