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Fast Forward U.S. Contractor Held in Cuba Assisted Jews
A U.S. contractor held in Cuba since early December provided communications equipment to Cuba’s Jewish community to help them access the internet and connect with world Jewry. Alan P. Gross, 60, an international development expert for the Bethesda-based Development Alternatives Inc., a contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development, has been accused by Cuba…
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Fast Forward Camp Foundation Names CEO
The Foundation for Jewish Camp has tapped businessman Jeremy Fingerman as its new chief executive officer. Fingerman, most recently the founder and managing principal of the consulting and investment advisory firm Clairmont Ventures, will be formally introduced at the foundation’s Leaders Assembly March 14-15 in Jersey City, N.J. He succeeds Jerry Silverman, who left the…
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Fast Forward Iran Reportedly Suspends Nuke Program
Iran reportedly has suspended its nuclear enrichment program for two months. Iranian media reported Monday that the suspension is a goodwill gesture toward Western powers that are working on cutting a deal with Iran over halting its nuclear program. Haaretz reported that the Iranian media reports have not been confirmed by other sources. But according…
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Fast Forward Israel Bests Lebanon for Hummus World Record
Israel recaptured the world record for making the largest plate of hummus, nearly doubling a record set in Lebanon less than three months ago. About 50 Arab and Jewish chefs in the Israeli-Arab town of Abu Gosh prepared more than 8,800 pounds of the traditional Middle East spread last Friday. The recipe included 2 1/2…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Pay $10 Million to U.N. for Damaging Gaza Buildings
Israel reportedly has agreed to pay $10 million in compensation for damaging United Nations buildings in Gaza. Israel hit several U.N. properties, including schools, storehouses and vehicles, during its Operation Cast Lead military offensive in Gaza last winter. Israel says the properties were not targeted, but that Hamas terrorists were targeting Israel from inside or…
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Fast Forward Clinton: U.S. Wants Open Dialogue with Iran
The Obama administration wants to “keep the door to dialogue open” with Iran, Hillary Clinton said. The U.S. secretary of state told reporters Monday evening that although the United States has avoided using the term deadline, it cannot wait indefinitely to hear from Iran about curtailing its nuclear program and has begun talking to its…
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Fast Forward Small London Museum Purchases Holocaust-Era Chagall
The London Museum of Art secretly purchased a rare Marc Chagall painting at a Paris auction. The small gallery bought the 1945 painting created in response to the Holocaust for a fraction of its value, estimated at $1.6 million. The museum paid about $43,000, the Times of London reported. The painting, “Apocalypse in Lilac, Capriccio,”…
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Fast Forward Kahane Grandson, Son of Terror Victims, Arrested for Mosque Bombing
A teen whose parents and grandparents were killed in terror attacks has been arrested in connection with the torching of a West Bank mosque. The teen, arrested by Israeli police on Thursday at the Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, is reportedly the grandson of Kach founder Rabbi Meir Kahane, who was assassinated in New…
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