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Fast Forward V.P. Biden To Visit Israel
Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Israel and areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority. “The vice president will meet with key leaders in Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Egypt and Jordan,” a White House statement said, adding that the trip will occur during the week of March 8. “During the trip, the vice president will…
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Fast Forward Bomb Detonated in India Likely Meant for Chabad
A bomb that exploded in a crowded cafe in India was likely meant for the nearby Chabad House, Indian authorities said. The bomb that detonated Saturday in Pune, India, killed nine people and injured 57. The bakery is located several dozen yards from the city’s Chabad house. Pune is 125 miles southeast of Mumbai, where…
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Fast Forward Claims Conference Fires Employees Over Fake Holocaust Claims
The Claims Conference fired three employees for approving fake Holocaust claims. The dismissals occurred last week, and the federal government has launched an investigation, according to the New York Jewish Week. The Claims Conference said it’s not clear whether the employees simply were negligent or willfully sought to defraud the German government, which pays the…
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Fast Forward Mumps Outbreak Among Jewish Boys
An outbreak of mumps in New York and New Jersey has affected more than 1,500 people since June, mostly Jewish boys ages 7-18. A report issued Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that the children with the mumps have high vaccination rates, but that the spread of the disease is…
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Fast Forward Wiesenthal Center Protests Goldstone Address at NYU
The Simon Wiesenthal Center is objecting to the appearance of Richard Goldstone at New York University. Goldstone, the author of a fervently disputed report on Israel’s conduct in the 2008 Gaza war, is slated to deliver a keynote address at the university in late February, according to a news release from the center. In a…
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Fast Forward Arrest Made in Auschwitz Sign Theft
A wanted Swedish man has been arrested in connection with the theft of the famous Auschwitz sign. Anders Hogstrom was arrested Thursday in Stockholm, the BBC reported, a week after a Polish court issued a European-wide warrant for his arrest for allegedly ordering the theft of the metal sign reading “Arbeit macht frei” from the…
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News Oren: J Street Clash Ebbing
The Israeli ambassador to Washington says his dispute with J Street is close to resolution and that the group was “much more in the mainstream.” Michael Oren stirred controversy last summer when he declined to attend the inaugural conference of the dovish pro-Israel lobby, and again late last year when he told a group of…
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News Bernard Lander, Touro College Founder, Dies at 94
Rabbi Bernard Lander, the founder and president of Touro College, died February 8 of congestive heart failure at his home in Queens, the college has announced. He was 94. Lander started Touro in 1971 after spending two decades as a sociology professor at Yeshiva University, where he also served as dean of the university’s Bernard…
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