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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Tops Time’s Poll for Person of the Year
Readers of Time magazine chose Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders as Person of the Year, according to a poll by the magazine. Sanders, a Vermont senator who is Jewish, self-identifies as a Democratic socialist and is challenging former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Sanders’ polling numbers have exceeded expectations, but…
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Fast Forward Vassar OK’s Funds for J Street Group After Delay
Vassar College’s student council approved a funding request from J Street U, a liberal pro-Israel group, after delaying it because of concerns that it would be supporting a racist ideology. The student council unanimously approved the request on Sunday. The funds allowed students to attend HaaretzQ — a conference focused on Israeli-Palestinian relations and hosted…
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Fast Forward Hungary Slammed for Honoring Leader Who Deported Jews to Auschwitz
U.S. congressional leaders have protested the construction of a monument in Hungary to a government minister who ordered the death of some 500,000 Jews during the Holocaust. The co-chairs of the U.S. House Bipartisan Taskforce for Combatting Anti-Semitism on Friday sent a letter to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban protesting the monument to Balint Homan,…
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Fast Forward Two Israelis Injured in Palestinian Attack in Jerusalem
An Israeli police officer and a civilian were lightly wounded in an attack in a haredi Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood. On Sunday evening, a Palestinian assailant drove his car into an Israeli pedestrian in the Romema neighborhood before exiting the vehicle and stabbing a policeman, according to the Israel Defense Forces. The assailant, who was later…
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Fast Forward Paris Defies Terror To Celebrate Hanukkah
Some 6,000 people gathered in Paris under heavy security for the public lighting of a Hanukkah menorah at the base of the Eiffel Tower, despite security concerns in the wake of last month’s terrorist attacks. French Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia lit the first candle of a 30-foot menorah on Sunday night, the first night of…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Sends ‘Miracles Happen’ Hanukkah Greeting
President Barack Obama in Hanukkah greetings said the lesson of the holiday was “on the miracles that can happen even in our darkest hours.” “It renews our commitment as Americans — as people who live by faith and conscience — to lead the way and act as unyielding advocates for the fundamental dignity of every…
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Fast Forward San Bernardino Killer Was Obsessed With Israel, Father Says
The father of San Bernardino killer Sayed Rizan Farook said his son was obsessed with Israel, which shaped his Islamisist worldview. Sayed Farook told the Italian newspaper La Stampa that he tried to persuade his son not to act on his hatred of Israel. “I told him he had to stay calm and be patient…
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Fast Forward Bibi Rejects Harsh U.S. Criticism in Surprise Saban Forum Speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state and rejected U.S. warnings that Israel was devolving toward a single state. The “root cause of the problem,” Netanyahu said in a video address Sunday to the annual Saban Forum, is that…
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