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Fast Forward Salita To Return to Ring
Dmitriy Salita will make his return to the ring in a boxing card he is promoting. Salita, 28, an Orthodox Jewish boxer from Brooklyn, N.Y., said at a news conference Tuesday that he will fight Sept. 1 at the Oceana Hall in Brooklyn, the venue of his first professional bout. Salita has not fought since…
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Fast Forward Ahmadinejad Unharmed After Assassination Attempt
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was not injured in a failed assassination attempt on his convoy in western Iran. A handmade explosive device struck one of the cars in his convoy on Wednesday, injuring several journalists, according to the Al Arabiya television network. Reuters reported that an official from Ahmadinejad’s office later confirmed the bomb attack…
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Fast Forward Landmarks Commission Clears the Way for Ground Zero Mosque
A New York City commission vote has cleared the way for the construction of a mosque near the site of the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The City Landmarks Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to deny landmark status to the building located on the site, clearing the way for the construction project, which…
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Fast Forward Movie Distributor Appeals Holocaust Documentary’s R Rating
A movie distributor is appealing the R rating assigned to a Holocaust documentary. Oscilloscope Laboratories said Monday that it would appeal the rating by the Classification and Rating Administration for “A Film Unfinished,” which explores a Nazi propaganda film taken in the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942. With an R rating, viewers under the age of…
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Fast Forward Israeli, Lebanese Troops Exchange Fire
Israeli and Lebanese soldiers exchanged tank and artillery fire on Israel’s northern border. Residents of Israel’s North were ordered to enter bomb shelters early Tuesday afternoon. The soldiers were conducting routine operations in an area that lies between the international recognized border between Israel and Lebanon and the security fence, which is considered Israeli territory,…
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Fast Forward N.J. To Open First Hebrew Charter School
New Jersey has given final approval to open the state’s first Hebrew-language charter school. The state’s Department of Education in a July 6 vote gave permission to open the Hatikvah International Academy Charter School in East Brunswick, according to The New Jersey Jewish News. The school, which will open next year with 108 students in…
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Fast Forward Sociologist Glassner Named Lewis & Clark Provost
Jewish sociologist Barry Glassner has been named president of Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore. The executive vice provost at the University of Southern California, Glassner served as the founding director of the USC Casden Institute for the Study of the Jewish Role in American Life for seven years. The center drew many members…
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Fast Forward Peres: British Establishment Is ‘Anti-Israel’
Israeli President Shimon Peres has caused a storm in England after accusing the British establishment of being “deeply pro-Arab” and “anti-Israeli.” In a recent interview with the Jewish news website Tablet, Peres said also that there is anti-Semitism among the British. “In England there has always been something deeply pro-Arab, of course, not among all…
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