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Fast Forward Israeli Gets Prison for Organ Trafficking
An Israeli citizen living in New York was sentenced to prison for organ trafficking. Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, 61, of Brooklyn, was sentenced Wednesday to 2 1/2 years in prison. He had pleaded guilty last Oct. 27 to three counts of organ trafficking and one count of conspiracy in a New Jersey federal court. Rosenbaum had…
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Fast Forward Olmert Has No Plans for Return to Politics
Former Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, following his acquittal on the most serious corruption charges, said he does not intend to return to politics. Olmert, speaking Thursday at a conference in Tel Aviv two days after he was acquitted on corruption charges that prompted his resignation from office four years ago, also said that he would…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Urge Jews To Defy Circumcision Ruling
Europe’s main Orthodox rabbinical body is urging Jews in Germany to uphold the commandment to circumcise newborn sons, despite a court ruling in Germany that said circumcising young boys could be considered a criminal act. Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt, president of the Conference of European Rabbis, said his organization is ready to back Jews in challenging…
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Fast Forward Claims Conference Sets $272M in New Spending
The Claims Conference board approved $272 million in new allocations for the next two fiscal years. The bulk of the spending approved at Wednesday’s meeting in Washington will go to programs that aid survivors, including home care, soup kitchens, meals on wheels and medical assistance programs. Slightly less than $36 million will go to support…
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Fast Forward Shrinking Palestinian Land Depicted in N.Y. Ad
Anti-Israel billboards showing a series of four maps to bolster claims that Israel has systematically confiscated land from the Palestinians have appeared at some New York train stations. The ads that went on display this week at Metro North train stations in Westchester County show a succession of shrinking Palestinian territories in four maps and…
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Fast Forward African Couple Hurt in Jerusalem Arson Attack
Two African migrants were injured after a fire was allegedly set at the entrance to their Jerusalem apartment. The fire broke out early Thursday morning; firefighters reportedly found rags soaked in an accelerant at the entrance to the apartment. The residents of the apartment, a man and his pregnant wife, both from Eritrea, were taken…
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Fast Forward Democratic Council Yanks Sheldon Adelson Petition
The National Jewish Democratic Council, citing peace among Jewish groups, has taken down a petition calling on Republicans not to accept money from Sheldon Adelson. “Regarding our recent campaign surrounding Sheldon Adelson, we don’t believe we engaged in character assassination,” said the statement sent late Wednesday by David Harris, NJDC’s president, and Marc Stanley, its…
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Fast Forward Berthe Meijer, ‘After Anne Frank’ Author, Dies
Dutch Jewish author Berthe Meijer, who grew up in Anne Frank’s neighborhood and was imprisoned in Bergen-Belsen at the same time, has died. Meijer died Tuesday of cancer, The Associated Press reported. Her 2010 book “Life After Anne Frank” compared her life after the Holocaust to what Frank’s might have been if she had survived….
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