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Fast Forward Nobel-Winner Montalcini Toasted on 103rd Birthday
Tributes have poured in – from ordinary people all the way up to Italy’s president – to honor Italian Nobel Prize-winner Rita Levi Montalcini on the occasion of her 103rd birthday. Levi Montalcini, who turned 103 years old on Sunday, was a joint recipient of the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1986. She was born…
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Fast Forward Congress Shies Away From More Iran Sanctions
The U.S. House of Representatives voted down a request to strengthen Iran sanctions in the Small Business Tax Cut Act. The motion to recommit the legislation to the House Ways and Means Committee, which was offered by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), sought to deny tax reductions for businesses that are in violation of the Iran…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Teens Caught Carrying Pipebombs
Two Palestinian teens were arrested at a West Bank checkpoint after police found they were hiding pipe bombs, a gun and ammunition. The Palestinians, both 17 and residents of the Balata refugee camp in Nablus, were acting suspiciously as they approached the Tapuach Junction on Saturday evening. When asked to stop for a routine inspection…
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Fast Forward Stone Tablets Date to First Temple Era
Two stones with inscriptions that may date back to First Temple times are not fakes, according to an Israeli judge and a panel of experts. An Israeli antiquities dealer, Oded Golan, had been accused of faking an inscription on an artifact called the “Jehoash Inscription,” a stone tablet describing renovations of the First Temple in…
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Fast Forward Nazi-Hunters’ Top 10 List Has 3 New Names
The Simon Wiesenthal Center’s latest list of the world’s 10 most-wanted Nazi war criminals contains three new names, all with Canadian connections, and the center claims to have new evidence against one of them. The new names names contained in the SWC’s “Annual Status Report on the Worldwide Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi War Criminals”…
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Fast Forward Latinos Have Positive Views of Jews: Study
A survey commissioned by the American Jewish Committee found that Latinos held positive views about Jews, but have had limited contact with them. “Latino opinions are hampered by limited contact and general unfamiliarity with Jews,” according to Latino Decisions, the company that carried out the survey for the AJC. Its conclusion, nonetheless, was that “Latinos…
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Fast Forward Court Rules Against Palestinian Torture Victim
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously against a request by the family of an American allegedly tortured to death while in Palestinian custody to sue under the Torture Victim Protection Act. The family of American citizen Azzam Rahim sought to sue the Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organization under the 1991 Torture Victim Protection Act…
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Fast Forward Vienna Removes Name of Anti-Semitic Mayor
Vienna is removing the name of a notoriously anti-Semitic mayor from a section of the elegant Ring boulevard that encircles the heart of the city. A city official announced Thursday that the section now known as Dr. Karl-Lueger-Ring, will be renamed Universitaetsring (University Ring) in honor of the University located there. Lueger was mayor from…
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