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Fast Forward Farrakhan Accuses Jews of Hurting Blacks
Minister Louis Farrakhan, in a letter addressed to U.S. Jewish organizations, accused Jews of hurting blacks and called for dialogue to “repair” the damage. The Nation of Islam leader sent the letter, as well as a two-volume copy of “The Secret Relationship Between Blacks and Jews” by the Nation of Islam Historical Research Team, which…
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Fast Forward Kagan Praises Israeli Judge, Talks Chinese Food on Christmas
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said her admiration for a former Israeli chief justice was rooted in her Jewishness and admiration for Israel. She offered a similar explanation, if less passionate, for her penchant for Chinese food on Christmas. Kagan, the U.S. solicitor general tapped by President Obama for the high court, has come…
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Fast Forward Turkey’s Erdogan Says Israel Is ‘Biggest Barrier to Peace’
The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “the biggest barrier to peace” in the Middle East, Turkey’s prime minister said in a television interview. Recep Tayyip Erdogan, speaking Monday night with PBS’s Charlie Rose, reportedly said he thought Israel’s government impeded Middle East peace attempts and that “at the moment, the problem in…
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Fast Forward Construction Begins on Jewish Housing in Sheikh Jarrah
Construction began on a Jewish housing project in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood. A construction crew arrived Sunday at the Shepherd Hotel in Sheikh Jarrah to begin drilling as part of engineering testing on the site, according to reports. Twenty new Jewish homes are set to be built on the site by American Jewish millionaire Irving…
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Fast Forward Oren Denies Saying There Is ‘Tectonic Rift’ Between U.S. and Israel
Israel’s ambassador to the United States denied reports that he called the relationship between Israel and the U.S. a ‘tectonic rift.’ Michael Oren, on a visit to Israel last week, reportedly told Israeli diplomats during a briefing that Jerusalem and Washington are like “continents drifting apart,” Haaretz reported Sunday. The newspaper cited five unnamed Israeli…
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Fast Forward Bork Knocks Kagan for Her Support of Israeli Judge
Robert Bork criticized U.S. Supreme Court nominee Elana Kagan because of her praise of former Israeli Supreme Court chief justice Aharon Barak. Bork, a conservative whose 1987 nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court was knocked down by the Senate, was among a number of scholars presented by the anti-abortion group Americans United for Life in…
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Fast Forward U.S. Says Sea-Bound Aid to Gaza Is Irresponsible
The Obama administration said sea-bound aid to Gaza is “irresponsible.” “Mechanisms exist for the transfer of humanitarian assistance to Gaza by member states and groups that want to do so,” a U.S. State Department release said Wednesday, in response to a reporter’s question about Lebanese plans to ship aid to the Gaza Strip. “Direct delivery…
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Fast Forward Chabad To Open Ten New Student Centers
Ten new Chabad Houses for Jewish students will open on college campuses during the 2010-11 school term. The new centers announced Tuesday night at the annual conference of the Chabad on Campus International Foundation in upstate New York will bring to more than 150 the number of campus Chabad Houses around the world. The specific…
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