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Fast Forward Wiesel to Romney: Intervene on Baptisms
Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel said Mitt Romney should speak up about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ practice of posthumous baptisms. In an interview with the Huffington Post, Wiesel said that Romney, the front-runner in the race for the Republican presidential nod, should tell his church to “stop” performing posthumous proxy…
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Fast Forward Poland Has New Cohort of Kosher Supervisors
Following an increasing demand for kosher food in Poland, 17 Polish Jews graduated from a seminar certifying them as kashrut supervisors. The graduates, most men and women in their 20 s and 30s, participated in a three-day training seminar in Krakow, offered by the Jerusalem-based Shavei Israel organization under the auspices of Poland’s Chief Rabbi…
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Fast Forward Iran Unveils Nuclear Fuel Rods
Iran has begun loading domestically made nuclear fuel rods into a research reactor in Tehran. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad placed the first Iranian-produced rod into the reactor, according to the official government IRNA news agency. The rods were produced after Iran failed to come to an agreement with Western nations on purchasing nuclear fuel for…
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Fast Forward Mel Gibson Settles Anti-Semitism Suit
The sheriff’s deputy who arrested actor Mel Gibson and was the subject of his anti-Semitic rant is settling a religious discrimination case against his department. James Mee, who is Jewish, says he was subject to religions discrimination and a hostile work environment after arresting Gibson in 2006. Mee claims that his supervisors ordered him to…
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Fast Forward Arrests Made in New Delhi, Bangkok Attacks
Police in New Delhi have arrested five suspects in connection with a bombing attack that wounded the wife of an Israeli diplomat. New Delhi police have also identified a red motorcycle that they believe was used to stick the bomb on the car carrying the wife of an Israeli Defense Ministry representative to India on…
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Fast Forward New York Times Gets New Jerusalem Bureau Chief
Ethan Bronner, the Jerusalem bureau chief for The New York Times, is stepping down from his position. Bronner, who has been in Jerusalem for the past four years, has been named legal affairs reporter for the newspaper’s national desk. Jodi Rudoren, the Times’ education editor, will succeed Bronner in the Jerusalem post in April. The…
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Fast Forward Mormons Apologize for Wiesenthal Baptism
The Mormon church has apologized for the posthumous baptism of the parents of Simon Wiesenthal. A member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints last month submitted the names of Wiesenthal’s parents for posthumous baptism, the Salt Lake Tribune reported. Wiesenthal was a Holocaust survivor who died in 2005; his mother was killed…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Express Concern Over Obama Budget
Jewish organizations are expressing concerns at cost-cutting proposals in President Obama’s $3.8 trillion budget for 2013. The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and The Jewish Federations of North America released statements Monday objecting to the proposal that would reduce the tax deductibility rate of charitable donations for taxpayers earning more than $250,000 to…
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