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Fast Forward Israel Lawmakers Vow To Fight Jonathan Pollard Parole Restrictions
The head of the Israeli parliament caucus dedicated to Jonathan Pollard promised to fight restrictions on the freed spy’s movements. “Jonathan, the caucus will not cease its activity until we remove the limitations imposed on you upon your release,” lawmaker Nahman Shai wrote in a letter to Pollard on Friday, according to the Times of…
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Fast Forward UK Jewish School Evacuated by Bomb Squad
A Jewish primary school in Gateshead, England, was evacuated due to a bomb scare. Students were sent home early and the police detonated a suspicious package in a controlled explosion, according to reports. Located in northern England, Gateshead is the home of the Gateshead Yeshiva, Europe’s largest yeshiva, and the city has a large community…
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Fast Forward Ex-Owner Says Paris Concert Hall Not Targeted Over Jewish Ties
Joel Laloux, the former owner of the Bataclan concert hall who now lives in Israel, denied the venue was targeted because he is Jewish. Laloux, who sold the Paris venue where 89 people were killed on Friday night before moving to the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, told the news agency AFP that neither his…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Says Israel ‘Overreacted’ in Gaza War
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders accused Israel of “overreacting” during its 2014 war with Hamas in Gaza and lauded the Rev. Jesse Jackson, a controversial figure in the Jewish community. In a lengthy interview with Rolling Stone magazine published Wednesday, the Vermont senator also said he believes in God but is “not into organized religion.”…
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Fast Forward Peter Baker In Talks To Be New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief
Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, is in talks to become the newspaper’s Jerusalem bureau chief. Baker is considered to be the leading candidate for the job, unnamed sources told CNN Money on Wednesday. Jodi Rudoren, who has held the post since 2012, is nearing the end of her…
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The Schmooze Jennifer Lawrence Removed From ‘Hunger Games’ Poster in Bnei Brak
Posters promoting the final “Hunger Games” movie in Jerusalem and the coastal Israeli city of Bnei Brak have scrubbed star Jennifer Lawrence from the main image. The posters for “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 2” in these cities contain only the fiery crow from the original advertisement and exclude the foreground image of Lawrence posing as…
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Fast Forward 2 Busted in Brooklyn Egg Attack on Orthodox Teen
The New York Police Department has made two arrests in an egg-throwing attack in Brooklyn targeting an Orthodox Jewish teenager. The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force has the suspects, both adolescents, in custody, Yeshiva World News reported Thursday. They reportedly are white males. The attack, captured on surveillance video, took place at 2 a.m. Saturday…
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Fast Forward 5 Killed in Tel Aviv and West Bank Including an American Yeshiva Student
Three people were killed in a shooting attack in the West Bank, including an American yeshiva student, hours after two Jewish men were stabbed to death in Tel Aviv at a prayer service. The five deaths in the attacks, reportedly by Palestinians, are the most on a single day since the latest spate of terror…
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