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Fast Forward ‘Hidden’ Polish Jews Hold Talmud Seminar
More than 40 ‘hidden Jews’ are expected to participate in a seminar in Poland dedicated to the study of Talmud. The gathering being held this week at the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva coincides with the completion of the Daf Yomi, the 7 1/2-year cycle of page-a-day Talmud study that was launched by the yeshiva’s founder, Rabbi…
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Fast Forward N.H. Jews Raise Money for Cultural Center
The Jewish community of Bethlehem, N.H., will soon begin fundraising for a local Jewish cultural center. The Bethlehem Hebrew Congregation, the town’s 92-year-old synagogue, would house the center, according to reports. The first stage of the project would be two temperature-controlled cabinets to house manuscripts and artworks. The Conservative synagogue holds daily and Shabbat services…
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Fast Forward Once Banned, Chagall Show Opens in Russia
An exhibit on artist Marc Chagall, whose works were once banned in the former Soviet Union, opened in Russia. The Moscow exhibition looks at the Jewish and folk art influences on his art. Communist Russia saw his works as “bourgeois.” “Visitors often ask why Chagall’s animals are blue, yellow or pink, why the bride is…
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Fast Forward Israel Must Find Home for Palestinian Village
Israel has 30 days to arrrange a living situation for 27 Palestinian families whose homes are set to be demolished, the Israeli High Court ruled. The village of Zanuta, located in the southern Hebron Hills in the West Bank, is scheduled for demolition by the Israel Defense Force because it sits on an archaeological site….
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Fast Forward Palestinians Slam Romney for Jerusalem Comment
A former Palestinian chief negotiator said that Mitt Romney’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was “unacceptable.” The official, Saeb Erekat, said that Romney’s statement during a policy speech on Sunday, in which he said that Jerusalem is “the capital of Israel,” goes against years of U.S. policy. The status of Jerusalem is one of…
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Food Jamie Geller Preps for Aliyah
Celebrity chef Jamie Geller is chronicling her upcoming move to Israel in a series of documentary videos. Geller, a television producer, author and cooking celebrity, is producing with the Nefesh B’Nefesh aliyah assistance organization a documentary series following her and her family as they prepare to make aliyah and finally land in Israel. She is…
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Fast Forward San Diego Eighth-Grader Wins Google Science Award
An eighth-grader at the San Diego Jewish Academy won a science prize at the second annual Google Science Fair competition. Jonah Kohn, 14, won a $25,000 scholarship for his device that uses tactile sound to enhance music for people with hearing loss. “In essence they said that it has given them the best perception of…
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Fast Forward Pelosi: GOP Seeks To Exploit Jewish Voters
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, said that Republicans exploit Jewish voters for political gain. Pelosi (D-Calif.) in an interview last Friday with the Bloomberg news service also said that many Republicans “are using Israel as an excuse, what they really want are tax cuts for the wealthy.” She…
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