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Fast Forward Justin Bieber Gets Hebrew Tattoo in Israel
Teen pop star Justin Bieber and his father got matching Hebrew tattoos during their April visit to Israel. Photos surfaced over the weekend on a Bieber fan site of the singer and his father, Jeremy, at a tattoo parlor in Israel getting the word Yeshua, Hebrew for Jesus, tattooed in Hebrew letters on their torsos….
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Fast Forward Americans’ Purchase of Soccer Team Falls Through
The purchase of a Jerusalem soccer team by two American Jews reportedly fell through. Ynet, an Israeli news website, reported Thursday that the sale of the Beitar Jerusalem team seems to have fallen apart. According to Ynet, a planned $400,000 transfer from would-be owners Dan Adler and Adam Levin never went through to seller Arcadi…
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Fast Forward Weprin Wins Lieberman Backing in Vote for Weiner’s Seat
Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) endorsed Democrat David Weprin in a New York special congressional election that has been characterized in the press as a Jewish referendum on President Obama’s Israel policies. “While David Weprin can be counted on to fight for the safety and security of the State of Israel, we can also rely on…
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Fast Forward Oops! Bloomberg Greets Muslims With ‘Shalom’
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg accidentally addressed Muslim leaders at a Ramadan gathering with a “Shalom.” Bloomberg apparently had intended to say “Salaam aleikum,” a traditional Arabic greeting, to those gathered at the Wednesday event at New York’s police headquarters. But instead the mayor said, “Shalom alaikum.” “Well, it’s common to both religions,” Imam…
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Fast Forward Facebook Won’t Ax Holocaust Deniers
Facebook, citing free speech, has rejected a request by Holocaust survivors to remove some pages that espouse Holocaust denial. “We think it’s important to maintain consistency in our policies, which don’t generally prohibit people from making statements about historical events, no matter how ignorant the statement or how awful the event,” the popular social networking…
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Fast Forward Judge Cuts Circumcision Ban From Ballot
A San Francisco Superior Court judge tentatively ruled that an initiative banning circumcisions for anyone under 18 be removed from the November ballot. The July 27 ruling came in response to a lawsuit filed last month, which argued that state law bars municipalities from banning legitimate medical practices. In her ruling, the Bay Area newspaper…
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Fast Forward Joplin Synagogue Overwhelmed With Help Since Tornado Struck
When a tornado devastated the small city of Joplin, Mo., in late May, the city’s lone synagogue was left untouched – at least, physically. But then came the flood. Not as water, but in the form of phone calls from across the United States from rabbis asking how they could help. While the United Hebrew…
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Fast Forward Beware of Extremists Who Embrace Israel, Foxman Warns
Jews and Israel should be wary of anti-Muslim extremists who claim to embrace Israel and Zionism, Anti-Defamation League national director Abraham Foxman said. Foxman e-mailed his comments to JTA in the wake of reports that Anders Behrin Breivik, the alleged gunman in last week’s massacre that killed 76 in Norway, counseled an anti-Muslim alliance between…
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