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Fast Forward Jewish Teacher Sent to Face Aussie Sex Charges
An American Jew was extradited to Australia and charged with multiple counts of indecent assault and indecent acts with a minor at an Orthodox Jewish school. David Kramer was surrendered by U.S. authorities on Nov. 29 and extradited to Melbourne, where he is accused of sexually abusing children at Yeshivah College between 1989 and 1992…
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Fast Forward Jonathan Pollard Collapses in Jail Cell
Convicted spy for Israel Jonathan Pollard collapsed in his jail cell and was hospitalized. Pollard reportedly collapsed Saturday. He reportedly had been complaining of being in serious pain for several weeks. Pollard’s wife, Esther, told the Israeli news site Ynet that she has been updated on her husband’s condition and asked people to pray for…
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News Tea Party’s Rand Paul Will Join Trip to Israel
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a skeptic of assistance to Israel who also is considering a 2016 presidential run, will travel to Israel. Paul will be accompanied by Christian and Jewish leaders, a report Friday on the Christian Broadcasting Network website, and will also visit Jordan. He will meet with leaders in both countries, as well…
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Israel News What’s Next Move for Palestinians?
How the United States treats the Palestinians’ new status as a non-member state at the United Nations depends on how Palestinians plan to use it – as cudgel or outstretched hand. Beneath the outcries of disappointment at the lopsided U.N. vote, both the United States and Israel showed signs of acquiescence to its inevitability. There…
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Fast Forward Circumcision Ban Seen as Threat to Jewish Life
Richard Prasquier, the French Jewish leader, said that banning circumcision in Europe “would inevitably mean the end of Judaism” there. “You can seek a ban but you need to understand the consequences: The inevitable disappearance of Jewish life from Europe,” Prasquier said on Thursday during a European Parliament conference on religious freedoms. Pasquier is the…
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Fast Forward Spanish-Speaking Jews Discuss Political Shifts
Representatives of Jewish communities in Spanish-speaking countries are meeting this weekend in Miami to discuss the effects of recent political shifts on Jewish life in the Americas and Iberia. Approximately 200 people are expected at the sixth annual conference on trans-nationalism and its impact on the Jewish agenda, which is organized by the Latino and…
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Fast Forward U.S. Pledges More Funding for Iron Dome
The Obama administration will seek additional funding for Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile program in the wake of its successes in the most recent Israel-Hamas war. “This spring, we announced that we would provide $70 million in fiscal 2012 on top of the $205 million previously appropriated to meet Israel’s needs for that fiscal year,” Defense…
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Fast Forward 4 Men at Sex Abuse Trial Arrested for Taking Photos
Four spectators at the trial of an ultra-Orthodox man accused of sexual abuse were arrested for taking photos of the accuser during her testimony. Jerry Schmetterer, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office, told the New York Times that court officers in the courtroom of State Supreme Court Judge John G. Ingram saw a man…
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