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Fast Forward David Wolpe Tops Newsweek List of Rabbis
Rabbi David Wolpe, a popular author and public speaker, made his debut atop Newsweek’s list of the 50 most influential American rabbis. Wolpe, of Los Angeles’ Sinai Temple, moved up from No. 2 a year ago on the 2012 list, which was released Monday. He swapped spots with Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, the chairman of Chabad-Lubavitch’s…
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Fast Forward Baltimore Paper Bought by Washington Paper Owners
The owners of Washington’s Jewish newspaper have purchased The Baltimore Jewish Times at a bankruptcy auction. Route 95 Publications, LLC, an affiliate of the WJW Group, which owns the Washington Jewish Week, announced that it won the Monday auction to purchase Alter Communications, the publisher of The Baltimore Jewish Times. The sale needs to be…
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Fast Forward En Route to Western Wall, Man Attacked With Axe
An ultra-Orthodox man on his way to the Western Wall for morning prayers was attacked by an axe-wielding Arab youth near the Damascus Gate. Police reportedly found the man, 55, at the scene, bleeding heavily from his head; he also had injuries to his midsection. He reportedly told police he struggled with and fought off…
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Fast Forward Jewish School Unwelcome in Texas League
The Beren Academy Orthodox Jewish day school should never have been accepted to the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, the association’s director told a Texas newspaper. “We shouldn’t have accepted them in the first place,” Edd Burleson, director of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools, or TAPPS, told the The Dallas…
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Fast Forward British Theater Urged To Back Settlement Boycott
Three dozen British directors, writers and actors called on Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London to cancel an invitation to an Israeli theater company. In an open letter published March 29 in The Guardian, the cultural figures expressed “dismay and regret” that Israel’s National Theater, Habima, will perform “The Merchant of Venice” in the Globe to…
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Fast Forward Gravestone of Hitler’s Parents Is Removed
The gravestone of Adolf Hitler’s parents, which has become a shrine for neo-Nazis, was removed at the request of a relative. The elderly woman, reportedly a descendant of Hitler’s father, relinquished her rights to the gravesite located in the Austrian town of Leonding and had the gravestone removed, according to reports. “I am concerned that…
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Fast Forward Iran-Backed Terror Group Plans Turkey Attacks
A secret Iranian network of assassins is under orders to attack Jewish, Israeli and Western targets in Turkey, Sky News is reporting, citing intelligence sources. The organization behind the attack is called Unit 400, a secret wing of Islamic Jihad’s al-Quds Brigades, under the direct command of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Sky reported…
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Fast Forward Norway Store Chain Dumps Settlement Products
A major retail chain in Norway halted the sale of all “products originating from settlements in occupied territories,” including Ahava cosmetics. The Norwegian pharmaceutical chain VITA, which has 160 stores throughout Norway, made the announcement last Friday. VITA has been the main retailer of Ahava products in Norway, according to the Norwegian People’s Aid and…
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