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Fast Forward Wiesel Snubs Hungary Over Praise for Fascist
Elie Wiesel has returned Hungary’s highest honor over the country’s honoring of a Nazi sympathizer who has been called a fascist. The Nobel Peace Prize winner repudiated the Order of Merit, Grand Cross in a letter addressed to the speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, Laszlo Kover, and published in the Hungarian weekly Magyar Narancs. Wiesel,…
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Fast Forward Hadassah Sells Headquarters for $71M
Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, said it has sold its New York headquarters for $71.5 million. The sale of the Midtown Manhattan building was approved by Hadassah’s board of directors on May 1, and a contract was signed a month later. The organization’s members will be asked to approve the sale at a…
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Fast Forward Hamas Fires Rockets Into Israel
Hamas has claimed responsibility for firing at least three rockets into southern Israel. The rockets fired late Monday night landed in Ashkelon, but did not cause any damage or injuries. The Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported that the rockets fired by Hamas’s armed wing, Izzaddin al- Kassam, were targeting a nearby military base. Hamas controls…
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Fast Forward Settlers Close to Deal To Leave Willingly
Government representatives and representatives of residents of the Ulpana neighborhood reportedly are close to a deal under which the families would leave voluntarily. Chief Rabbi of Beit El, Rabbi Zalman Melamed, told Israeli media that a deal is close to completion. Meetings were set to continue on Tuesday. Melamed told Ynet that if finalized the…
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Fast Forward No Gays in Army, Says Israeli Lawmaker
An Israeli lawmaker said in an interview that the Israel Defense Forces should stop enlisting homosexuals. Knesset member Uri Ariel of the National Union Party said in an interview with the Knesset Channel that homosexuals “interfere in the military’s ability to fight.” He also said that homosexuals should not be enlisted because “We must conduct…
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Fast Forward Reconsider Prosecution of Journalist: Press Group
The International Press Institute has called on Israel’s attorney general to reconsider an indictment against an Israeli investigative reporter for acquiring classified documents. Uri Blau, a reporter for the Israeli daily Haaretz, published an article in 2008 using classified documents given to him by Anat Kamm, who copied them from a superior’s computer during her…
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Fast Forward Tomb of ‘Righteous’ Pole Is Rededicated
The tombstone of a Polish woman who saved a Jewish woman by hiding her in the roof of her barn for two years during the Holocaust was rededicated with a Talmudic inscription. Maria Jalowiec, who died in 1979, hid her neighbor Regina (Rivka) Wallach, who had managed to jump off a wagon after being rounded…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Concerns on Obama Birth-Control Plan
The Orthodox Union in formal comments expressed its concerns on pending Obama administration regulations mandating employer-sponsored health plans for contraceptives and sterilization. The comments filed Monday with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services express concerns over the regulations’ exemption of houses of worship but not other religious entities such as schools, hospitals and…
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