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Fast Forward Netanyahu and Obama To Meet
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to meet in Washington with President Obama at the end of the month. Israeli officials told Jewish groups on June 8 that Netanyahu would be in the United States capital on June 28 and 29. Netanyahu had been scheduled to meet with Obama earlier in June, but was…
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Fast Forward Foreman Seeks Rematch After Knee Surgery
Yuri Foreman says he wants a rematch with Miguel Cotto following surgery to repair the torn meniscus he suffered in their first bout. Referee Arthur Mercante Jr. stopped Saturday’s World Boxing Association super-welterweight title match at Yankee Stadium in the ninth round when the champion Foreman could not continue because of the injury to his…
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Fast Forward Reuters Accused of Cropping Flotilla Photos
A blog has criticized the Reuters news agency for cropping the knives of activists on board a Gaza-bound flotilla from photos it distributed to newspapers. The blood of a wounded Israel soldier also was omitted from the two photographs first questioned by the Little Green Footballs blog. “That’s a very interesting way to crop the…
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Fast Forward Rubashkin Acquitted in Agriprocessors Child Labor Case
Kosher meatpacking executive Sholom Rubashkin was acquitted in an Iowa state court of child labor violations. Rubashkin was found not guilty on all 67 counts of child labor violations, relating to 26 teenagers from South America who worked at the Agriprocessors kosher meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. Several then-underage workers at the Agriprocessors plant were…
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Fast Forward Mordechai Eliyahu, Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi, Dies
Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu, spiritual leader of the national religious movement in Israel, has died. Eliyahu, who served as the Sephardi chief rabbi of Israel from 1983 to 1993, died Monday after being hospitalized at the Shaarey Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem for nearly a year from complications of a heart condition. He was 81. Tens…
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News Shalit Campaign Launched by Conservative Movement To Mark Fourth Anniversary
The Conservative movement has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the captivity of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism’s youth and young adult services department has begun a Yellow Balloon campaign to mark the fourth anniversary of Shalit’s captivity. Shalit was captured in a cross-border raid on June 25, 2006…
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News Israel’s Navy Kills Divers
Israel’s Navy killed four men that it said were planning a terror attack at sea. Early Monday morning, the Navy forces fired on Palestinians wearing diving suits off the coast of Gaza. The men were “on their way to perpetrate a terrorist attack,” according to the Israel Defense Forces spokesman. No Israeli forces were hurt….
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Fast Forward Helen Thomas Apologizes for Telling Jews To ‘Get the Hell Out of Palestine’
Veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas has apologized for saying that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine.” Thomas said Jews living in Israel should “go back home to Poland, Germany, America and everywhere else,” during videotaped remarks to Rabbi David Nesenoff of RabbiLive.com on the sidelines of the White House Jewish Heritage Day…
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