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Fast Forward Gordon Davidson, ‘Moses’ of Los Angeles Theater Scene, Dies at 83
Gordon Davidson, a Brooklyn-born director and producer who played a key role in transforming Los Angeles from a perceived theatrical backwater into a creative center for innovative and controversial plays, has died Davidson died Sunday after collapsing at dinner in his Santa Monica, California, home. He was 83. As the founder of the Mark Taper…
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Israel News Israel’s New Settlement Slammed by U.S. as Betrayal of Shimon Peres Legacy
The Obama administration cast Israel’s plan to build 300 units deep inside the West Bank as a betrayal of U.S. friendship and of Shimon Peres’ legacy. The statement Wednesday by Mark Toner, the deputy State Department spokesman, was unusually lengthy and emotional in tone. Toner cited a $38 billion defense assistance agreement with Israel reached…
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News World’s Oldest Man Celebrates Bar Mitzvah — 100 Years Late
The world’s oldest man, 113-year-old Yisrael Kristal, a Holocaust survivor living in Israel, celebrated his bar mitzvah a century late. Kristal, of Haifa, celebrated the rite over the weekend with his two children, grandchildren and nearly 30 great-grandchildren, The Associated Press reported. He was recognized as the world’s oldest man in March. He missed his…
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Fast Forward Prince Charles Makes Secret Visit to Grandmother’s Grave in East Jerusalem
Charles, Prince of Wales, visited in secret the grave of his grandmother on the Mount of Olives in eastern Jerusalem. The prince was in Israel on Friday for the funeral of Shimon Peres. Charles’ paternal grandmother, Princess Alice of Battenberg, is interred in the Church of Mary Magdalene on the Mount of Olives. She died…
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Fast Forward Ben Stiller Opens Up on Prostate Cancer Fight
Actor and comedian Ben Stiller revealed that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer two years ago. Due to early detection Stiller, 50, was able to undergo treatment for the disease and has been cancer-free since, he said in an interview on for SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show on Tuesday. He published an essay about his…
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Fast Forward Lena Dunham Posts Heartfelt Tribute After Filming ‘Girls’ Finale
Lena Dunham posted on Facebook a heartfelt tribute to the cast and crew of her successful HBO series “Girls” hours after filming the series finale. “When we shot our pilot six years ago, I never dreamed that I could be so fulfilled by the process of art-making, of collaboration, of honest expression. And so through…
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Fast Forward Trump’s Daughter Tiffany Dating Jewish Son of Real Estate Attorney
Tiffany Trump, the daughter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his former wife actress Marla Maples, is dating a Jewish man. A profile in Sunday’s New York Times of the 22-year-old woman who grew up across the country from her famous father, noted that she is dating Ross Mechanic, the son of Jonathan Mechanic,…
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Fast Forward Philippines President Apologizes to Jewish Community After Holocaust Analogy
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte apologized for the comparison of his campaign to eliminate drug use in his country to the Holocaust. Duterte on Friday compared his plan to kill millions of drug dealers and drug users to Adolf Hitler’s extermination of six million Jews during the Holocaust. “The president recognizes the deep significance of the…
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