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Fast Forward Bibi Wants To ‘Legalize’ Illegal Settlements
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he will submit a plan to legalize several West Bank outposts and avoid the demolition of another. At Wednesday’s Cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said he asked Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein to “find a solution” for the Ulpana neighborhood in Beit El “that would obviate the need for demolition.” The government…
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Fast Forward Connecticut Condo Reverses Mezuzah Ban
A Connecticut condominium association has reversed its decision to prohibit mezuzahs on the doorposts of residents’ apartments. The Stanford, Conn.-based California Condominium Association’s agreement with residents previously allowed the display of items on doors but not doorposts. This meant that residents could affix Christmas wreaths and crucifixes to their doors, but Jewish residents could not…
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Fast Forward Jewish Settlers Evicted From Hebron Home
Jewish settlers were evicted from a home near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. Israeli security forces on Wednesday evacuated the Jewish families from the home that they entered a week ago in the middle of the night. The evacuation of the men, women and children reportedly took only a few moments and was…
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Fast Forward Ethiopian Immigrants Ready for First Seders
Ethiopian immigrants to Israel held model seders in absorption centers throughout the country in preparation for their first Passover in Israel. Ethiopian immigrants in the absorption center in the Jerusalem suburb of Mevaseret Zion held a model seder Monday attended by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, founder and president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews;…
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Fast Forward New York Raises Security Level for Passover
The New York Police Department is increasing its security at synagogues and Jewish sites for Passover. The NYPD said it was taking precautionary measures beginning this week in the wake of last month’s attack on a religious school in France, which left three children and a rabbi dead, The Associated Press reported. Police Commissioner Raymond…
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Fast Forward Call for Probe of Brooklyn ‘Discrimination’
Twenty elected officials are demanding an investigation into allegations that female Jewish faculty and other academics suffered discrimination at Brooklyn College. The officials sent a letter Tuesday to the chancellor of the City University of New York alleging that Brooklyn College’s provost, William Tramontano, engaged in discrimination regarding faculty hiring and promotion. Brooklyn College is…
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Fast Forward Hebron Settlers Defy Order To Leave
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested a delay in the eviction of Jewish settlers who moved into an Arab-owned home near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron. Netanyahu on Monday evening asked Defense Minister Ehud Barak for the delay until the several dozen settlers have an opportunity to prove in court their ownership of…
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Fast Forward Obama Pays Tribute to Late Rebbe Schneerson
President Obama underlined the accomplishments of the late Lubavitcher rebbe in his proclamation of Education and Sharing Day. In Tuesday’s proclamation, Obama highlighted the teachings of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson and said that Schneerson embodied a “humanitarian spirit.” “As a tireless advocate for youth around the world, he inspired millions to lift the cause of…
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