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Fast Forward Boycott Israel Meeting Bars Jewish Reporter
Philadelphia’s Jewish newspaper is in a flap with organizers of a boycott, divestment and sanctions conference over the disinvitation of one of its reporters from the event. Philadelphia’s Jewish Exponent published an article on its website Friday reporting that organizers of the National BDS Conference had barred the paper from covering the Feb. 3-5 conference…
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Fast Forward Komen Backs Down on Planned Parenthood Cut
Susan G. Komen for the Cure has backed down from its decision not to fund Planned Parenthood. In a statement posted Friday morning on its website, Komen’s founder and chief executive officer Nancy Brinkner said the organization was revising a rule that had earlier been used to disqualify Planned Parenthood from recieving a grant. Read…
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Fast Forward ‘Jewish Indiana Jones’ Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Rabbi Menachem Youlus, who was dubbed the “Jewish Indiana Jones” for his remarkable tales of rescuing Holocaust-era Torah scrolls, pleaded guilty to fraud charges. Youlus’ accounts turned out to be contradicted by historical evidence, witness accounts and records showing that he simply passed off used Torahs sold by local dealers who made no claims as…
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Fast Forward Giffords Shooting Suspect Not Yet Ready for Trial
Jared Loughner is not yet competent to stand trial, according to the court-appointed psychologist in the case of the shooting that wounded Gabrielle Giffords. Christina Pietz recommended evaluating Loughner’s competence in another four months, the Arizona Daily Star reported Thursday, citing a court order. Loughner’s first four-month-stay is set to expire Feb. 8, and the…
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Fast Forward Federations Escort Ethiopian Jews to Israel
Seventy-one Ethiopians arrived in Israel accompanied by lay leaders from the Jewish Federations of North America. After landing Thursday at Ben Gurion Airport, the new immigrants and the delegation of leaders were taken to an absorption center in Kiryat Gat. The mission traveled to Ethiopia to meet the remaining members of the community and visit…
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Fast Forward Occupy Chapter Endorses Boycott of Israel
The Oakland, Calif., chapter of the Occupy movement overwhelmingly endorsed a proposal in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. According to Twitter accounts by pro-Palestinian activists pushing the proposal, the statement won nearly unanimous backing in a vote Wednesday following a brief discussion. A lengthy statement on the Occupy Oakland website…
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Fast Forward Yarmulke-Wearing Student Asked To Prove Religion
A Jewish student at a Maryland high school was asked to prove that he wore a yarmulke for religious reasons. Caleb Tanenbaum, 17, was asked by the administration of Northwood High School in Silver Spring to provide a letter from a rabbi explaining why he wore the plain, off-white knitted kippah, Patch in Wheaton, Md.,…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva U. Named No. 4 Most Popular School
Yeshiva University is the fourth most popular school in the country, according to a recent U.S. News and World Report ranking. The annual rankings are based on the percentage of students who attend a university out of the total number who are accepted to the school. According to the report, which was released Tuesday, 70…
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