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Fast Forward Bookbinder, Longtime AJC Leader, Dies at 95
Hyman Bookbinder, the legendary representative in Washington for the American Jewish Committee, has died. Bookbinder died Thursday aged 95, the AJC said in a statement. Bookbinder joined the AJC’s Washington office in 1967, having worked in the Johnson and Kennedy administrations and as a union official. He directed the office until 1986, when he retired….
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Fast Forward Jewish Democrats Rally Behind Wasserman Schultz
Jewish Democrats slammed Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) for his vituperative attack on Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) and a pro-Israel PAC raised funds for the congresswoman based on the attack. West emailed Wasserman Schultz, who is also the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, after she chided West on the U.S. House of Representatives floor…
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Fast Forward New Zealand Jews Refute Israeli Spy Claims
Jewish leaders in New Zealand reacted angrily to explosive allegations that Israeli backpackers caught in February’s massive earthquake may have been spies. The allegations were broken by the Southland Times newspaper on Wednesday, drawing an irate response from Israel’s ambassador to New Zealand, Shemi Tzur, who blasted the claims as “science fiction”. The paper claimed…
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Fast Forward Bibi Tells Arab TV He Is Ready for Talks Anywhere
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with a pan-Arab television station that he is ready to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks immediately. The talks can be in Jerusalem or even Ramallah, Netanyahu told the Al-Arabiya Arabic-language television station, which is Saudi owned and is based in Dubai. “I’m prepared to negotiate with President [Mahmoud]…
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Fast Forward Glenn Beck Switches Site of Jerusalem Rally
Talk show host Glenn Beck said he is moving the location of his planned Jerusalem rally over security concerns. On his satellite radio show Monday and in an announcement on YouTube, Beck said his “Restoring Courage” rally on Aug. 24 will not be held at the Southern Wall of Jerusalem’s Old City because of rumors…
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News Jews in Brooklyn and Houston Struggle With Tragedies
The two tragedies occurred 1,500 miles apart and in much different circumstances, but both united a community in shock, horror and grief. In New York, the abduction and gruesome murder last week of 8-year-old Leiby Kletzky while walking home from summer day camp in Borough Park, Brooklyn, left the neighborhood’s tight-knit Chasidic community reeling from…
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News U.S. Peace Group Calls for Boycott of Settlement Products
Taking protest against Israel’s new anti-boycott law one step forward, a member organization of American Jewry’s primary umbrella group for Israel is calling on its supporters to boycott products made in the Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Americans for Peace Now adopted a resolution July 19 supporting the call of its sister organization in…
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Fast Forward Jews Slam Acquittal of Accused Hungarian War Criminal
Jewish officials are viewing the acquittal of accused war criminal Sandor Kepiro in Hungary as an outrage and a betrayal. Applause and cheers broke out in the courtroom as Judge Bela Varga announced the verdict Monday. Hungarian prosecutors had charged Kepiro, a former World War II gendarmerie officer, with involvement in the killing of about…
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