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Fast Forward Progressive Jews Meet in Buenos Aires
The World Union for Progressive Judaism will gather in Buenos Aires for the fourth Conference of the Jewish Communities of Latin America. The Mishkan Jewish Spirituality Center will host the event Aug. 8-12 for an umbrella group of 1,200 Progressive, Liberal and Reconstructionist congregations in 45 countries representing 1.8 million people. Mishkan is one the…
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Fast Forward Statue Unveiled for Warsaw Ghetto Hero
Polish government officials unveiled a memorial plaque in Warsaw in honor of Warsaw Ghetto hero Janusz Korczak. Sunday’s unveiling took place exactly 70 years after German soldiers sent Korczak and 192 Jewish orphans to their deaths in Treblinka, a Nazi extermination camp. Korczak, director of the Dom Sierot orphanage for Jewish children, declined help from…
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Fast Forward Iran Claims Israeli Spies Confess
More than a dozen Iranian citizens arrested in connection with the assassination of several Iranian nuclear scientists have confessed, Iranian state television reported. The Iranians were shown in a television report describing how they were trained at an Israeli military camp near Tel Aviv. One of the suspects said the operation was being sponsored by…
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Fast Forward Jewish Kiwi Sailor Poised for Medal
New Zealand sailor Jo Aleh is poised to win her first Olympic medal as her event heads into its final stretch. Aleh, whose parents Shuki and Daniella Aleh lived in Israel before moving to Auckland, is in second position with her teammate Olivia Powrie after six of 10 races in the 470 event. The Kiwis…
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Fast Forward Limmud Chief Quits To Run London JCC
The executive director of Limmud, Raymond Simonson, has resigned to head the Jewish Community Center in London. Simonson announced last week that he would leave Limmud, which makes Jewish learning accessible to Jews around the world, after six years in his position. He was appointed Limmud’s first full time executive director in May 2006. During…
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Fast Forward End Circumcision, Norway Official Suggests
Norway’s ombudsman for children’s rights has proposed that Jews and Muslim replace male circumcision with a symbolic, nonsurgical ritual. Dr. Anne Lindboe told the newspaper Vart Land last month that circumcision in boys was a violation of a person’s right to decide over his own body. “Muslim and Jewish children are entitled to the same…
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Fast Forward Sprinter Steven Solomon Makes 400 Finals
Australian sprinter Steven Solomon qualified for the Olympic finals in the 400 meters. Solomon, 19, finished third in his heat on Sunday in London, but his personal-best time of 44.97 was good enough to advance to Monday’s final. He was seventh among the eight qualifiers. A day earlier Solomon, in his Olympics debut, won his…
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Fast Forward Barak Calls Sinai Attack ‘Wake-Up Call’
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called a major attack by Sinai terrorists a “wake up call” for Egypt. “We hope this will be a fitting wake-up call for the Egyptians to take matters into their own hands on their side more forcefully,” Barak told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Monday. Armed attackers in…
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