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Fast Forward Skolnik Named Leader of Conservative Rabbis Group
Rabbi Gerald Skolnik was installed Monday as president of the Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative rabbis during its national convention. He replaces Rabbi Gilah Dror, who held the position for the last two years. Skolnik was ordained by the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1981 and served as assistant rabbi of The Forest Hills Jewish Center, the…
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Fast Forward Congress Set To Approve $1 Billion for Israel
The U.S. House of Representatives defense appropriations subcommittee is set to approve nearly $1 billion for Israeli and joint Israeli-U.S. missile defense programs. “This funding level is the highest ever appropriated in a single year for these life-saving programs,” Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.), a member of the committee, said in a statement. Some $680 million…
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Fast Forward Jewish Reaction Mixed to Hollande’s Victory
Jewish reaction was mixed to the election of the Socialist Party’s Francois Hollande as the president of France. The European Jewish Congress congratulated Hollande, who was elected Sunday over Nicolas Sarkozy with 51.7 percent of the vote to 48.3 percent for the incumbent. “Our recent meeting with Mr. Hollande was very constructive and touched on…
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Fast Forward Greek Jews Worry Over Rise of Neo-Fascists
Jewish leaders in Greece expressed concern and disappointment after the fascist Golden Dawn party was poised to enter the Greek parliament for the first time. With most of the ballots counted, Golden Dawn received nearly 7 percent of the vote in Sunday’s elections as Greeks punished the mainstream parties they blame for the country’s financial…
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Fast Forward Spielbergs Honor Patriarch of Family
The Spielberg clan has honored one of its own – not filmmaker Steven or one of his three sisters, but family patriarch Arnold Meyer Spielberg. The family gathered late last month for the conferral of the first Inspiration Award by the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation Institute on the 95-year-old senior Spielberg, himself the…
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Fast Forward Delmon Young Apologizes for Anti-Semitic Brawl
Delmon Young, the Detroit Tigers outfielder arrested in New York for allegedly attacking a group of men and making anti-Semitic remarks, apologized for his actions after a week-long suspension was lifted. During a pregame interview with reporters on May 5, Young apologized to his teammates, the Tigers organization, the victim’s family, Major League Baseball, friends,…
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Fast Forward Mila Kunis Feared Anti-Semitic Persecution
Actress Mila Kunis said she had to hide her Jewishness as a youngster in Ukraine and was miserable during her early years in the United States. In an interview published in Britain’s The Sun on Saturday, Kunis said that most of her family was killed in the Holocaust and that she had to hide that…
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Fast Forward Moshe Kagan, Labor Zionist Leader, Dies at 92
Moshe Kagan, a passionate labor Zionist and longtime board member of the Claims Conference, has died. Kagan died on May 6 at the age of 92. A passionate labor Zionist, Kagan was a founder and president of Americans for Progressive Israel/Hashomer Hatzair, a predecessor of Meretz USA . Meretz USA has described him as “an…
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