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Fast Forward Hoopster Omri Casspi Returns to Israeli Team
The Cleveland Cavaliers? Omri Casspi has signed with his former Israeli basketball team. Casspi wrote Tuesday on his Facebook page that he has signed a contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv. He said the contract is effective in January, when it will be clear whether or not the National Basketball Association season will be cancelled due…
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News Ohio Teen Sues Over Anti-Semitic Bullying
The family of a 14-year-old Ohio girl is suing school officials in the state for allowing bullying and anti-Semitic attacks aimed at their daughter. The lawsuit alleges that officials at Green High School did nothing to curb years of bullying by classmates, which included being called a ?dirty Jew? and told she would ?rot in…
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Fast Forward Tnuva Dumps U.S. Kosher Distributor
Tnuva, Israel?s largest dairy company, said it will not renew its contract with its Brooklyn distributor, which is accused of underpaying workers and firing employees illegally. A campaign by organized labor and Jewish groups had urged Tnuva to break from Flaum Appetizing, which distributes the Israeli firm?s cheese in the United States and also produces…
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Fast Forward Manning Makes List of Top Jewish Women
Kathy Manning, board chair of the Jewish Federations of North America, was named to Jewish Women International?s annual list of 10 ?Extraordinary Women to Watch. The list featured in the organization?s Jewish Woman magazine began in 1998. Along with Manning, the 2011 list cites Mia Bauer, the founder of Crumbs Bake Shop; Abby Greensfelder, a…
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Fast Forward Biden Says U.S.-Israel Ties ‘Unbreakable’
Vice President Joe Biden said the U.S. commitment to Israel was ?unbreakable.? Biden made his remarks Sunday in an address to the annual dinner for Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, an Orthodox Jewish day school in suburban Detroit, the Detroit News reported. The commitment, the vice president said, ?is a key component of our broader efforts to…
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Fast Forward Evelyn Lauder Dies, Led Pink-Ribbon Campaign
Evelyn Lauder, who pioneered the pink ribbon as the symbol of breast cancer awareness, has died. Lauder, the daughter-in-law of cosmetics queen Estee Lauder, died of ovarian cancer Saturday at her home in Manhattan. She was 75. Lauder was married to Leonard Lauder, the oldest son of Estee and chairman emeritus of the makeup corporation….
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Fast Forward GOP Candidates Spar on Iran in Debate
Three Republican candidates for president said they would go to war if Iran obtained a nuclear weapon. Mitt Romney, one of the frontrunners and the former Massachusetts governor, Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Rick Santorum, a former Pennsylvania U.S. senator, each said Saturday night that a “credible threat”…
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Fast Forward Pope Urges Dialogue in Meeting With Israelis
Pope Benedict XVI urged dialogue among faiths and condemned violence in the name of God in a meeting with Israeli religious leaders. In a meeting Thursday at the Vatican with members of the Israeli Religious Council, the pope affirmed that religion must be a force for peace. “Today we find ourselves confronted by two kinds…
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