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Fast Forward Orthodox Reject Anti-Muslim Push Without Mentioning Donald Trump by Name
The umbrella bodies for modern Orthodox Jews joined Jewish groups in rejecting Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims’ entry into the United States. Unlike the range of other groups that have condemned the call by the candidate for the Republican presidential nod, the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America in a joint statement…
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Fast Forward Madoff Trustee Sues Israeli Schools, Hospitals for $95 Million
Irving Picard, the trustee appointed to liquidate the assets of convicted Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff and return money to his victims, has filed a $95 million lawsuit against some of Israel’s largest educational and medical institutions.- Among the defendants in the suit filed Wednesday in Tel Aviv District Court are Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Extremist, Wife, Shot in 20-Bullet West Bank Drive-By
A former member of the and his wife were badly injured in a 20-bullet drive-by shooting in the West Bank. Gunmen in a passing car shot at the couple’s vehicle on Wednesday evening near the Avnei Hefetz settlement, the Times of Israel reported. Haaretz identified the victims as husband and wife, Shaul and Racheli Nir,…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Muslim Rapper Ismo Beats Hate Charges
Dutch anti-discrimination activists urged their Justice Ministry to appeal the acquittal from hate speech charges of Muslim rapper Ismo who sang of hating “f***ing Jews” more than Nazis and his disgust with gay people. The acquittal of Ismael Houllich on Tuesday by a criminal court in Breda was based on the judge’s impression that the…
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Fast Forward Chief Rabbi Slams Naftali Bennett for Visiting Conservative Schechter School
Israel’s Ashkenazi chief rabbi, David Lau, criticized Education Minister Naftali Bennett for visiting a Conservative Jewish Solomon Schechter school while in the United States. On Wednesday, Lau told the haredi Kol Hai radio station that Bennett, chair of the religious Zionist Jewish Home party and a modern Orthodox Jew, should have conferred with an Orthodox…
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Fast Forward Teen Charged in Miami Beach Murder of Rabbi Joseph Raksin
MIAMI — A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in the 2014 death of Brooklyn Rabbi Joseph Raksin in North Miami Beach. Deandre Charles was taken into custody on Wednesday morning in connection with the death of Raksin, according to reports confirming the arrest by the Miami-Dade Police Department. Charles was 14 when he allegedly shot…
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Fast Forward Alan Gross Calls for Closer U.S. Ties With Cuba
Alan Gross, who was imprisoned for five years in Cuba for his work connecting its Jewish community to the Internet, marked the one-year anniversary of his release pledging to advance warmer U.S.-Cuba ties. In a statement issued Wednesday, Gross thanked those who supported him while in prison and announced he will soon be a grandfather…
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Fast Forward Syrian Refugees Participate in Berlin Public Menorah Lighting
BERLIN — A group of Syrian refugee children — along with other Muslim groups in Berlin — joined with Jewish groups for a public Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony t the Brandenburg Gate. The Syrian children joined with local Jewish kids to light the giant Chabad menorah on Sunday. Aiman Mazyek, head of the Central Council of…
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