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Fast Forward Ohio Shuts Down Trade Office in Israel
The State of Ohio’s Department of Development is closing its trade office in Israel. The closure is part of cuts being made throughout the department’s global markets division, the Cleveland Jewish News reported. The two-person Ohio-Israel trade office located in Tel Aviv worked with Israeli businesses that were interested in relocating to Ohio. The office,…
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News Anti-Semitism Official Honored for Work
Hannah Rosenthal, the State Department envoy on anti-Semitism, was recognized for her work by the Haiti Jewish Refugee Legacy Project. Rosenthal received the project’s Tikkun Olam Award for her efforts to combat hate and intolerance. The award, which Rosenthal received on Aug. 3, is given to individuals or organizations that have dedicated themselves to Holocaust…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva U. Gives First Woman Doctorate in Talmud
Yeshiva University gave its doctorate in Talmud to a woman, Shana Strauch Schick, 30, for the first time. The university’s graduate study program in Talmud has been available to women since 2000, but Schick is the first woman to complete it. Schick, a New Jersey native now living in suburban Detroit, successfully defended her dissertation…
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Fast Forward Baltimore Redistricting Meeting Shifted From Sabbath
A hearing to discuss political redistricting in the Baltimore area was rescheduled to accommodate Jewish Sabbath observers. Twelve public meetings were scheduled throughout the state to allow input from residents into the congressional and legislative redistricting. The two meetings in the Baltimore area both conflicted with Shabbat. The meeting scheduled for Aug. 12 was moved…
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Fast Forward White House Toughens Stance on Syria
Susan Rice, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, offered the strongest sign yet that the Obama administration is seeking the removal of Syrian President Bashar Assad. “Syria would be better off without Assad,” Rice said in a Twitter post Wednesday. “He’s lost his legitimacy.” The statement came amid reports that the Obama administration, along…
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Fast Forward Obama and Netanyahu Talk About Security
President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed peace and security issues a day after the State Department reprimanded Israel on new housing in Jerusalem. “President Obama spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu today to consult on regional issues and efforts to achieve Middle East peace,” a White House statement said Wednesday. “The Prime…
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Fast Forward U.S. Ambassador Vows To Enhance Security Cooperation With Israel
Dan Shapiro, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, said the United States will continue security cooperation with Israel “to even greater levels.” Shapiro made the pledge Tuesday as he toured a battery of Israel’s Iron Dome short-range missile defense system near the Gaza Strip. “We are very proud to be involved in this project,” Shapiro said…
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Fast Forward Judge Rules New York’s Kosher Law Is Constitutional
New York State’s revised kosher law is constitutional, a federal judge ruled. U.S. District Court Judge Nina Gershon ruled last week in Brooklyn that the law, which was revised in 2004 after Gershon ruled it unconstitutional, does not violate the First Amendment right to free speech, as claimed in a 2008 lawsuit by Long Island…
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