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Fast Forward Hollande Wants Deeper French Ties to Israel
Francois Hollande, the new French president, said he wanted to deepen ties with Israel. “The chief of state expressed his desire that France and Israel work to deepen our bilateral relations and develop existing French-Israel ties in all areas,” said a statement from the Elysee, the presidential office, issued Wednesday after Hollande met with Yaakov…
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Fast Forward Met Museum Sticks With Gertrude Stein Label
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York never substantially changed its label on its exhibit of the Gertrude Stein collection, continuing to ignore the Jewish writer’s Vichy sympathies. Emily Greenhouse, a writer for the New Yorker, checked in on the exhibit in late May, after a number of Jewish figures and the Anti-Defamation League…
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Fast Forward Obama Has Commanding Lead Among Jews: Poll
Gallup has started tracking Jewish voters for the 2012 presidential elections, and its findings are commensurate with other polling, with President Obama enjoying a 35 point lead over Mitt Romney. The poll of 576 Jews culled from the pollster’s daily tracking of registered U.S. voters from April 11-June 5, found that Jewish voters favored Obama…
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Fast Forward Vandals Desecrate Jewish Graves in Ukraine
Ukrainian police on Thursday arrested three teenagers suspected of desecrating a mass grave of Holocaust victims near Rivne. A spokesperson for the Ukrainian police said police believe the suspects, aged 17-19, sprayed swastikas on the monument near the Rivne killing site in western Ukraine on June 6. Rabbi Shneor Schneersohn, chief rabbi of Rivne, told…
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Fast Forward Jews to Presbyterians: Don’t Divest From Israel
Close to 9,000 American Jews have so far signed a petition calling on the Presbyterian Church reject proposals that would divest from three companies doing business with Israel. The petition, launched Monday and spearheaded by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and the Israel Action Network, will be sent ahead the Presbyterian Church (USA)’s biennial…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Accused of Stealing 96-Year-Old’s Wheelchair
A rabbi who was accused of stealing a 96-year-old’s wheelchair said he was taking leave from the rabbinate. Alan Abrams announced the decision Thursday on his blog. That came just hours after the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles had written an in-depth article about him, the paper reported. Abrams, 50, was accused of taking…
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Fast Forward Israeli Foreign Minister Told He May Be Indicted
Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman has been told that he may soon be indicted on charges of fraud, money laundering and break of trust. The punishment for money laundering alone could be up to a 10-year prison sentence. Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein informed the Kadima Party leader of the possibility on Wednesday, reported Haaretz. The…
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Fast Forward Bill Would Allow Survivors To Sue Insurers
A Republican and a Democrat from Florida urged Congress to act on legislation that would allow Holocaust survivors to pursue civil action against insurance companies. During a Thursday press conference flanked by several Holocaust survivors, U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs chairwoman Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) emphasized that the unpaid insurance policies for Holocaust survivors…
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