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Fast Forward Susan Sarandon Calls Pope a ‘Nazi’
Susan Sarandon is under fire after referring to the German-born Pope Benedict XVI as a Nazi. The actress made the comment during an interview Saturday with actor Bob Balaban at the Hamptons International Film Festival. Sarandon was discussing her 1995 Oscar-winning film ?Dead Man Walking,? based on an anti-death penalty book by Sister Helen Prejean,…
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Fast Forward Maryland Camp Gets $1 Million for Conservation
Habonim Dror Camp Moshava has received $1.36 million from the state of Maryland to permanently set aside 230 acres for conservation. The grant, the largest of its type this year, comes through Maryland?s Rural Legacy Program and affects 85 percent of the land at Camp Moshava. Located in Hartford County, the land to be set…
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Fast Forward Alexandra Raisman Wins for ‘Hava Nagila’ Routine
American Alexandra Raisman won a bronze medal on the floor exercise for a routine choreographed to “Hava Nagila” at the 2011 World Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo. Raisman, 17, of suburban Boston, also was the captain of the U.S. gold medal-winning squad in the absence of Alicia Sacramone, who was forced to withdraw due to injury….
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Fast Forward Palestinian President Will Meet Task Force Despite Statehood Stand
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad is still scheduled to address the American Task Force on Palestine even though the PLO has cut off the group for not backing its statehood push. The task force, a Washington-based group that advocates for a two-state solution, e-mailed invitees Monday to its Wednesday gala reminding them that Fayyad…
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Fast Forward Bibi Writes to Terror Victims To Explain Shalit Deal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote to family members of the victims of attacks perpetrated by some of the 1,027 prisoners to be released in return for kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit. In the letters issued Monday, Netanyahu tells the families that he understands their “negative feelings” toward the deal because of the death of his…
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Fast Forward Jewish Aging Group Sued by Madoff Trustee
The trustee charged with recovering assets lost in Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme is suing the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged for $5.2 million. The case, Picard v. Jewish Association, was filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York in Manhattan on Oct. 14. It is one of hundreds of “clawback” lawsuits…
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Fast Forward Fake Toronto Rabbi Faces Immigration Rap
A former lawyer who calls himself a rabbi was arrested in Toronto and faces extradition to the United States where authorities allege he ran a massive immigration fraud scheme. For years, the man who goes by the name Rabbi Avraham David, 47, lived the life of a rabbi, writing scholarly articles and a book on…
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Fast Forward General Says No to U.S. Palestinian Aid Cut-Off
The Israeli general in charge of the West Bank is on the record opposing cuts in U.S. funding to the Palestinian Authority. “Stability in the region includes the ability of the Palestinian Authority to pay its salaries,” Brig. Gen. Nitzan Alon was quoted Wednesday as telling The New York Times. “Reducing the Palestinians’ ability to…
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Yiddish אַ פֿאָלקסטימלעכע שטימונג אויפֿן אַמסטערדאַמער ייִדיש־סימפּאָזיוםA folksy approach to this year’s Yiddish symposium in Amsterdam
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