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Fast Forward Desperate Search for Missing Philanthropist
A desperate search continued Thursday along the south Florida coast for Guma Aguiar, a Florida businessman and philanthropist who has given millions to Jewish nonprofit organizations. Aguilar’s 31-foot yacht, the T.T. Zion, washed ashore Wednesday in Ft. Lauderdale with its motor running and lights on. The owner was nowhere to be found, the Sun-Sentinel reported….
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Fast Forward Federations Hit Back Over Non-Orthodox Rabbis
The Jewish Federations of North America slammed Israeli Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar’s criticism of the Israeli government’s decision to pay the salaries of some non-Orthodox rabbis. “It is a fundamental Jewish virtue to ‘love your fellow as yourself.’ We condemn comments that disparage fellow Jews and, in particular, well-established branches of Judaism that represent 80…
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Fast Forward Italian Holocaust Museum Shut by Quakes
The museum, memorial and grounds of the World War II internment and transit camp at Fossoli, in northern Italy, has been closed to visitors since suffering severe damage in twin earthquakes. Quakes on May 20 and May 30 killed at least 24 people, left thousands homeless and caused widespread damage to art and architectural heritage….
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Fast Forward U.S. Upgrades Israel on Human Trafficking List
The United States elevated its human trafficking assessment of Israel to full compliance with minimum international standards. “The Government of Israel fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking,” said the Israel chapter in the State Department report released Tuesday evening. “The Israeli government sustained strong law enforcement actions against sex trafficking…
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Fast Forward Harlem Hebrew Charter School Will Open in ’13
A Hebrew-language charter school approved for the Harlem neighborhood of New York is scheduled to open in the fall of 2013. The Harlem Hebrew Language Academy Charter School was formally approved Tuesday by the New York State Board of Regents. It will be modeled after the Hebrew Language Academy Charter School in Brooklyn. The Harlem…
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Fast Forward Senate Committee Wants More Israel Cooperation
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved legislation that would enhance security cooperation with Israel. The legislation, which was authored by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), and co-sponsored by 62 senators, would reaffirm U.S. policy to reinforce security cooperation with Israel. It was approved Tuesday during a committee business meeting. In…
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Fast Forward Polish Vandals Desecrate Jewish Cemetery
Vandals painted Nazi and racist symbols on the fence of a Jewish cemetery in southern Poland. Swastikas, Celtic crosses and symbols of the National Polish Revival, an anti-Semitic organization, were painted on columns of the fence of the Jewish cemetery in Starachowice. Cemetery caretaker Maciej Frankiewicz discovered the devastation, called police and began repairing the…
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Fast Forward Bethlehem’s Church of Nativity Under Threat
The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem was nominated as an endangered site on UNESCO’s World Heritage list by the Palestinian Authority. The bid will be decided at the World Heritage Convention in St. Petersburg, Russia, from June 24 to July 6. UNESCO, the scientific and cultural agency of the United Nations, recognized Palestine last…
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