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Fast Forward Cuban Court Upholds Prison Sentence for Gross
Cuba’s Supreme Court upheld a 15-year sentence for Alan Gross, the U.S. contractor held for what the Obama administration has said was his Jewish outreach. Gross, 62, who was jailed for “crimes against the state,” was convicted and sentenced in May. The high court heard an appeal last month and delivered its decision Friday. Reuters…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Praise Genocide Prevention Plan
Jewish groups praised President Obama’s initiative to develop a strategy to prevent genocide. Obama issued two orders Thursday, one to set up an interagency Atrocities Prevention Board and another banning the entry into the United States of anyone who assisted in “widespread or systematic violence” against a segment of a civilian population. The strategy would…
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Fast Forward Facing Vote, Weprin Coy About Endorsing Obama
David Weprin, the Democrat running to replace disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner, declined for now to endorse President Obama’s reelection. “I’m running myself right now,” the New York Post quoted Weprin as saying on Thursday. “On Sept. 14, I’ll be happy to address the president’s election.” “Don’t read anything into it,” Weprin said, regarding his statement….
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Fast Forward Rabbis Ask Texas Gov. Perry To Skip Prayer Rally
Sixteen rabbis are among the more than 50 Houston religious leaders who signed a letter asking Texas Gov. Rick Perry to reconsider participating in a Christian prayer rally. Rick Perry, a potential Republican presidential candidate, plans to host “The Response” on Aug. 6 at Houston’s Reliant Stadium. In a commercial featured on the rally’s website,…
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Fast Forward Gabrielle Giffords Is Well Enough for Re-Election Bid, Doctor Says
Gabrielle Gifford’s neurosurgeon says that the Arizona congresswoman could run for re-election. Peter Rhee, the doctor who operated on Giffords’ brain after she was shot in January, told the NBC affiliate KVOA Tuesday that Giffords’ mental faculties had fully recovered. “”There’s no real reason she wouldn’t be able to hold office,” Rhee said. “It’s not…
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Fast Forward Aron Pleads Not Guilty to Leiby Kletzky Murder
Levi Aron, the Brooklyn man who is accused of killing and dismembering 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky, pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. Aron was arraigned Thursday in Brooklyn. An attorney spoke for the suspect. Aron is charged with murdering Leiby after the boy became lost while walking home from camp for the first time and asked…
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Fast Forward Jew Who Was Mandela’s ‘First White Friend’ Dies
Nat Bregman, whom anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela described as his “first white friend,” died in Johannesburg. Bregman, who shared an office with Mandela for three years at a Johannesburg law firm, died July 20. He was 88. He and Mandela were law clerks in the 1940s at the offices of Sidelsky, Witkin and Eidelman when…
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Fast Forward Baltimore Modern Orthodox Get New Day School
A new Modern Orthodox day school is opening in Baltimore three months after another shut down. The Ohr Chadash Academy, which is opening Sept. 1, will be located at the Park Heights Jewish Community Center, where the Modern Orthodox Yeshivat Rambam held boys’ classes. Yeshivat Rambam closed in June because of financial problems. Ohr Chadash…
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