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Fast Forward Temple Mount Closed to Jews on Tisha B’Av
The Jerusalem Police closed the Temple Mount to Jewish visitors a day after Arabs protested such visits. The closure on Tuesday coincided with the fast of Tisha B’av, a day of Jewish mourning for the destruction of the two Jewish Temples that were located on the site. Police reportedly closed the site to Jewish and…
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Fast Forward Florida Official Sorry for Using ‘Jew-ing’
The chairwoman of a Florida board of commissioners apologized to those who questioned her for using the word “jewing” to describe salary discussions at a public meeting. Cheryl Sanders, an official in Franklin County, Fla., told Jim Romenesko, who runs an eponymous news business blog, that her use of the word at a July 2…
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Food Meet the Extreme Kosher Couponers
Anita Batt’s weekly grocery shopping goes something like this: First, she checks several online coupon blogs, which offer guidance about the best sales and coupon combinations in stores such as CVS, Kroger and Target. Next, Batt prints the several dozen coupons she will use and places them in her organizer sorted by store. Then she…
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Fast Forward Poland Chief Rabbi May Quit Over Kosher Slaughter
Poland’s chief rabbi said he will resign if a definitive ban on kosher slaughter is imposed in the country. “I cannot imagine serving as chief rabbi in a country in which the rights of the Jewish religion are curtailed, as I would not be able then to serve properly my coreligionists,” Rabbi Michael Schudrich wrote…
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Fast Forward Former Congressman Eric Fingerhut Tapped To Run Hillel International
Eric Fingerhut, a former U.S. congressman and leader of Ohio’s system of public universities and colleges, has been tapped to serve as the next president and CEO of Hillel. Fingerhut’s hiring was approved Sunday in a unanimous vote by Hillel’s board of directors during a meeting in New York. He comes to the international campus…
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Fast Forward Rick Perry To Visit Israel, Possibly Eying White House
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, in what observers see as a move signaling a possible White House run, said he is planning to visit Israel in October. Perry, who has announced that he will not run for a fourth term as Texas governor, told the Washington Times in an interview last Friday, “We will be going…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Show Aired to Arab World During Ramadan
An anti-Semitic television series is being broadcast throughout the Arab world for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. “Khaiber,” which is being shown on the satellite network Dubai TV, the Algerian 3 station and Dream TV, dramatizes the battle between Muslims and the Jews of the town of Khaiber in Arabia and depicts Jews as…
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Fast Forward Israel Strikes Weapons Warehouse in Syria
Israel was responsible for an attack earlier this month on a missile warehouse in Syria, unnamed U.S. officials said. A New York Times report on Saturday cited the officials in saying that Israel carried out the July 5 air attack near Latakia, a major Syrian port city, targeting advanced anti-ship cruise missiles sold to the…
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