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Fast Forward Mark Hetfield Named New Leader of HIAS
Mark Hetfield was named president and CEO of HIAS, the global migration agency of the American Jewish community. “As president and CEO, I intend to raise awareness of and support for HIAS’ compelling work and refugee needs across the Jewish community,” Hetfield said in a statement. The appointment of Hetfield, who has served as interim…
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The Schmooze Sarajevo Hagaddah Will Not Be Displayed in NY
The centuries-old Sarajevo Haggadah will stay in Bosnia for the foreseeable future, despite an offer from the Metropolitan Museum in New York to display it on long-term loan. Jakob Finci, the president of the Jewish community in Bosnia, told JTA on Wednesday that in a meeting this week, the Bosnian Commission for the Preservation of…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Union, Leading Kosher Certifier, Picks Compromise Candidate as Leader
The Orthodox Union board reportedly has opted for a consensus candidate, Martin Nachimson, to avert a showdown over its presidency. Nachimson, a senior vice president at the organization best known for running the largest kosher certifying operation in the world, is expected to be elected when the board meets next month in New York, The…
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Fast Forward Reporter Apologizes for Suggesting Israel Bribed Bulgaria on Bomb Probe
A correspondent for the Financial Times apologized for suggesting that Israel may have bribed Bulgaria to frame Hezbollah. “Sincere apologies and regret for ill-conceived tweet yesterday about Israel and Bulgaria,” Borzou Daragahi, the London-based newspaper’s Middle East and North Africa correspondent, wrote Wednesday on Twitter. The previous day Daragahi had tweeted, “I don’t doubt Hezbollah/Iran…
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Fast Forward Top 3 Philanthopists in Ukraine Are All Jews
Ukraine’s three most generous philanthropists are all Jewish, according to a local business magazine. In ranking the country’s top ten charitable donors for 2012, the Lviv-based Galytski Kontrakty weekly recently gave the top slot to 46-year-old Rinat Akhmetov, a businessman born to a coalminer. Forbes Magazine estimated his fortune at $16 billion in 2012. He…
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Fast Forward Knife-Wielding Woman Threatens Jewish Student at Toulouse Rampage School
A woman wielding a knife reportedly was arrested after threatening a student of the Toulouse Jewish school where an Islamist radical murdered a rabbi and three children nearly one year ago. According to Le Depeche, a French news site, the 51-year-old woman was arrested on Feb. 5 outside the Ohr HaTorah school after she brandished…
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Fast Forward Nazi ‘Arbeit Macht Frei’ Slogan Posted at Abandoned Detroit Auto Plant
A sign on the overpass of an abandoned automotive plant in Detroit reads in German “Work will make you Free,” evoking images of the sign on the gate of Auschwitz. The red letters on white pieces of paper in the windows of the overpass at the Packard Automotive Plant reads “Arbeit Macht Frei,” the Detroit…
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Fast Forward Is Barack Obama’s Visit to Israel a Sign He Wants Mideast Peace Progress?
Is President Obama’s plan to visit Israel a sign that he’s ready to take another shot at Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking? The White House announced Tuesday that Obama would visit Israel in the spring, his first trip there as president. He did visit in 2008, when he was a candidate for the Oval Office. This trip also…
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