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Fast Forward Film Recounts Story of Doomed Refugee Ship
The U.S. State Department presented a program of speeches and a play highlighting the history of the MS St. Louis for about 200 people, including more than 30 survivors. The highlight of the event was the play “The Trial of FDR.” That play is expected to be shown throughout the country to remind people of…
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Fast Forward Rabbi: Burn Your iPhones!
A prominent haredi Orthodox rabbi in Israel ordered his followers to burn their iPhones. The call by Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, 84, appeared Sunday on the front page of the religious daily newspaper Yated Neeman, according to the Failed Messiah website. Following the decree by Kanievsky, large posters appeared throughout Jerusalem’s haredi neighborhoods calling iPhones “an…
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Fast Forward Abbas Tells Jewish Leaders He Wants Talks
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told Jewish leaders that his U.N. speech would address showing greater sensitivity to Jewish claims to Israel. Meeting Monday evening with about 10 Jewish leaders, Abbas also endorsed Alan Dershowitz’s formula for returning to talks with Israel, participants said. The meeting was under the auspices of the Center for Middle…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Join Religious School Choice Group
The American Center for School Choice, a national group of advocates for religious private schools, has launched the Commission on Faith-Based Schools. The 14 commission members include David Zwiebel, executive vice president of the haredi Orthodox Jewish group Agudath Israel of America; Michael Guerra, chair of the National Catholic Educational Association; and Kathy Jamil, director…
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Fast Forward Apple Fumbles Status of Jerusalem on New Map
The map included in Apple’s new iOS6 operating system reportedly does not show Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Every other country on the map has its capital listed, The Algemeiner reported Tuesday. In addition, the world clock included in the operating system lists Jerusalem without an affiliated country – the only city to be…
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Fast Forward U.N. Chief: Settlements Shutting Door to Peace
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Tuesday the “door may be closing, for good” on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the continued growth of Jewish settlements undercuts peace. “The two-state solution is the only sustainable option. Yet the door may be closing, for good,” Ban told the U.N. General Assembly. “The continued…
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Fast Forward Clinton Tells Morsi To Improve Israel Ties
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton asked Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi to improve ties with Israel. Clinton made the request during a meeting Monday with Morsi in New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly. Morsi reportedly told Clinton that Egypt intends to uphold the 1979 peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, despite…
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Fast Forward Mortar Shells From Syria Hit Golan Heights
Mortar shells from fighting in Syria spilled over into Israel’s Golan Heights, with no injuries reported. Israeli reports said that the several shells landed in an open area close to 7 a.m. on Tuesday. The Syrian army is believed to have fired them, aiming at Syrian villages near the border. This is the first time…
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