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Fast Forward Cleveland Browns Sign Jewish Lineman
Offensive lineman Mitchell Schwartz, a second-round draft pick of the Cleveland Browns, signed a four-year, $5.17 million contract with the team. Schwartz, a tackle from the University of California, Berkeley, was selected 37th overall in April’s draft. The Jewish player was among eight draft picks signed by the team on Sunday. Browns head coach Pat…
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Fast Forward Darrell Friedman Named Interim JDC Head
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee named Darrell Friedman as interim CEO following the abrupt resignation of longtime CEO Steven Schwager. Schwager, who had been at the helm of the JDC for 10 years, announced last Friday that he’d be stepping down as CEO effective June 30. Friedman, a Jewish organizational consultant who served for…
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Fast Forward Long Island Dad Sues Over Anti-Semitic Taunts
A suburban New York father is suing his school district over the anti-Semitic taunting of his son. Robert Slade filed the suit last week alleging that officials at Northport High School on Long Island took no action to stop a group of 20 students from traumatizing his son with taunts such as “Jews are disgusting,”…
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Fast Forward Krakow Synagogues To Open for a Night
Seven historic synagogues in Krakow that are closed for most of the year will open for one night. The synagogues will open June 2 as part of the the second annual 7@nite-Synagogues By Night, an evening of exhibitions, music concerts and fashion shows by young artists from Poland and around the world. The free event…
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Fast Forward Greek Nazis Deny Camps Had Gas Chambers
The Greek government and Jewish community condemned the leader of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party after he denied there were gas chambers or ovens at Nazi death camps. Speaking Sunday in an interview on the private Mega TV network, Golden Dawn head Nikolaos Michaloliakos said gas chambers were lies and also said claims that six…
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Fast Forward Cuba Ready for Talks on Release of Gross
The Cuban system does not allow for a humanitarian release for jailed American Alan Gross, but authorities there are ready to negotiate his status, a senior Cuban official said. “It is not conceived in the Cuban system that persons in this situation can be allowed to travel abroad,” Josefina Vidal, the top official in the…
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Fast Forward Iran Executes Man Convicted of Spying for Israel
Iran has executed a man convicted of spying for Israel and of assassinating an Iranian nuclear scientist. Majid Jamali Fashi, 24, was hanged early Tuesday morning, according to Iranian news reports. He was sentenced to death in August, 2010, for the murder of Ali Mohammadi, a particle physics professor at Tehran University killed by a…
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Fast Forward Business Leader Nominated To Chair Federations Board
Michael Siegal of Cleveland has been nominated to chair the board of trustees of the Jewish Federations of North America. The JFNA nominating committee on Monday also announced the nomination of Dede (Diane) Feinberg of Washington, D.C. as chair of the Executive Committee and Stephen Silverman of Jacksonville as treasurer. Siegal, the chairman and CEO…
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