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Fast Forward Homeland Security in Chicago To Protect Jewish Organizations
Agents from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are in Chicago to beef up security at Jewish institutions. They arrived Sunday and are working through the Chicago Jewish federation, according to Paul Goldenberg, national director of the Secure Community Network (SCN), a security agency that is the product of the Jewish Federations of North America…
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Fast Forward Northwestern U. Jewish Center Is Vandalized
A Chabad House serving Northwestern University in suburban Chicago was vandalized. Saturday?s attack came a day after President Obama revealed in a televised news conference that two packages containing remote-controlled bombs addressed to Jewish organizations in the Chicago area were intercepted on the way to the United States. The large menorah in front of the…
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Fast Forward Bibi, Biden To Meet at Sidelines of Federation GA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Vice President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the General Assembly of The Jewish Federations of North America. Netanyahu told the Israeli Cabinet Sunday that at the New Orleans conference he will discuss with Biden and other senior U.S. administration figures?a series of issues, including of course the…
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Fast Forward Suspicious Package Sent to Chicago Jewish Organization Intercepted
U.S. law enforcement has warned Jewish institutions to be on the lookout for packages mailed from overseas. ?There is a reported threat to Jewish institutions in the form of packages mailed from overseas, particularly Great Britain, Yemen and Saudi Arabia,? the Anti-Defamation League said in an alert Friday afternoon. ?In light of the reported threat,…
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Fast Forward Rubashkin Denied New Trial
A federal judge denied a motion for a new trial for former Agriprocessors executive Sholom Rubashkin. U.S. District Court Chief Judge Linda Reade on Wednesday rejected a motion that accused her of a conflict of interest in Rubashkin?s case. The defense for Rubashkin, a vice president with the kosher meatpacking firm in Iowa, claimed Reade…
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Fast Forward Anti-Bullying Guidelines Add Protection for Jewish Students
New federal anti-bullying guidelines for U.S. educators will increase the protection of Jewish students from anti-Semitism. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued a letter Tuesday that in effect applies Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the protection of Jewish students from anti-Semitism on campuses. Title VI prohibits discrimination based on ?race,…
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Fast Forward Cantor’s Israel Aid Proposal Called "Outrageous"
The top foreign operations appropriator in the U.S. House of Representatives slammed a GOP proposal to vote separately on aid to Israel and foreign aid. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), who chairs the foreign operations subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, termed ?outrageous? the proposal by Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the minority whip. ?Manipulating aid to Israel…
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Fast Forward Godard Will Not Accept Oscar in L.A.
Film director Jean-Luc Godard will not appear in person to accept an honorary Oscar that some have urged be withdrawn because of views deemed anti-Semitic. The news announced Monday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences elicited little surprise in Hollywood and came exactly two months after the academy?s invitation to Godard kicked…
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