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Fast Forward Synagogue Treasurer Slain on Boy Scout Trip
Art Anderson, 76, a Boy Scouts hike leader and synagogue treasurer from Kokomo, Ind. was stabbed to death on Sunday in front of his Boy Scouts. Anderson was leading a hike of a local boy scout troop when Shane Golitko, 22, approached the group and stabbed Anderson in the neck, killing him, police said. Golitko…
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Fast Forward Israeli Police Evict Demonstrators From Building
Israeli police evicted dozens of housing protesters from an abandoned building in Tel Aviv. The protesters had taken over the former dormitory on Monday night, saying they had “liberated” it. Police evicted the protesters Tuesday from the building, which had been empty for more than a decade. Most left peacefully, but three protesters were arrested….
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Fast Forward Exiled Libyan Jew Eying Post-Gadhafi Future
The leader of the Libyan-Jewish community in Britain said that he has been invited to run for political office in the post- Muammar Gadhafi era. Raphael Luzon told the Jerusalem Post Tuesday, a day after the fall of the Libyan capital Tripoli to rebel forces, that opposition leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil has invited him to…
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Fast Forward Hikind Refuses To Endorse Weprin in Weiner Seat Race
Democratic New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind, an Orthodox Jew, announced that he will not support the Democratic candidate to replace former Rep. Anthony Weiner. Democratic candidate David Weprin, is also a New York assemblyman and an Orthodox Jew, but the influential Hikind objects to his strong support of gay marriage. Hikind also hinted that he…
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Fast Forward Childhood Holocaust Survivors Meet in Poland
More than 300 people who survived the Holocaust as children are meeting in Warsaw – a first for Poland. The four-day meeting of the 23rd annual conference of the World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust, which ends Tuesday, marks the first time that the group’s annual conference has been held in Poland,…
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Fast Forward Mississippi Man Fired From Job Because He’s Jewish
A federal jury found that a Mississippi man was fired from his casino job because he’s Jewish. Marc Silverberg was fired from his job as food and beverage director at Sam’s Town Casino in August 2008 because of what his former employer claimed was poor performance. Silverberg disagreed and sued. The jury found for Silverberg,…
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Fast Forward Europe’s Largest Jewish Cemetery Vandalized
After vandals stuck Europe’s largest Jewish cemetery in Berlin, Jewish leaders are asking area metal dealers to check for wrought-iron objects that might have been stolen from the cemetery. Vandals recently damaged 16 gravesites and stole 47 items from the Weissensee Cemetery in the former East Berlin. According to the community, renovations on some of…
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Fast Forward Shaky Ceasefire Takes Hold in Gaza
Palestinian factions in Gaza appeared to be observing a ceasefire with Israel reportedly brokered by Egypt. The Popular Resistance Committee, blamed for last week’s coordinated attacks near Eilat that left eight Israelis dead, on Monday announced a “temporary halt of rocket fire,” according to reports. Hamas reportedly agreed to enforce the ceasefire on smaller Palestinian…
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