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Fast Forward Marty Allen, Wild-Haired ‘Hello Dere’ Comedian, Dies At 95
(JTA) — Marty Allen, the veteran comedian who was part of the popular Allen and Rossi duo and was known for his catchphrase “hello dere,” has died. Allen died Monday in Las Vegas from complications of pneumonia at the age of 95. He is survived by his wife and performing partner of the last 30…
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Fast Forward ‘Backstreet’s Back’ To Perform Again In Tel Aviv Suburb
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The American pop band Backstreet Boys will perform in Israel. The band, whose popularity was at its peak in the 1990s, will play one concert in April in the central city of Rishon Lezion. The concert was announced on Monday afternoon and is based on the band’s Las Vegas show in residence at the…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Teen Who Slapped Soldiers Goes On Trial
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A trial began in military court for the Palestinian teen arrested in part for slapping and harassing Israeli soldiers standing guard in a West Bank Palestinian village. Ahed Tamimi, 17, arrived in Ofer military court on Tuesday morning. She had been ordered held in prison until the end of legal proceedings against…
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Fast Forward Mother And Daughter Skipped Doomed Russia Plane Flight For Jewish Seminar
(JTA) — A Jewish woman and her daughter who had tickets for an internal flight that crashed near Moscow skipped it to extend their participation in a Jewish studies course, they said. Taliya Samanina and her eldest daughter Malka were scheduled to return Sunday from the Russian capital to their home city of Orsk aboard…
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Fast Forward Jewish Olympian Arielle Gold Earns Bronze In Snowboard Halfpipe
(JTA) — American snowboarder Arielle Gold earned a bronze medal in the women’s halfpipe contest at the Winter Olympics. She came in behind silver medalist Jiayu Liu of China. The gold medal was snagged by American snowboarder Chloe Kim, 17, whose parents are originally from South Korea. Gold, 21, of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, reportedly had…
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Fast Forward Congressman Pressed To Admit State Of The Union Guest Is A Holocaust Denier
(JTA) — The Republican Jewish Coalition called on Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to acknowledge that his guest at the State of the Union speech is a Holocaust denier. In a BuzzFeed News profile of Gaetz, the Republican congressman said that “Chuck Johnson is not a Holocaust denier and he’s not an anti-Semite. He’s a provoker,…
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Fast Forward Germany Averaged Four Anti-Semitic Incidents Every Day In 2017
(JTA) — The number of anti-Semitic incidents reported in Germany in 2017 remained about the same as the previous year. Published Monday in the Berlin daily newspaper Tagesspiegel, the report — based on police statistics delivered to Bundestag Vice President Petra Pau of the Left Party — indicated there were 1,453 incidents reported in 2017…
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Fast Forward Republican Jewish Coalition Chairman: Our Members Are ‘Thrilled’ With Trump
(JTA) — The chairman of the Republican Jewish Coalition said its members are “thrilled” about the performance of President Donald Trump, especially with his approach to the Middle East. “I think they’re feeling thrilled,” said former Minnesota Sen. Norm Coleman in an interview with McClatchy at the weekend’s annual RJC leadership conference in Las Vegas….
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