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Fast Forward Auction of Safra Jewels Raise $38 Million for Charity
An auction of jewels belonging to billionaire Lily Safra raised nearly $38 million for charity. The auction, “Jewels For Hope: The Collection of Mrs. Lily Safra,” was held Monday at Christie’s Geneva. Proceeds from the auction were set to go to 32 charitable organizations through The Lily Safra Foundation. Among the organizations are: ALEH: Caring…
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Fast Forward Israeli Businesses Counter Boycott Push
Israeli businessmen have launched a website to help counter calls to boycott products made in Israel. The campaign, called Shop-A-Fada – a play on the word of the violent Palestinian uprising, the intifada, was launched Monday. It encourages the public to counter anti-Israel boycotts with the purchase of merchandise manufactured in Israel. Shop-A-Fada was developed…
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Fast Forward Controversial Comic’s Gigs Cancelled in Montreal
A series of performances in Montreal by a French comedian whose act has included anti-Semitic references has been cancelled. Quebec’s largest concert promoter pulled the plug on four shows scheduled for this week in Montreal by Dieudonné M’Bala M’Bala, whose routine has included Holocaust denial and joking praise for Adolf Hitler. He has also been…
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv U. Students To Mark ‘Nakba Day’
Students at Tel Aviv University will mark Nakba Day with an approved campus ceremony, despite opposition from campus employees and other students. The ceremony marking Nakba Day, or Catastrophe Day, which marks the date on the Gregorian calendar when Israel achieved statehood in 1948 and is commemorated with mourning, was scheduled to take place on…
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Fast Forward Oil Drilling Near Haifa Is Halted
Oil drilling in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Haifa has been halted as the investment partners prepare to put a new oil rig in place. Drilling in the Leviathan oil field, which began more than a year ago, has not yet produced any oil. But it is believed that oil will be discovered…
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Fast Forward Israel Cabinet Approves New Plan for Ethiopians
Israel’s Cabinet unanimously approved a plan to improve the absorption of Ethiopian immigrants into Israeli society. The plan, approved Sunday at the regular Cabinet meeting, is designed to accelerate the integration process for the second-generation members of the Ethiopian immigrant community into Israeli society and eradicate displays of racism against the community. Under the plan,…
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Fast Forward New York’s Kosher Label Law Upheld
New York’s kosher law, which regulates the labeling and marketing of kosher food, does not violate the Constitution’s First Amendment, a federal appeals court ruled. The three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled May 10 in a constitutional challenge to the New York State Kosher Law Protection Act of…
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Fast Forward Peres Goes Home After Hernia Surgery
Israeli President Shimon Peres returned home from the hospital after hernia surgery. Peres returned home Sunday after undergoing the surgery on May 11 at the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer. Doctors said the surgery was successful. The hernia was discovered in Peres’ abdomen during his state visit last week to Canada. He did not…
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