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Fast Forward Mets Cry Foul Over Reports on Kosher Ruling
Reports saying that a judge ruled that the New York Mets’ ballpark must allow a kosher-food vendor to sell its products on the Jewish Sabbath “mischaracterize the court’s verbal ruling,” the team said. According to a report in The New York Daily News, as well as the New York Post, a Brooklyn federal judge ruled…
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Fast Forward Presidents Conference: Walk Out of Ahmadinejad’s Speech at U.N.
A major Jewish umbrella organization has called on member states of the United Nations to walk out on a speech by Iran’s president. Anticipating that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad again will seek to address the General Assembly this year, leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations issued a statement asking delegates to leave…
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Fast Forward HIAS Urges Extension of Refugee Benefits
The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society urged Congress not to cut off funding for Supplemental Security Income, which helps elderly and disabled refugees and other immigrants pay for food and shelter. SSI funding will run out Sept. 30. HIAS urged Congress to extend funding because many refugees who are Jewish and from the former Soviet Union…
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Fast Forward Study: Mental Health Needs of Orthodox Jews Not Being Met
The mental health needs of the Orthodox community are not being sufficiently addressed, according to a new study from Yeshiva University. The service gaps are particularly pronounced in the haredi Orthodox and Chasidic communities, according to the study. Eliezer Schnall, a YU psychology professor who led the research team, was to present his findings Aug….
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Fast Forward Israeli Man Arrested in Connection to Killing Spree
A man being called a “person of interest’ in a series of killings and attacks in three states was arrested as he was about to board a flight to Tel Aviv. The man, who has been identified in the Israeli media as an Israeli citizen, was arrested Wednesday night in Atlanta, a law enforcement source…
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Fast Forward Iranian Holocaust-Denying Website Is Launched
An Iranian website that uses cartoons to deny the Holocaust was launched by a nongovernmental cultural organization in the country. The HoloCartoon site offers a parallel version of historical events in Jewish history using cartoons. The material reportedly is based on a cartoon book on the Holocaust published in Iran in 2008. The website, according…
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Fast Forward U.S. To Sell Fighter Jets to Saudis
The United States plans to sell F-15 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, but made clear to an anxious Israel that it won’t include long-range weapons systems. The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday that the Obama administration said it would sell 84 F-15 planes to Saudi Arabia in a 10-year, $30 billion deal. U.S. officials clarified…
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Fast Forward Gay Anti-Israel Group To March in Pride Parade
For the second consecutive year, the protest group Queers Against Israeli Apartheid will march in Montreal’s Gay Pride parade. Parade organizer Fierte Montreal Pride told the group that organizers will have the final say on the acceptability of banners and slogans carried in the Aug. 15 parade, the Montreal Gazette reported. B’nai Brith Canada’s League…
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