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Fast Forward Goldman Chairman Lloyd Blankfein ‘Feeling Great’ After Lymphoma Treatment
Lloyd Blankfein, chief executive and chairman of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, told CNBC on Wednesday that he is “feeling great” after the treatment for lymphoma. In his first interview after revealing in September that he had a “highly curable” form of cancer, Blankfein said he had undergone 600 hours of chemotherapy. Blankfein, who said he…
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Presbyterian Group Pushes Back at BDS Campaign
WASHINGTON — A Presbyterian group that works with Jewish groups to counter anti-Israel activity within the church published a pamphlet aimed at stopping the church from abandoning support for the two-state solution. “Two States for Two Peoples,” released this week, comes “as activists from the global Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) movement are working toward…
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Fast Forward Bibi Rejects Criticism of Chelsea Clinton’s Mixed Marriage and Reform Jews
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu firmly rejected statements by government ministers and members of the Knesset in the wake of this week’s approval of an egalitarian section at the Western Wall. “I reject the recent disparaging and divisive remarks by ministers and members of Knesset about Reform Jews,” Netanyahu said in a statement…
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Fast Forward Bernie Madoff’s Disappointed Family Doesn’t Visit Him in Prison
Bernard Madoff, the Ponzi schemer whose story is the subject of a TV miniseries airing this week, is “doing as well as can be expected,” but is unhappy that neither his wife nor grandchildren visit him, according to his lawyer. Ira Sorkin, who represented Madoff when he pleaded guilty in 2009 to defrauding investors of…
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Fast Forward Reform Jewish Leaders at Interfaith Rally Call For Tighter Gun Rules
WASHINGTON — Reform movement officials joined a protest rally calling on gun manufacturers to increase safeguards that would keep guns out of the hands of criminals. The event, organized by the Do Not Stand Idly By gun safety campaign, drew faith leaders to the protest Tuesday in front of a store, Realco Guns, in a…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders’ Ancestral Hometown in Poland Cheers Presidential Run
Residents of the Polish town where Bernie Sanders’ father was born are watching the Jewish candidate’s presidential run with pride. Many citizens of Slopnice, in southern Poland, viewed the results of the Democratic caucus in Iowa with interest on Tuesday, according to Agence France Press, the day after Sanders narrowly lost to Hillary Clinton. “There’s…
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Fast Forward Fake Israel-Bashing New York Times Handed Out in Manhattan and Online
Activists distributed thousands of fake anti-Israel versions of The New York Times in Manhattan and promoted an online version via social media. The phony New York Times — which included such fictitious articles as “IDF Generals Blame Israeli Government for Recent Violence” and “Congress to Debate U.S. Aid to Israel — was handed out Tuesday…
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Fast Forward Knesset Honors Extremist Gaza Settlers With Statue
The Knesset dedicated a statue commemorating the Jewish communities evacuated from Gush Katif in Gaza in 2005. The statue, which is more than a foot high, and Monday evening’s ceremony were protested by Peace Now. Some 8,000 Israelis were evacuated from 21 settlements in Gush Katif, and from four West Bank settlements under the unilateral…
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