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Fast Forward Obama Hopes To Visit Israel, Ambassador Says
The new U.S. ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro, said President Obama hopes to visit the country. Shapiro, 42, presented his credentials Wednesday to Israeli President Shimon Peres. He was appointed as ambassador in July. Shapiro said no details of a visit to Israel have been worked out. He told Israeli TV stations that the United…
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Fast Forward Bill Helps Holocaust Survivors Get Services
U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida sponsored a bill that would give Holocaust survivors preference in obtaining aging services. The bill introduced Monday in the House of Representatives arose out of meetings that Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, a Republican, and Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat, had with Holocaust survivors. In lauding the measure,…
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Fast Forward Pollard Recovering After Urgent Surgery
Jonathan Pollard is recovering after successful surgery. Esther Pollard, the imprisoned spy’s wife, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that he was “conscious and aware” for what she had termed as “urgent” surgery having to do with his kidneys and gall bladder. She also said the surgery was a “temporary fix.” Pollard, who was sentenced…
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Fast Forward Detroit Looking for a Few Young Jews
The Detroit Jewish community is launching a nationwide campaign to raise money to bring 25 young Jews to live in the city. Do It for Detroit is hosting events through August held by Detroit residents and former residents, as well as supporters in Los Angeles, New York and Chicago, to raise $100,000 to revitalize the…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Back Labor Protest Against Kosher Firm
A coalition of rabbis joined workers and labor activists in a rally against unfair labor practices at a 93-year-old kosher food distributor in New York. Uri L’Tzedek, an Orthodox social justice group, helped organize a protest Tuesday with workers’ rights activists against the Faum Appetizing Corp., a Brooklyn-based firm that the National Labor Relations Board…
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Fast Forward ADL Praises Ban on Prayers at County Meetings
The Anti-Defamation League praised a federal court decision banning sectarian prayers at a county commission’s meetings in North Carolina. “This decision is a clear victory for religious freedom in North Carolina,” the ADL, which had filed a friend-of-the-court brief, said Tuesday of the 2-1 decision July 29 by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals….
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Fast Forward Washington Court Upholds Religious Slaughter
A Washington state appellate court ruled against an animal protection group?s bid to strike down as unconstitutional a law protecting religious slaughter. The three-judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals on July 25 was unanimous in rejecting the suit brought by Pasado?s Safe Haven. The state law defines as humane stunning an animal before…
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Fast Forward Jews and Muslims Share Common Values, Poll Says
Muslim and Jewish Americans share common values on key questions, according to a Gallup poll. The poll, released Tuesday, found that the Muslim Americans exceeded Jewish belief in religious pluralism and in the fairness of elections, and also in support of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ? 81 percent for Muslims, 78 percent…
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