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News Alan Gross’s Wife Calls for More Pressure on Cuba
The wife of American contractor Alan Gross called for increased pressure on Congress and President Obama to get her husband released from a Cuban jail. Judy Gross spoke Monday at a protest on her husband’s behalf outside the Cuban Interests Section in Washington. The rally was organized by the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater…
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Fast Forward Israel Apologizes to Pregnant Photographer
Israel’s Defense Ministry apologized to an American New York Times photographer who was forced to go through an X-ray machine during a security check despite being pregnant. Lynsey Addario reportedly was made to go through the X-ray machine three times despite being asked to be patted down, and was then required to go through a…
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Fast Forward Lubavitchers Gather for Brooklyn Conference
Thousands of emissaries from the Chabad-Lubavitch movement gathered for their annual banquet in Brooklyn. The nearly all-male crowd of about 4,500 at Sunday night’s gala dinner included nearly 4,000 Chabad emissaries from around the world, according to chabad.org. The event was hosted at a massive port facility building in the Red Hook neighborhood. Guest speaker…
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Fast Forward Swastika Scrawled in Brooklyn Elevator
A swastika was etched inside an elevator in a Brooklyn building for the second time in recent days. Last Friday’s incident in the building in the Williamsburg neighborhood, as well as the previous incident nine days earlier, is being investigated by the New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Unit. No suspects have been identified in…
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Fast Forward Congressmen Want Account of Palestinian Aid
Two Democrats in Congress want the body’s investigative arm to look into how U.S. funds are spent by the Palestine Investment Fund. Reps. Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) and Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) wrote to the General Accounting Office this week, asking it to consider reports that the Palestinian Authority plans to use PIF money to fund homes…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Unhappy at Debt Deal Failure
Several U.S. Jewish groups lamented the congressional supercommittee’s failure to achieve a deficit-reduction agreement, but expressed relief over outcomes they had feared being at least temporarily averted. The Jewish Federations of North America, B’nai B’rith International and the National Council of Jewish Women each expressed disappointment in the decision this week of the Joint Select…
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Fast Forward Sarkozy Tries To Mend Fences Over Israel
French president Nicolas Sarkozy met with leaders of the Jewish umbrella group CRIF to reassure them of his support for Israel. The meeting comes following reports that Sarkozy called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “liar” during a conversation with President Obama at the G20 conference earlier this month. Sarkozy “responded to a lot of our…
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Fast Forward Americans Celebrate Thanksgiving in Israel
Several organizations in Israel held Thanksgiving dinner for American-born ‘lone soldiers.’ The Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin on Thursday hosted a Thanksgiving meal and football tournament for more than 300 soldiers who have come to Israel to serve in the Israel Defense Forces and have left their parents, family and friends behind….
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