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Fast Forward Israel Seals Off West Bank for Rosh Hashanah
The Israeli military announced a closure of the West Bank for Rosh Hashanah as two rockets fired from Gaza hit southern Israel. The closure began Tuesday night and will last until Saturday night following the two-day holiday and Shabbat. Exceptions will be made for medical emergencies and the passage of humanitarian aid, as well as…
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Fast Forward Customs Issues Import Guidelines for Sukkot
U.S. Customs issued guidelines for bringing into the United States the four species of Sukkot. The gist of the guidelines issued Tuesday is that the species will be allowed in subject to inspection. “U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) understands that observant Jewish travelers entering the United States during the Sukkot holiday might carry religious…
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Fast Forward BMW Family Admits Using Nazi Slave Labor
The family that owns BMW has admitted to using slave labor during World War II. Some 50,000 forced laborers are estimated to have worked in the factories of Guenther Quandt, producing arms for the Nazis, a study showed. Gabriele Quandt, grandson of Guenther Quandt, told the German newspaper Die Zeit that it was “wrong” for…
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Fast Forward Ross Estate Donates $17 Million to Holocaust Museum
In the largest single gift ever to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the estate of Eric F. Ross donated $17.2 million. The money given Monday will be used to support the Washington museum’s endowment fund. With this week’s gift, Ross and his late wife, Lore, have now donated more than $30 million to the museum….
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Fast Forward Freed Hiker’s Jewish Background Is Revealed
Josh Fattal, one of the American hikers freed by Iran, has a Jewish father who once lived in Israel. The reports are coming out now with the release of Fattal and Shane Bauer, who had been accused of espionage, from an Iranian prison last week. Fattal’s father, Jacob, emigrated from Iraq to Israel in 1951,…
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Fast Forward Ed Koch Endorses Obama’s Reelection
Ed Koch says he’s now on the “Obama reelection express.” The former New York mayor told supporters in an e-mail Monday that he is backing the president in the wake of his pro-Israel speech last week at the United Nations, among other factors. Koch credited his role in the Democrats’ loss of this month’s special…
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Fast Forward Obama Names new Jewish Community Liaison
The Obama administration reportedly is set to name Jarrod Bernstein, an official with the Department of Homeland Security, as its new Jewish community liaison. Bernstein will replace Danielle Borrin in mid-October, Washington Jewish Week reporter Adam Kredo reported over the weekend on his blog. Kredo cited multiple sources with ties to the White House. Bernstein…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Art Exhibit Moved in California
An exhibit of Palestinian children’s artwork illustrating the Gaza War was shown in an outdoor venue after a California children’s museum cancelled the display under pressure from the community. The exhibit of artwork created by children aged 9 to 11, titled “A Child’s View From Gaza,” whose pictures showed bombs falling and people being struck…
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