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Fast Forward As Settlement-Building Restarts, U.S. Tries To Push Peace Talks
The Obama administration says it is seeking ways to advance the Israeli-Palestinian talks in light of the end of Israel’s partial moratorium on settlement building. “We recognize that given the decision yesterday, we’ve still got a dilemma that we have to resolve and there are no direct negotiations scheduled at this point, but we will…
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Fast Forward Jewish Lawmakers Introduce Legislation To Protect Students from Religious Bias
Two Jewish U.S. lawmakers have introduced legislation to protect students from religious discrimination. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) last Friday announced the introduction of legislation that would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964, whose Title VI prohibits discrimination based on “race, color, or national origin,” to include religion as well….
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Fast Forward Building Begins in West Bank, as Settlement Freeze Ends
Building began in West Bank communities just hours after the expiration of a 10-month settlement construction freeze. Work on 50 apartments for Gush Katif residents removed five years ago began Monday morning in Ariel. Construction also continued Monday in Revava, Yakir and Kochav Hashachar, Haaretz reported, on homes for which permits had been issued before…
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Fast Forward Ahmadinejad at U.N.: U.S. Planned 9/11 To Save Israel
The United States arranged the 9/11 attacks “to save the Zionist regime,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the United Nations General Assembly. The U.S. delegation walked out of Ahmadinejad’s controversial speech Thursday at the U.N. in New York, as did all 27 European Union delegations, Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Costa Rica, according to reports….
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Fast Forward Reform Group Supports Repeal of ?Don?t Ask?
The Reform Movement?s Religious Action Center urged U.S. senators to support legislation repealing the government?s ?Don?t Ask Don?t Tell Policy.? In a letter to members of the Senate, Religious Action Center Associate Director Mark J. Pelavin wrote: ?We are pleased that the White House and military leaders have recognized the urgency of repealing ?Don?t Ask…
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Fast Forward Two New York-Based Human Rights Groups Have Organized a Boycott of Performances by Israel?s National Dance Company
Two New York-based human rights groups have organized a boycott of performances by Israel?s national dance company. Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel and the New York chapter of Artists Against Apartheid announced the boycott in an open letter to the Batsheva Dance Company, which is scheduled to perform in New…
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Fast Forward Actor Billy Crystal Makes Major Gift to Hebrew U
Actor Billy Crystal has made a “substantial” gift to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem to foster activities in a performing arts project named for him. The gift, announced in a news release by the American Friends of the Hebrew University, will be used to create and present workshops, programs and theatrical performances at the university…
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Fast Forward ACLU Sues N.J. Town Over Lord’s Prayer
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against a New Jersey town on behalf of a former Jewish employee. The suit against Point Pleasant Beach contends that the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer at municipal council meetings, which the council has done since the mid-1990s, is unconstitutional because it shows preference for a…
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