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Fast Forward Former Attorneys General Oppose Possible Life Sentence for Rubashkin
Six former U.S. attorneys general have criticized prosecutors’ recommendation that a kosher meatpacking plant executive receive life in prison for bank fraud. The former attorneys general, as well as 17 other Justice Department veterans, expressed their concern in a letter to Linda Reade, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District…
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Fast Forward Iranian Scientist Asks for Political Asylum in Israel
An Iranian nuclear scientist has requested political asylum in Israel, an Israeli lawmaker said. Ayoub Kara, a Druze minister of the Likud Party, said Saturday that an Iranian academic with ties to Iran’s nuclear program passed the request for asylum via an Israeli woman of Iranian descent, according to reports. The scientist is waiting for…
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Fast Forward Israel Lifts Ban on iPad
Israel has lifted its ban on the iPad. The Communications Ministry announced Saturday evening that it will allow personal imports of the Apple iPad into the country. Since its release two weeks ago, Israeli customs officials had been confiscating the device from Israelis entering the country. Officials said the devices were banned because they did…
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Fast Forward Goldstone Will Attend Grandson’s Bar Mitzvah
Richard Goldstone will attend his grandson’s upcoming bar mitzvah in South Africa, following an agreement with local Jewish groups. The South African Jewish Board of Deputies brokered a deal between Goldstone and community organizations angry with Goldstone for his authorship of a U.N. report on Gaza war seen as grossly unfair to Israel. Under the…
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Fast Forward Report: Bibi Rejects Obama’s Call for E. Jerusalem Settlement Freeze
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected an Obama administration call for a total construction freeze in eastern Jerusalem, The Wall Street Journal reported. Israeli officials conveyed the rejection to White House officials last weekend, the newspaper reported in an article published Thursday. The Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday confirmed The Wall Street Journal report,…
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Fast Forward Goldstone To Stay Away From Family Simcha
In the interest of avoiding a disruption of his grandson’s bar mitzvah in South Africa, Judge Richard Goldstone, author of the Goldstone Report on the 2009 Gaza conflict, told JTA that he would not attend the family simcha in May at a Johannesburg synagogue. But in case Goldstone has any second thoughts, a leading South…
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Fast Forward Lezak and Goldberg Inducted Into Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
Wrestler Bill Goldberg and Olympic swimmer Jason Lezak were among seven inductees into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. The five others inducted Sunday at at the Hall of Fame in Commack, N.Y., were Virginia Tech men’s basketball coach Seth Greenberg; female judo champion Rusty Kanokogi; Penn State women’s volleyball coach Russ Rose; Achilles…
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Fast Forward Obama Administration Summons Syrian Envoy Over Alleged Arms Transfer
The Obama administration “condemned in the strongest terms” Syria’s alleged transfer of arms to Hezbollah and suggested that Syria’s actions would affect renewed bilateral relations. The administration summoned Syria’s top envoy to discuss the transfers, a sign that it has evidence contradicting Syria’s persistent denials. “The most senior Syrian diplomat present in Washington today, Deputy…
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