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Fast Forward Australian Court Boosts Deportation of Nazi Suspect
The long-running Australian court battle to extradite an alleged Nazi war criminal to his native Hungary has been boosted by a Federal Court decision. Three judges agreed Tuesday to refer the extradition case of Charles Zentai, who is accused of murdering 18-year-old Peter Balasz in Budapest in 1944, back to Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor….
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Fast Forward Obama Campaign Taps Ira Forman To Run Jewish Outreach
The Obama re-election campaign has hired Ira Forman, the ex-chief of the National Jewish Democratic Council, as its Jewish outreach director. Forman, who was the NJDC’s executive director, will coordinate the campaign’s outreach to the Jewish community, according to a source with the campaign. “I am truly honored to be able to work toward President…
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Fast Forward Bibi Tells GOP: Iran Is Biggest Threat
Iran remains the region’s biggest threat, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a delegation of Republican U.S. congressmen visiting Israel. “Iran is the largest danger standing before us today,” Netanyahu told the 27 lawmakers making up a congressional delegation led by Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the majority whip in Congress. “It is what motivates the leading…
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Fast Forward Israel Arrests Al-Jazeera Journalist
Israel is holding in custody the Kabul bureau chief for the Arabic language Al Jazeera network on accusations that he is affiliated with the terrorist Hamas group. Samir Allawi reportedly was arrested last week while crossing from the West Bank to Jordan on his way back to Afghanistan. He had spent three weeks visiting his…
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Fast Forward Jewish Camp Foundation Wins Big Grant
The Foundation for Jewish Camp has received a $3.3 million grant for a new program to create jobs for Jewish educators. The Nadiv program will fund the creation of three new educator positions for Reform nonprofit Jewish overnight camps and Jewish day or synagogue schools, plus the other positions shared between community camps and day…
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Fast Forward Met Halts Loans to Russian Museums as Legal Dispute Rages
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art reportedly has canceled plans for an art loan to a Russian museum in the ongoing dispute over a Chasidic archive. The Metropolitan Museum had planned to lend 35 items by fashion designer Paul Poiret to the Kremlin Museum in Moscow for a September show. A number of loans between…
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Fast Forward Ruth Madoff Will Divorce Ponzi Scam Artist Hubby
Ruth Madoff will divorce her husband, Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff, in order to reconcile with her son, a Madoff biographer said. Ruth Madoff, 70, reportedly has not visited her husband of 52 years in prison since their son Mark, 46, committed suicide last December, according to Diana Henriques, author of “Bernie Madoff: The Wizard of…
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Fast Forward Family of American Contractor Can Sue Over Gaza Death
The family of an American contractor killed in the Gaza Strip can sue the Palestinian Authority, a U.S. appeals court ruled. Saturday’s ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington overturns a ruling last year by the U.S. District Court in Washington in favor of the PA. Mark Parsons and…
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