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Fast Forward Two Students at Brooklyn Yeshiva Diagnosed With Swine Flu
A Flatbush yeshiva has been closed after two students were diagnosed with swine flu. A student in the high school and a student in the elementary school have come down with the disease, according to an email sent to the parents of students at the yeshiva. The yeshiva, which is the main school for the…
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Fast Forward Terror Suspects Planned To Blow Up Two New York Synagogues
The four men who planned to blow up two synagogues in the Bronx and shoot down U.S. military planes said they “wanted to commit jihad,” the New York Police Commissioner said. James Cromitie, David Williams, Onta Williams and Laguerre Payen, all of Newburgh 60 miles north of New York, were arrested Wednesday night. Payen is…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Gerald Wolpe, Medical Ethicist, Is Dead at 81
Gerald Wolpe, one of the country’s most prominent rabbis and medical ethicists, has died. Wolpe, who presided over the 1,500-family Har Zion Temple in Philadelphia for 30 years until resigning in 1999, died Monday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 81. As the leader of Har Zion, Wolpe became a leading voice in…
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Fast Forward After Netanyahu Meeting, Obama Vows Iran Talks Won’t Be an ‘Excuse for Inaction’
President Obama said he would reassess his policies of engagement with Iran by the end of this year. Obama, who appeared before reporters Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after their first White House meeting, also said that the United States was considering all options in dealing with Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program. “I…
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News Survey: Holocaust Denial Prevalent Among Israeli Arabs
Some 40 percent of Israeli Arabs believe the Holocaust never happened, according to a new survey. The figure is up from 28 percent in 2006, according to an annual University of Haifa poll of Jewish-Arab relations released Sunday. The poll also found that 41 percent of Israeli Arabs believe the country should exist as a…
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Fast Forward Agriprocessors Managers Hit With New 142-Count Indictment
Federal prosecutors filed a new 142-count criminal indictment against former managers of Agriprocessors. The new filing, made Friday in U.S. District Court for Northern Iowa, replaces a 79-count indictment issued in March. Former plant manager Sholom Rubashkin and fellow managers now face 71 counts of harboring illegal immigrants, in addition to other charges. Prosecutors dropped…
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Fast Forward U.S. Judge Upholds $116 Million Ruling Against PLO
A U.S. judge will not rescind his decision ordering the PLO to pay $116 million to the family of victims of a terrorist attack. Ronald Lagueux, a federal judge in Providence, R.I., said Wednesday that the Palestine Liberation Organization was liable because of its refusal during the trial early in this decade to mount a…
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Fast Forward President Obama: May Is Jewish American Heritage Month
President Obama declared May to be Jewish American Heritage Month. In a proclamation signed Tuesday, Obama writes that the Jewish American tradition “exemplifies the strength of the American immigrant tradition” and that “the focus on preserving traditions is a notable characteristic of Jewish culture.” “Jewish Americans have immeasurably enriched our Nation,” the proclamation states. “Unyielding…
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