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Fast Forward Hasidic Donor’s Scheme Included Lincoln Tunnel Lane Closing for Israeli ‘Diamond King’
NEW YORK — New York police allegedly shut down a lane of the Lincoln Tunnel to escort Russian-Israeli billionaire philanthropist Lev Leviev, one of many favors allegedly provided to Jewish businessman Jeremy Reichberg and a partner in exchange for bribes. Leviev — the president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia and chairman of…
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Life Israel’s Chief Rabbinate Agrees to Mikveh Immersion Without Attendant
JERUSALEM — The use of an attendant during mikveh immersion in Israel will be changed from mandatory to optional. Israel’s Chief Rabbinate and Ministry of Religious Services agreed on the change in a filing Wednesday with the Supreme Court. The state religious bodies were responding to a suit filed by ITIM, a group that supports…
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Fast Forward 11-Year-Old Girl Killed by Falling Tree at Indiana Jewish Summer Camp
An 11-year-old girl was killed when a tree fell on a cabin at a Jewish camp in Indiana. The accident occurred early Tuesday morning at Camp Livingston in Bennington, which serves campers from various midwestern cities, including Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. A healthy tree was struck by…
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Fast Forward Sex Offender Charged With Fondling Woman on Overnight Flight to Israel
A New York man was charged with sexually abusing a woman on a flight from Israel to Newark, New Jersey. Yoel Oberlander, 35, was charged Friday in federal court in Newark. U.S. Magistrate Judge Joseph A. Dickson ordered Oberlander, who is a registered sex offender, detained after the indictment. According to the indictment, Oberlander was…
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Fast Forward Big-Hearted American Tech Guru Among 3 Killed When Car Plows Into Tel Aviv Restaurant
A Texas public relations specialist who regularly visited Israel was killed in Tel Aviv when an out-of-control car smashed into a restaurant. Alan Weinkrantz, president of Alan Weinkrantz and Company, which worked with Israeli high tech companies, was in Israel on a business trip when the accident occurred on Saturday night. Two other people, including…
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Fast Forward Despite Obama’s Veto Threat, House Passes Funding Boost for Israel’s Defense
The House of Representatives easily passed a $576 billion defense appropriations bill — including an allocation of $635 million for Israel’s missile defense programs, which the president said he would veto. Thursday’s vote on the bill in the Republican-controlled house passed 282-138, to Defense News. The massive $576 billion defense appropriations bill for the upcoming…
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Fast Forward Suspected Killer of British Lawmaker Had History With US Neo-Nazi Group
The man whom authorities believe killed British lawmaker Jo Cox Thursday is said to have a history of involvement with an American neo-Nazi organization. The New York Times Friday that hate group watchdog the Southern Poverty Law Center, said the suspect, who has been identified by neighbors and family members as Thomas Mair, 52, in 1999 purchased $620 worth…
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Fast Forward Body of Missing Jewish Paddleboarder Found 30 Miles off Long Island
The body of a Long Island Jewish man who went missing while paddleboarding off the coast of Long Island Sunday was found. A tugboat crew found Gary Turkel’s body Friday morning in the Atlantic Ocean about 30 miles off the shore, the Long Island Herald . In a statement posted on Facebook, the Rockaway Nassau…
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