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Fast Forward Texas Jewish Hoops Team Loses Shabbat Appeal
A Texas school association voted a second time not to reschedule a state tournament semi-final game so that an Orthodox high school can play. Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools executive board voted Wednesday 8-0 with one member absent to affirm a vote Monday not to reschedule a boys basketball state tournament semi-final game…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Gather To Remember Slain Settler Family
Hundreds gathered in the West Bank community of Itamar to mark the first yahrzeit for the five slain members of the Fogel family. A beit midrash, or study hall, was dedicated Wednesday to the memory of parents Udi Fogel, 36, and Ruth Fogel, 35, and their children, Yoav, 11; Elad, 4; and Hadas, 3 months….
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Fast Forward British Politician Quits Over Israel Comment
British peer Jenny Tonge resigned as party whip of the Liberal Democrats after saying that Israel would not survive for long in its present form. Tonge’s remarks, made at a meeting last week at Middlesex University, included the observation that the American people would soon “get sick” of the billions their government sends annually “to…
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Fast Forward Palestinian TV Station Knocked Off Air by Israel
A Palestinian television station in the West Bank went off the air following a raid by Israeli soldiers. Israel’s Communication Ministry ordered Wednesday’s raid of the al-Watan TV station, located near Ramallah, for using unauthorized frequencies that the Israel Defense Forces said affects arriving and departing flights at Ben Gurion Airport. The soldiers took equipment,…
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Fast Forward Daniel Pearl Is ‘Baptized’ in Mormon Rite
Daniel Pearl was baptized in a Mormon proxy ritual in another case of a prominent deceased Jew discovered to have been baptized posthumously in recent weeks. Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter kidnapped and executed by terrorists in Pakistan in February 2002, was baptized by proxy on June 1, 2011 at a Mormon temple in…
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Fast Forward Israel Appoints First Ethiopian-Born Envoy
Israel has appointed its first Ethiopia-born ambassador. The appointment of Belaynesh Zevadia as Israel’s envoy to Ethiopia was announced Tuesday. Zevadia also was the first Ethiopian Foreign Ministry cadet. She made aliyah at the age of 17 and studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations and African studies…
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Fast Forward Adelson Makes ‘Substantial’ Super PAC Donation
Casino and hotel magnate Sheldon Adelson reportedly has given a “substantial” new donation to a group supporting Newt Gingrich for the Republican presidential nomination. Adelson gave the donation to Winning Our Future, an independent committee, or Super PAC, that is run by former Gingrich associates, Politico reported Tuesday, one week ahead of the Super Tuesday…
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Fast Forward Romney Wins Arizona, Michigan Contests
Mitt Romney won Republican primary contests in Arizona and Michigan, maintaining his frontrunner status for now. In Michigan, the state his father governed and where he was raised, Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, beat back a challenge Tuesday by Rick Santorum, the former Pennsylvania senator, 41 to 38 percent. Santorum’s strong challenge nonetheless forecasts a…
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