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Fast Forward Lieberman Reportedly Will Not Seek Re-election
U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman reportedly will not run for re-election. Lieberman (I-Conn.), who became the first Jewish nominee on a major presidential ticket when Al Gore chose him as his running mate in 2000, will announce his decision Wednesday in Hartford, Politico reported. Lieberman lost favor with Democrats over his support for the Iraq War….
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Fast Forward Russian President Reiterates Recognition of Palestine
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev reiterated Russia’s recognition more than two decades ago of an independent Palestinian state. “We made a decision then and we will not change it today,” Medvedev said following a meeting Tuesday with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Jericho. The Russian president was referring to Russia’s recognition in 1988 of an…
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Fast Forward Sarah Palin Defends use of ‘Blood Libel’
In her first interview since the Arizona shooting, Sarah Palin defended her use of the term “blood libel” and said she understands its meaning. “Blood libel obviously means being falsely accused of having blood on your hands, and in this case that’s exactly what was going on,” Palin told Sean Hannity in an interview Monday…
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Fast Forward Montreal Acts of Vandalism are Not Isolated, Say Jewish Officials
Acts of vandalism at five Jewish facilities in suburban Montreal are not isolated, according to the head of the city’s Jewish Community Security Coordinating Committee. Windows were smashed early Monday morning at four synagogues and a Jewish school in the heavily Jewish suburbs of Cote Saint-Luc and Hampstead. Rabbi Reuben Poupko, the security committee’s chairman,…
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Fast Forward Barak Splits from Labor Party To form New Movement
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has split from the Labor party, which he serves as chairman, to form a new party. Four other Labor lawmakers joined Barak on Monday: Agriculture Minister Shalom Simhon; Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai; Deputy Industry, Trade and Labor Minister Orit Noked; and freshman Knesset member Einat Wilf. The new party…
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Fast Forward ‘Quartet’ To Meet in February in Attempt To Restart Israeli-Palestinian Talks
The “Quartet” guiding the Middle East process will meet next month and the top U.S. envoy is in the region attempting to restart Israeli-Palestinian talks. The Quartet of the United States the European Union, the United Nations and Russia will meet in Munich Feb. 4-6, the German government announced. The meeting will take place at…
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Fast Forward Rabbinic Group Rejects Proposal To Admit Women
A liberal Orthodox rabbinic group in the United States voted down a proposal to admit women members. The International Rabbinic Fellowship, founded by Rabbis Avi Weiss and Marc Angel of New York, voted down by what is being called “a close vote” a proposal to admit women as full or limited members, The New York…
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Fast Forward Palin Draws Anger Over ?Blood Libel? Comment
Sarah Palin?s use of the term ?blood libel? to decry blaming conservatives for the Arizona shooting has raised the ire of some in the Jewish community. In a video statement released Wednesday when she said that ?Acts of monstrous criminality stand on their own. They begin and end with the criminals who commit them. Especially…
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