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Fast Forward Israel Agrees To Admit African Women, Teen
Israel said it will allow two female African migrants – one who is pregnant – and a teen to enter the country, and turn over more than a dozen other refugees who have been trapped at its border to Egyptian authorities. Thursday’s decision by the Israel government came hours after the Israeli Supreme Court decided…
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Fast Forward Ehud Olmert Gets Six Months Community Service
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to six months of community service for a breach of trust conviction. Olmert was sentenced Wednesday in Jerusalem District Court. He could have faced up to three years in jail. The state prosecutors office also dropped a request that the court find that Olmert ‘s conviction amounted…
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Fast Forward ADL Slams Nazi References in Politics
The Anti-Defamation League decried three recent reported Nazi analogies used in political debate, all by Democrats. “Earlier today, South Carolina State Democratic Chairman Dick Harpootlian reportedly evoked Eva Braun when discussing Gov. Nikki Haley’s press briefing from a basement studio at the NASCAR Hall of Fame,” the ADL said in a statement Wednesday. The NASCAR…
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Fast Forward Art Modell, Football Team Owner, Dies at 87
Art Modell, former owner of the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens and the Cleveland Browns, has died. The 87-year-old Modell, a pioneer of the National Football League’s partnership with television networks, died Thursday of natural causes at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Modell was well-known for his philanthropic activities and had been a supporter of The Associated: Jewish Community…
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Fast Forward Iron Dome Defense Goes Up in Tel Aviv
An Iron Dome anti-missile system battery has been installed in metropolitan Tel Aviv. The system, which was installed on Thursday, is expected to remain in place for several days, as it calibrates itself to the area. The battery has previously been installed at Sderot, Ashkelon and Ashdod. Israel and the United States will hold Austere…
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Fast Forward Israel Wins Three More Paralympics Medals
Israeli Paralympic athletes won three more medals at the London Games. Sharpshooter Doron Shaziri won a silver medal on Wednesday. Hand-cyclist Koby Lion also took a silver medal in the 8-kilometer race. The wheelchairs doubles tennis team of Noam Gershony and Shraga Weinberg won a bronze medal in quad doubles. “You are doing splendid work,…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Rabbi Pleads Guilty in Housing Fraud
A Brooklyn rabbi and his brother pleaded guilty to federal housing fraud. Rabbi Leib Glantz, a prominent member of the Satmar Chasidic community, and his brother, Menashe, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to signing false statements in New York Housing Authority documents to obtain benefits from the federal government’s Section 8 program. The program offers subsidies…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leaders Hold National Threat Exercise
About 50 high-ranking federal and state law enforcement officials met with an equal number of leading American Jewish officials for their first “table top” threat exercise. The Joint Department of Homeland Security – American Jewish Community Table Top Exercise, held Wednesday at an unnamed location in Rosslyn, Va., was designed to identify gaps in information…
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