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Fast Forward Florida University Takes Over Jewish Museum
Florida International University has approved the school’s acquisition of the Jewish Museum of Florida. The school’s board of trustees passed the merger unanimously last Friday, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Pending approval from the state’s Board of Governors, the school would acquire the museum’s collection, library, endowment and two buildings of a former synagogue….
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Israel News Judo Stars Lead Israeli Olympic Hopes
One is nearing the end of his career, already has an Olympic medal and is eyeing another. The other is a decade younger, an up-and-comer who has enjoyed some success but is aiming for her first medal at the Games. Ariel “Arik” Ze’evi, 35, and Alice Schlesinger, 24, are standouts on the Israeli Olympic judo…
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Fast Forward Balotelli, Raised by Jews, Leads Italy in Soccer
When Italy’s national soccer team faces Spain in the final game of the European Soccer Championship, Italian Jews will have a special reason to cheer. Mario Balotelli, the black Italian soccer star whose two goals gave Italy its 2-1 semifinal victory over Germany on Thursday, grew up as the foster son of a Jewish mother…
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Fast Forward Homeland Security Dishes Out Non-Profit Grants
The Department of Homeland Security has allocated $9.7 million to Jewish organizations and facilities considered vulnerable to terrorist attacks. The funding, announced on Friday, came from the DHS’s Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which aids nonprofit organizations that are at risk of terrorist threats, and helps those organizations coordinate with broader security initiatives. This round of…
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Fast Forward Africans Demonstrate Against Crackdown
Some 500 Eritrean migrants demonstrated in front of the U.S. embassy in Tel Aviv to protest what they say is the political persecution they are experiencing in Israel. They are demanding that the U.S. establish a mechanism to determine eligibility for refugee status, Ynet reported. The protesters carried signs that read “We want protection,” “No…
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Fast Forward Church of Nativity Named UNESCO Heritage Site
UNESCO has agreed to name the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem as a World Heritage Site, and list it as in Palestine. The secret vote, which came during the United Nations body’s World Heritage Convention in St. Petersburg, Russia, was 13-6, with two abstentions. Israel and the United States had opposed the move, seeing…
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Fast Forward Bernie Madoff’s Brother Goes to Jail
Peter Madoff, the younger brother of jailed Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff, has been taken into custody by the FBI. Peter Madoff, 66, surrendered himself Friday morning at his lawyer’s office in midtown Manhattan ahead of an expected guilty plea to criminal charges related to the Ponzi scheme, according to the Wall Street Journal. He…
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Fast Forward Demjanjuk’s Citizenship Won’t Be Restored
A federal appeals court said that Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk’s U.S. citizenship cannot be posthumously restored. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled Thursday that his death made the case moot. Demjanjuk died in southern Germany on March 17 at the age of 91. Restoration of his citizenship would have enabled his…
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