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Fast Forward Hebrew U. Dean Named to U.N. Human Rights Body
Yuval Shany, an Israeli professor, was named to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. Shany, an international law expert who is the dean of the law faculty at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, was approved with the support of 112 countries and will serve a four-year term. He is the second Israeli to serve on the…
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Fast Forward Kosher Restaurant Torched in Florida
A kosher restaurant in Hollywood, Fla., was torched by two masked arsonists. The fire last Friday at the Achla Pita Grill took place at Emerald Center, the same strip mall where a Judaica store burned down last December. The arsonists are seen on surveillance footage entering the restaurant’s kitchen and splashing flammable liquid all over…
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Fast Forward Yarmulke Store Sends Freebies to Edon Pinchot
A New Jersey store reportedly is sending free yarmulkes to Edon Pinchot, the kipah-wearing former contestant on “America’s Got Talent.” Cool Kippahs in Teaneck, N.J., is sending Edon several free yarmulkes in honor of the fact that the teenager wore them during all of his performances on the NBC reality show, the TMZ website reported….
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Fast Forward Florida Official Quits Over Christian ‘Slaughter’ Quip
The chairman of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party resigned after saying that pro-Israel Christians want to see Jews “slaughtered and converted.” Mark Alan Siegel resigned on Friday, a day after he apologized for the remarks he had made two days earlier during an interview on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention. “My comments…
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Fast Forward First Gay Israeli Couple Files for Divorce
The first Jewish Israeli male couple to marry has filed for divorce in a Tel Aviv rabbinical court that never recognized the marriage. It is unknown if the rabbinical court will provide a divorce for Uzi Even, the first openly gay Knesset member, and Dr. Amit Kama, Ynet reported. They were married in Canada in…
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Fast Forward Pope Benedict: Lebanon Trip Step to Peace
Pope Benedict XVI said he regards his upcoming trip to Lebanon as a visit aimed at promoting peace and dialogue in the entire Middle East. Benedict is scheduled to visit Lebanon Sept. 14-18. “My apostolic visit to Lebanon, and by extension to the Middle East as a whole, is placed under the sign of peace,”…
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Fast Forward Jew Pond’s Name Is Officially Changed
A federal board has changed the name of a pond in a small New Hampshire town from Jew Pond to Carleton Pond. The name change by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names comes six months after Mont Vernon residents voted for the name change, which honors one of the town’s founding families. The move to…
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Fast Forward Rockets From Gaza Slam Into Homes
A long-range Grad rocket fired from Gaza seriously damaged two houses in a southern Israeli city. Two homes in Netivot, located between Gaza and Beersheba, were hit with one rocket in the early Sunday morning attack. One of the homes was completely destroyed. A resident of the home saved himself by running into a bathroom…
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