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Fast Forward Jordan and Gulf States Could Fall: Ex-IDF Chief
The regimes in Jordan and Persian Gulf countries are at risk of falling, former Israeli IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi warned. “Few foresaw what would happen to Mubarak,” Ashkenazi said Wednesday in a speech at the 2012 Israeli Presidential Conference, referring to deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who reportedly suffered a crippling stroke Tuesday…
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Fast Forward Hosni Mubarak in Critical Condition
Doctors reportedly have put former Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak on life support as turmoil once again threatens to sweep the country. Mubarak, 84, has been ailing since early 2011, when he was ousted by the army after mass protests. The worsening of his condition on Tuesday, reported by various media citing unnamed military officials, comes…
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Fast Forward Kissinger: Iran Moment of Truth Is Months Away
Henry Kissinger, upon receiving Israel’s presidential award from Israeli President Shimon Peres, said the moment of truth on the Iran question will be in the months ahead. “The question is at what point one concludes that negotiations have reached their limit? It is not a question that should be answered unilaterally,” the former U.S. secretary…
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Fast Forward ‘Joe the Plumber’ Slammed for Holocaust Remark
U.S. House candidate Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher was criticized by the National Jewish Democratic Council for comments that blamed gun control for the Holocaust. In a video released by the Ohio campaign, Wurzelbacher claimed that implementation of gun control prevented Europe’s Jews from fighting back against the Nazis. “In 1939, Germany established gun control….
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Fast Forward Hebrew National Rejects Claim It’s Unkosher
Hebrew National boasts of “answering to a higher authority,” but several class-action lawyers are hoping to take one of the country’s largest kosher meat producers to an earthly court. A class-action lawsuit filed recently alleges that Hebrew National’s iconic hot dogs and other meats do not comport with the brand’s claim to be kosher “as…
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Food Dutch Debate Over Kosher Slaughter Ends
The Dutch Senate formally scrapped legislation to ban ritual slaughter in the Netherlands. Fifty-one of the 75 senators voted Tuesday not to ratify the law passed last year by the parliament. The vote is the final word in a protracted public debate about animal welfare, religious freedom and integration that began in September 2008, when…
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Fast Forward Protests at Ahmadinejad’s Presence at Rio Summit
Some 2,000 Brazilian Jews and non-Jews protested Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s presence at Rio + 20, the United Nations summit on sustainable development. Jews, gays, Afro-Latin Americans and human right activists rallied Sunday at the upscale Ipanema seafront to protest Ahmadinejad’s visit. Backed by intense drumming by the cultural group AfroReggae, marchers carried signs and…
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Fast Forward Adelsons Give $6M to Boston Jewish Groups
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife, Dr. Miriam Adelson, have given $6 million in grants to three Boston Jewish institutions. The gifts from the Adelson Family Foundation were awarded to Hebrew SeniorLife, Gateways: Access to Jewish Education and Chelsea Jewish Foundation. Hebrew SeniorLife will receive $3 million as part of its $100 million campaign…
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