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Fast Forward Paul McCartney Is Wed After Going to Shul
Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney reportedly spent the night before his wedding at Yom Kippur services. McCartney married Jewish-American heiress Nancy Shevell in London on Sunday. They reportedly attended Yom Kippur services and a break fast at a local London synagogue, where Shevell, 51, received a blessing in honor of her upcoming marriage. The couple married Sunday…
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Fast Forward GOP Lawmakers to Visit Israel
Seven Republican U.S. congressmen have accepted an invitation from World Likud chairman Danny Danon to visit Israel this month. Among those who will be making the trip are the co-chairs of the Republican Israel Caucus, Peter Roskam of Illinois and Doug Lamborn of Colorado. They will be joined by Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, the…
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Fast Forward Second Suspected Arrested in Mosque Torching
A second suspect was arrested in connection with the burning of a mosque in a Bedouin-Arab town in northern Israel. Few details have been released about the second suspect, who reportedly is a resident of the West Bank. He was scheduled to appear Monday in a Tel Aviv court for a hearing on extending his…
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Fast Forward Israeli Cabinet Approves Measures to Ease Social Woes
The Israeli Cabinet approved the Trajtenberg report, which proposes solutions to Israel’s socioeconomic problems. The Cabinet approved the report Sunday by a vote of 21 to 8. The vote reportedly came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered the Yisrael Beiteinu party a deal to vote in favor. Netanyahu agreed to more benefits for working couples,…
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Fast Forward Romney Vows To Build Closer Ties to Israel
Mitt Romney said he would increase defense assistance to Israel, raise the U.S. military profile near Iran and recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor and frontrunner in the bid to secure the Republican nomination for president, delivered the first major foreign policy speech of his campaign Friday at The Citadel,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Teenager Arrested in Mosque Arson
An 18-year-old Jewish man from northern Israel was arrested by Israeli police on suspicion of being behind the burning of a mosque in an Arab town last Sunday. The suspect was arrested hours after the torching of the main mosque of the Upper Galilee Bedouin town of Tuba Zanghariya. The man was hours after the…
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Fast Forward Kol Nidre Service Set for Occupy Wall Street Protest
A Kol Nidre service will take place at the protest movement known as Occupy Wall Street. The service, which ushers in Yom Kippur, is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday in Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, in the Wall Street area. According to the Facebook Event page, it will be a traditional egalitarian service with men and…
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Fast Forward Key Lawmaker Warns UNESCO Against Palestinian Membership
Rep. Kay Granger (R-Tex.), warned UNESCO that granting the Palestinians full membership could mean a cutoff in U.S. funding for the cultural body. The Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations on Wednesday allowed to go ahead a full vote later this month on whether to admit the Palestinians as a member. “Since April,…
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