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Fast Forward Jewish Couple Found Slain in Florida Home
The deaths of a Toronto Jewish couple found in their winter home in south Florida are being investigated as a double homicide. David Pichosky, 71, and Rochelle Wise, 66, who spent the winters in their Hallandale Beach townhouse, were found dead on the night of Jan. 10. Their deaths are not believed to be a…
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Fast Forward Death Row Inmate Loses Jewish Prayer Appeal
A Kentucky death row inmate was denied his request to pray on the Jewish Sabbath in the prison’s chapel. The Kentucky Court of Appeals ruled Jan. 11 that William Harry Meece, 40, can pray in his cell, The Associated Press reported. Meece had petitioned to be allowed to pray in the Institutional Religious Center at…
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Fast Forward Belgian Senate Recognizes Country’s Role in Holocaust
A Belgian Senate committee adopted a resolution acknowledging the country’s complicity in the murder of Jews during the Holocaust. The Senate’s committee on institutional affairs voted in favour of the resolution on Jan. 9, according to Belga, a local news agency. “Some Belgian authorities practiced collaboration unfitting of a democracy,” the resolution read, “with tragic…
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Fast Forward Justin Bieber Sued for ‘Assaulting’ Israeli Bodyguard
The Israeli former bodyguard of teen idol Justin Bieber reportedly sued the pop star for assault. Moshe Benabou, who lives in the United States., is seeking unspecified damages for assault and battery and more than $420,000 in unpaid overtime, the news site TMZ reported. According to Benabou – who claims he worked for the singer…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Parents Won’t Take Girl Off Life Support
The Orthodox Jewish parents of a Florida Jewish teen on life support have filed a motion in court to prevent the hospital from removing life-sustaining machines. Danielle Zfat, 19, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor 14 months ago, is hospitalized at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood, Fla. She entered the hospital in late…
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News Will GOP Try To Block Jack Lew?
Jacob Lew helped Orthodox observance reach the highest precincts of governance. But can a man that Republicans say “can’t get to yes” be confirmed as secretary of the Treasury? President Obama nominated Lew, his chief of staff, to the post, replacing Timothy Geithner. Lew is well known in Washington circles, but in some ways he…
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Fast Forward 2 Israeli Films Put Up for Documentary Oscar
Two Israeli films are among the five nominated for best documentary for the Academy Awards. “5 Broken Cameras,” directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, and “The Gatekeepers,” directed by Dror Moreh, were among the films chosen from 15 finalists of the 126 films that entered in the category when the Academy of Motion Picture…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leader Defends Writer on ‘Anti-Semitic’ Top 10
Prominent German journalist Jakob Augstein may write “horrible, hideous” articles on Israel, but his comments don’t belong on the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s ten worst anti-Semitic statements of 2012 list, a German Jewish leader said. The inclusion of Augstein trivializes all the others on the list, said Dieter Graumann, president of the Central Council of Jews…
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