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Fast Forward Maine Governor Apologizes for IRS ‘Gestapo’ Remark
Maine’s governor issued an apology for comments he made last weekend in his radio address in which he compared the Internal Revenue Service to the Gestapo. Gov. Paul LePage said that the Supreme Court’s ruling approving most of President Obama’s health care law “made America less free” and that it forced Americans to buy health…
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Fast Forward Two American Tourists Kidnapped in Sinai
Two American tourists and their Egyptian guide were kidnapped Friday in the Sinai Desert, according to Egyptian military and police officials. The Bedouin kidnappers are demanding the release of a jailed tribesman, according to news reports. The tourists and guide were taken when the kidnappers stopped their tourist bus, according to the Associated Press. Robberies…
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Fast Forward Meir Soloveichik on British Chief Rabbi Short List
Three U.S. rabbis are among those being considered to become Britain’s chief rabbi. Rabbi Dr. Meir Soloveichik, director of the Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva University and associate rabbi at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, is expected in London in a few days for meetings with British Jewish leaders, the Times of Israel…
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Fast Forward Jack Abramoff Lands Talk Radio Gig
Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist who served a jail term for defrauding Native American tribes, is now a radio talk-show host. Abramoff’s show airs Sunday evenings on XM Satellite Radio. Abramoff, who pled guilty in 2006 to felony counts involving fraud, corruption and conspiracy, served three and a half years at a minimum security prison camp…
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Fast Forward Florida Candidate Apologizes to ADL
A son of Holocaust survivors running for reelection in the Florida state house has apologized to the Anti-Defamation League after labeling the group “despicable.” The ADL had criticized Sheldon Lisbon after he sent out an email to supporters in June with the subject line “A vote for Shelly Lisbon is a vote for the Jewish…
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Fast Forward Jews Won’t Be Punished for Circumcisions
Germany’s Jews and Muslims will not be punished for breaking the law if they carry out circumcisions on young boys, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said. “For everyone in the government it is absolutely clear that we want to have Jewish and Muslim religious life in Germany,” Merkel’s spokesman, Steffen Seibert, said Friday according to Reuters….
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Fast Forward U.S. Rejoins U.N. Human Rights Council
The Obama administration noted a recent reduction in U.N. Human Rights Council actions targeting Israel in defending its decision to rejoin the body. Paula Schriefer, the deputy assistant secretary for international organizational affairs, outlined on Wednesday what she said were U.S. successes on the council, including the the authorization of special rapporteurs for Syria, Belarus…
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Fast Forward Romney Campaign: No Tisha B’Av Clash
The Romney campaign never planned a fundraiser in Jerusalem for the fast of Tisha b’Av, a senior campaign official said. The official reached out to JTA on Thursday to push back against reports that a fundraiser during Mitt Romney’s planned Israel visit was scheduled for the Jewish fast day mourning the destruction of the Temples,…
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