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Fast Forward Kirk Douglas Set for Bar Mitzvah at 95
At 95, Kirk Douglas has just released his tenth book and is prepping for his third bar mitzvah, which is scheduled for this coming December. The iconic actor appeared at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on June 12 to launch the book and to reset his hand, foot and dimpled chin print in cement, at…
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Fast Forward Nazi Looted Art Experts Hold Conference
Experts on Nazi-era looted art have gathered for a week of workshops aimed at improving their ability to track and restore objects to their rightful heirs. The first ever Provenance Research Training Program, which concludes June 15, drew 34 international participants – from museum directors to law enforcement agents, from art restitution experts to representatives…
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Fast Forward Demjanjuk’s Lawyer Claims Malpractice in Death
An attorney for convicted Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk filed a complaint with German prosecutors claiming that his death was hastened by medication administered at a nursing home in Bavaria. Ulrich Busch asked prosecutors in Rosenheim, Bavaria, in a 12-page complaint to open an investigation of five doctors and a nurse, The Associated Press reported…
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Fast Forward NGO’s Warn Israel To End Gaza Blockade
Some 50 nongovernmental organizations called on Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip. “For over five years in Gaza, more than 1.6 million people have been under blockade in violation of international law,” the groups said in a petition issued Thursday. “More than half of these people are children. We the undersigned say…
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Fast Forward Olympics Officials Warn Against Boycott of Israelis
The International Olympic Committee warned that a refusal by any participant in next month’s Games to compete against an athlete from a particular country is against the IOC’s code of ethics. The warning came Thursday in response to an Algerian kayaker who withdrew last month from a World Cup event after learning that he would…
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Fast Forward Congressman Visits Jew Jailed in Bolivia
The chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs human rights subcommittee traveled to Bolivia to visit with a jailed American Chasidic Jew. Rep. Christopher Smith (R-N.J.) accompanied American businessman Jacob Ostreicher this week to a hearing where he argued against the Bolivian government’s charges against Ostreicher. “Justice delayed is justice denied,” Smith said…
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Fast Forward Day School Ballplayer Opts for College
Max Ungar, the 17-year-old catcher drafted by the Washington Nationals in the Major League Baseball draft, will play college baseball instead. Ungar, who recently graduated from Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School in Maryland, decided to fulfill his commitment to play baseball at Denison University in Ohio, according to the Washington Jewish Week. “The National’s…
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Fast Forward Group Wants Drones To Check on Israel’s Eruv
An organization in Israel wants to use unmanned aerial vehicles to check the national eruv in problematic spots. The Shabbat Fund has placed a proposal on the table to purchase the UAVs at a cost of more than $6,000 a drone, the Hebrew language Beharedi Haredim website reported. The drone could save manpower hours and…
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