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Fast Forward Israeli Museums May Own Nazi-Looted Art and Judaica, Organization Claims
An Israeli organization that recovers Jewish assets stolen by the Nazis said hundreds of items in Israeli museums may have been looted. Hashava: The Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Victims’ Assets said Wednesday that hundreds of paintings, items of Judaica and other artworks in Israeli museums may be Nazi-looted art. Hashava was set…
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Fast Forward Rolling Stones in Talks To Add Tel Aviv to Upcoming Tour
A new round of very serious negotiations are going down in Israel—this time between Israeli producers and the Rolling Stones. According to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronot, the band is in the process of hashing out a deal to add a Tel Aviv performance to their upcoming European summer tour. It would be their first-ever…
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Fast Forward ‘I’m Smart as Jews’ Boasts Chinese Tycoon Who Hopes To Buy New York Times
A Chinese businessman who is determined to buy an American newspaper said he is just as smart as the Jews who own some of those newspapers. Chen Guangbiao, chairman of Jiangsu Huangpu Recycling Resources, who made his fortune in recycling construction materials in China, announced late last month that he would travel to New York…
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Fast Forward Canadian Columnist Critical of Palestinians Appointed Ambassador to Israel
A Toronto lawyer whose newspaper columns have been critical of Palestinian leaders and the United Nations will be Canada’s next ambassador to Israel. Vivian Bercovici, who studied at Hebrew University and was an adjunct law professor at the University of Toronto, was appointed Wednesday to the position by Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird. In her…
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Fast Forward Releasing Jonathan Pollard Backed by American Ex-Ambassadors to Israel
wo former U.S. ambassadors to Israel who have opposed clemency for jailed spy-for-Israel Jonathan Pollard told an Israeli news website that they have changed their minds. Samuel W. Lewis, who was ambassador to Israel between 1977 and 1985, the year Pollard was arrested; and Thomas Pickering, who served as ambassador from 1985, shortly before Pollard…
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Fast Forward Britain’s Largest Eruv Goes Into Use in Manchester
The United Kingdom’s largest eruv will be usable for the first time this Sabbath. The Manchester eruv took 10 years to plan and construct and is the U.K.’s most technically complex enclosure, according to the London Jewish Chronicle. Eruv experts from Jerusalem spent 10 days inspecting the enclosure before declaring it ready for use on…
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Fast Forward 2 Top Officials Charged in Met Council Scam
Two former employees of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty were charged in the multimillion-dollar scam at the New York charity. Former Executive Director David Cohen and Chief Financial Officer Herbert Friedman were arraigned Tuesday in Manhattan Criminal Court on grand larceny, money laundering and conspiracy charges, the New York Daily News reported. They pleaded…
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Fast Forward Jewish Fraternity Becomes Full Member of Conference of Presidents
The Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi has become a member of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. AEPi is the first college student organization to be a full member of the conference, an umbrella organization for more than 50 U.S. Jewish groups that focuses primarily on promoting pro-Israel positions. Hillel: The Foundation…
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