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Fast Forward Anti-Semitism Official: Jews and Muslims Have Much in Common
Hannah Rosenthal, the Obama administration’s anti-Semitism envoy, in an address to a U.S. Shia Muslim umbrella group said the Jewish and Muslim communities have much in common. “While we Jews and Muslims may have highly educated communities, we also have fears about perceptions that others hold of our traditions,” Rosenthal said in a Sept. 2…
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Fast Forward William Lee Frost, Former JTA Leader, Dies at 84
William Lee Frost, a Jewish philanthropist who was a former president of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, has died. Frost died Wednesday in New York at 84. He was the chairman of the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation, whose interests involve supporting Judaica book funds and scholarly research on Jewish studies, as well as a director of…
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Fast Forward Jewish Clergy Join Gathering Against Islamophobia
Top Jewish clergy joined a religious gathering to combat Islamaphobia as the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks nears. “Ten years after 9/11, it has somehow become respectable to verbally attack Muslims and Islam in America,” Rabbi Eric Yoffie, the president of the Union of Reform Judaism, said Thursday at the Washington event organized by…
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Fast Forward Man Awaits Ruling in ‘Mesira’ Contempt of Court Case
A federal court judge said she will rule at a later date in the case of a Chasidic Jew who will not testify because he says it would violate “mesira,” the injunction against turning Jews over to non-Jews. Margaret Morrow of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles heard arguments Wednesday in the case involving…
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Fast Forward Jews Appointed to Panel on Taxes for Religious Groups
Four top Jewish officials were named to a commission studying tax accountability for religious groups. Nathan Diament, who directs the Orthodox Union’s Washington office; Rabbi David Saperstein, who directs the Reform movement’s Religious Action Center; Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, who directs the Conservative move net’s Rabbinical Assembly; and Steven Woolf, the senior tax policy counsel to…
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Fast Forward White House Vows To Veto Palestinian Statehood BId at UN
The Obama administration said unequivocally it would veto any U.N. Security Council resolution recognizing Palestinian statehood. “If any such resolution were put in front of the Security Council, then we would veto it,” Wendy Sherman told the Senate on Wednesday in confirmation hearings for her nomination to become undersecretary of state for policy, the department’s…
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Fast Forward John Galliano Avoids Punishment for Anti-Semitic Rant
A Paris court sentenced fashion designer John Galliano to a suspended fine and no jail time for making anti-Semitic and racist remarks to patrons at a local cafe. Under Thursday’s sentence, Galliano must pay 6,000 Euro (about $8,500) if he offends again. He had faced up to six months in prison and a fine of…
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Fast Forward Richardson Will Visit Cuba To Seek Gross’ Release
Bill Richardson is traveling to Cuba in an attempt to free Alan Gros, the imprisoned American Jewish contractor. Gross’ American lawyer, Peter Kahn, said it was the family’s hope that Gross would be released in time to celebrate Rosh HaShanah with his family. “We are pleased that the Cuban government invited Governor Richardson to Havana,”…
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