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Fast Forward Rabbi Ronald Greenwald, Former Nixon Jewish Community Liaison, Dies at 82
Rabbi Ronald Greenwald, who worked to help free Soviet refusenik Natan Sharansky and others, and served as President Richard Nixon’s liaison to the Jewish community, has died. Greenwald, of Monsey, New York, died Wednesday in his sleep while on vacation in Florida. He was 82. In helping to free Sharansky, Greenwald reportedly made 25 trips…
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Fast Forward Secular Israeli Leader’s Home Vandalized as Jewish Extremism Spreads
The Jerusalem home of a secular Jewish educator was vandalized by suspected Jewish extremists. The graffiti discovered Thursday morning at the home of Yaakov Malkin included a reference to the Book of Psalms about hating “those who are in rebellion” against God, a Star of David and the words “Destruction of Amalek,” referring to the…
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Fast Forward White House Team To Visit Israel for Defense Aid Talks
WASHINGTON — Members of the Obama administration’s national security team will travel to Israel next week to advance talks on a new U.S. defense assistance package to the country. “A U.S. delegation will be traveling to Jerusalem next week for the next round of talks,” a senior administration official said Wednesday in an e-mail to…
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Fast Forward British Chief Rabbi Backs Women Saying Mourning Prayer
Britain’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said that women who would like to say the Mourner’s Kaddish “should feel comfortable and supported in doing so.” His comments came in the wake of the publication Wednesday by the United Synagogue, a union of British Orthodox Jewish synagogues, of a mourning and Kaddish booklet for women. “It is…
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Fast Forward Meir Kahane’s Jailed Grandson Goes on Hunger Strike
JERUSALEM — A right-wing Jewish extremist, who has been held in administrative detention since August, has gone on a hunger strike to protest his detention. Meir Ettinger, the grandson of the slain far-right activist Meir Kahane, was arrested on August 3 and placed in detention on August 15. Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein approved the order for…
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Fast Forward Airbnb Slammed Over Rental Listings in West Bank Settlements
Palestinian leaders and their supporters are criticizing Airbnb for allowing West Bank settlement homeowners to lease their homes as vacation rentals through the website. Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat sent a letter to the company’s CEO last week demanding it stop doing business with settlers, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. Many if not most settlers…
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Fast Forward Protesters in London Get Violent at Ex-Shin Bet Head’s Lecture
At a London university event featuring Israel’s former Shin Bet security service head Ami Ayalon, pro-Palestinian protesters smashed windows, threw chairs and assaulted one of the event’s organizers. Police were called to the Kings College lecture Tuesday as Ayalon, who is also a left-wing politician and peace activist, attempted to speak but was drowned out…
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Fast Forward Israeli Flag From ‘Exodus’ Ship Is Donated to Holocaust Museum
The Israeli flag that flew over the SS Exodus carrying Holocaust refugees to Palestine reportedly was donated to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The flag was delivered to the museum by one of the donors, Bill Silverstein of Chicago, on Tuesday, the New York Times reported. Some 4,500 Holocaust survivors and other refugees were on…
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