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Fast Forward Gene Experts Find Jewish Link in Colorado
Israeli geneticists have linked a Native American population in Colorado to Jews expelled from Spain during the Inquisition. Geneticists at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv discovered the genetic mutation marker BRCA1 in a group of Mexican Indians who had emigrated from Mexico to the United States over the past 200 years and settled…
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Fast Forward White House Sorry for ‘Polish’ Camp Remark
The White House expressed its regrets about President Obama’s use of the term “Polish death camp.” In a statement Wednesday morning, Tommy Vietor, the spokesman for the U.S. National Security Council, said the president “misspoke” during his presentation of a posthumous Medal of Freedom a day earlier to Jan Karski, a Polish resistance fighter who…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Hand Over Slain Palestinians’ Bodies
Israel will turn over to the Palestinian Authority the bodies of more than 90 terrorists, according to Israeli and Palestinian news media. The handover is scheduled to take place on Thursday. An additional about 40 bodies will be turned over at a later date, according to the Ma’an Palestinian news service. Included among the bodies…
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Fast Forward Anti-African Riots Draw More Condemnation
A number of additional U.S. Jewish organizations weighed in on Tel Aviv anti-African migrant riots. Among those condemning the last week’s riots during a protest against the large numbers of Aftican migrants living in the city were the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, the New Israel Fund, the American Jewish Committee, J Street and the National…
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Fast Forward Shimon Erem, ‘Patriarch’ of L.A., Dies at 90
Shimon Erem, who fought for Israel in four wars and was recognized as the “patriarch” of the Israeli community in Los Angeles, has died. Erem died May 27 in Los Angeles after a prolonged struggle with cancer. He was 90 years old. He was born Shimon Kazarnofsky in Kaunus, Lithuania in 1922 and was three…
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Fast Forward Mitt Romney Meets With Mogul Sheldon Adelson
Mitt Romney met with Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate who took aim at Romney’s presidential campaign by substantially backing challenger Newt Gingrich. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and likely Republican presidential candidate, met for 45 minutes Tuesday with casino mogul Adelson in Las Vegas, where Romney was to attend a fundraiser organized by celebrity Donald…
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Fast Forward Karski, Albright and Dylan Get Medals of Freedom
President Obama awarded the Medal of Freedom to Jan Karski, Madeleine Albright and Bob Dylan, among other recipients. Twelve of the 13 recipients received their medals in a ceremony Tuesday at the White House. Israeli President Shimon Peres will receive the medal in a separate event next month. Karski, who died in 2000, was a…
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Fast Forward Extremists Cause Damage at Ancient Tiberias Site
Haredi Orthodox extremists are suspected of causing irreparable damage to an ancient mosaic on the floor of a fourth century synagogue in Tiberias. Some of the mosaic tiles at the Hammat Tiberias synagogue in northern Israel were smashed into tiny pieces and other parts were deeply scratched in an attack that occurred between Monday night…
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