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Fast Forward Rabbi Sachs Dumps Charity Over Anti-Israel Work
Great Britain’s chief rabbi, Jonathan Sacks, has resigned as a supporter of an interfaith charity after it circulated an anti-Israel campaign. Sacks said he was unable to continue working with the Wyndham Place Charlemagne Trust after it sent supporters details of an initiative organized by the Quaker Council for European Affairs that attacks European Union…
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Fast Forward Israel Can’t Attack Iran Alone: Peres
Israel President Shimon Peres said that Israel cannot attack Iran on its own. “We can delay the Iranian nuclear plan, but it is clear to us that we need to go with the United States,” Peres said during an interview with Channel 2 television. “President Barack Obama is determined to stop Iran and Israel cannot…
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Fast Forward Zulu King Will Visit Israel
South Africa’s Zulu king accepted an invitation to visit Israel despite his government discouraging such visits. On Tuesday, King Goodwill Zwelithini of Zulu accepted the invitation from Israel’s ambassador to South Africa, Dov Segev-Steinberg, to visit Israel early next year, according to the embassy in Pretoria. An embassy statement said the king “vowed to use…
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Fast Forward Canadian Church Moves To Boycott Settlements
Canada’s largest Protestant church stands poised to approve a boycott of products made in Israeli settlements. Meeting in Ottawa, members of the United Church of Canada’s General Council on Wednesday affirmed a resolution supporting a boycott of goods produced in the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem. A final vote is scheduled for Friday, when the…
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Fast Forward Muslim Hotelier Guilty of Discrimination
A Muslim hotel owner in Southern California discriminated against a group of Jewish Los Angeles young adults, a jury found. A jury in Santa Monica Superior Court on Wednesday found that Tehmina Adaya, the owner of the Hotel Shangri-La in that city, discriminated against the nonprofit Friends of the Israel Defense Forces. On July 11,…
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Fast Forward Majority in Israel Oppose Unilateral Iran Strike
A majority of Israelis oppose a strike by their country on Iran’s nuclear facilities without the United States’ cooperation, a new poll found. Nearly 61 percent of respondents oppose the strike and 27 percent favor it, according to a poll released Thursday by the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University’s Evens Program in Mediation…
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Fast Forward Guide Addresses Same-Sex Weddings
A new edition of a user-friendly guide to making a modern Jewish wedding has changed its approach to same-sex weddings. Rabbi Hara Person, publisher and director of CCAR Press, which publishes books for the Reform movement, said that the new book, “Beyond Breaking the Glass: A Spiritual Guide to Your Jewish Wedding,” originally published in…
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Fast Forward Mayim Bialik Hurt in Car Crash
Actress Mayim Bialik seriously injured her hand in a car accident in Los Angeles. A car full of tourists crashed into Bialik’s car on Wednesday in Los Angeles on Hollywood Blvd., TMZ reported. Bialik, 36, who stars in the “Big Bang Theory” and was a child star in “Blossom,” nearly lost her left thumb in…
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