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Fast Forward Romney Wins New Hampshire; Paul Second
Mitt Romney won New Hampshire’s primary race, with Ron Paul second and Jon Huntsman third, according to early projections. A number of news organizations were projecting a win for the former Massachusetts governor in the GOP presidential primary based on early returns Thursday evening. With nearly all the precincts counted, Romney had nearly 40% of…
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Fast Forward Court Strikes Down Oklahoma Sharia Ban
A federal appeals court has ruled as unconstitutional the state of Oklahoma’s ban on judges considering Islamic law in deciding cases. The law to prevent Sharia law from being used in the state was struck down Tuesday by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Oklahoma voters had approved the ban in 2010, but a…
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News Crimson Tide’s Jewish Secret Weapon
Since Alabama’s football team won the national championship, most of the credit has gone to head coach Nick Saban. But what about Robert Levin? Pediatrician by day, Levin has been Alabama’s band announcer – better known as the “Voice of the Million Dollar Band” – for 21 seasons. So he’s been around for three national…
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Fast Forward Katy Perry’s Father Meant To Praise Jews
Comments made by the Rev. Keith Hudson, the father of pop star Katy Perry, during a sermon at an Ohio church were taken out of context, the church’s pastor said. Paul Endrei of the Church on the Rise in Westlake told the Cleveland Jewish News Tuesday that Hudson’s remarks were meant to be complimentary, but…
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Fast Forward Push To Extradite Argentina Bombers
The Simon Wiesenthal Center urged the presidents of Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela to demand the extradition to Argentina of the Iranians implicated in the 1994 terrorist attack on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires. The countries are playing host this week to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad “Two Argentine presidents have accused Iran, from the…
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Fast Forward D.C. Mayor Settles Passover Election Suit
Washington Mayor Vincent Gray has settled a lawsuit brought against the District of Columbia by a local rabbi over the date of special elections. Gray, a Democrat, agreed last week to introduce legislation to the City Council that would allow discretion by the district’s Board of Elections and Ethics to schedule a special election to…
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News Israeli News Anchor Yair Lapid To Enter Politics
Veteran Israeli journalist Yair Lapid has left his job as a television news anchor to enter politics. It is expected that Lapid, who made the announcement Sunday, will form his own independent party with a liberal bent. Lapid left his job at Israel’s Channel 2, with no election on the horizon, just days before the…
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Fast Forward Israel Bill Would Outlaw Holocaust Imagery
A Knesset committee has approved a law that would prohibit the use of Holocaust and Nazi terms and symbols. The Ministerial Legislation Committee on Monday approved the proposed bill, which would level an up to $26,000 fine and six months in jail for using the yellow Star of David or the term Nazi, for example….
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