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Fast Forward South African Jewish Leader Mendel Kaplan Dies at 73
Prominent South African Jewish leader and philanthropist Mendel Kaplan has died at the age of 73. A particular champion of Jewish education and Russian aliyah to Israel, Kaplan served as chairman of the board of the Jewish Agency from 1987-1995, chairman of Keren Hayesod’s World Board of Trustees from 1983-1987 and national chairman of the…
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Fast Forward Responding to Rocket Fire, Israel Hits Gaza Targets
Israeli airstrikes hit targets in Gaza in response to a Kassam rocket fired into the Negev. Two smuggling tunnels and a weapons factory in southern Gaza were hit in the Air Force raid overnight Wednesday, according to the Israel Defense Forces. About 15 rockets and mortar shells have been fired from Gaza at Israel in…
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Fast Forward Woman Wearing a Tallit Arrested at Western Wall
Jerusalem police arrested a woman praying at the Western Wall for wearing a tallit. The woman, who was participating in Rosh Chodesh services, was arrested Wednesday based on an Israeli Supreme Court ruling that the public must dress according to the customs of the site, Israel Radio reported. Police came to the site after the…
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Fast Forward E. Jerusalem Housing Approved; White House ‘Dismayed’
The White House expressed dismay over the approval of the construction of 900 housing units in an eastern Jerusalem neighborhood. The Jerusalem muncipal planning committee approved the plan for four- to five-bedroom apartments abutting Gilo on Tuesday, just hours after an Israeli newspaper published an article reporting that the Obama administration objected to the community’s…
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Fast Forward American Citizen, Posing as a Jew, Cased Mumbai Chabad
A U.S. citizen of Pakistan origin allegedly posed as a Jew in order to enter the Mumbai Chabad center and prepare for last year’s attack. David Coleman Headley, 49, was arrested last month in Chicago as he tried to make his way to Pakistan via Philadelphia. U.S. and Indian authorities have been investigating Headley. Over…
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Fast Forward Rubashkin Convicted of Fraud
A jury convicted Sholom Rubashkin, the former owner of an Iowa kosher slaughterhouse, of 86 out of 91 fraud charges. The 12-person jury decision on Thursday in Sioux Falls, S.D. likely means that Rubashkin, 50, will spend the rest of his life in prison; combined sentences could reach over 1,250 years. Federal authorities launched investigations…
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Fast Forward U.S.-Born Jew, Alleged Terrorist, Charged With Murder
An alleged U.S.-born Jewish terrorist was indicted for two murders and three attempted murders. Yaakov (Jack) Teitel appeared in Jerusalem District court Thursday, where he was charged with the murders of two Arabs and attempted murders of Jews. He was also indicted on several other charges, including smuggling firearms into Israel, and violence against Arabs,…
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News At Reform Biennial, Yoffie Pushes For Jewish Eating
When Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, delivers his Saturday-morning sermon at the group’s biennial conference, he sets the movement’s priorities for the coming two years. His message in Toronto this month was: Let’s eat like Jews. He was not asking Reform Jews to observe kosher laws. Rather, acknowledging America’s increased…
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