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Fast Forward Brooklyn Man Gets 4 Years in Orthodox Divorce Shakedown Scheme
A Brooklyn man was sentenced to four years in federal prison for attempting to violently coerce a recalcitrant husband into giving a religious divorce. Moshe Goldstein, 32, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Trenton, New Jersey, NJ.com reported. He pleaded guilty last year to committing extortion and to restraining, assaulting and injuring a man…
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Fast Forward Jewish Restaurateur’s Wife Identified as Paris Terror Victim
French media published the names of over 100 victims of the Paris terror attacks, including the wife of the Jewish owner of a restaurant that was sprayed by gunfire. Djamila Houd, the spouse of Gregory Reibenberg, the owner of La Belle Equipe on Charonne Street, was among the 19 people who died at the restaurant…
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Fast Forward Israel Pays $1.3M To Rebuild Illegal Settlement Synagogue
A synagogue in a West Bank settlement due for demolition will be rebuilt on a nearby site at government expense. Under an agreement reached late Monday between the government and Givat Zeev, the Ayelet HaShachar synagogue will be demolished and a new synagogue, as well as a sports facility, will be built legally in a…
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Fast Forward Jonathan Pollard Would Renounce U.S. Citizenship If Allowed To Go to Israel
Jonathan Pollard is ready to renounce his U.S. citizenship, running the risk of never returning, should the Justice Department allow him to leave for Israel upon his release. “On November 20, 2015, after serving 30 years in prison, it is Mr. Pollard’s wish to move to Israel with his family so he can resume his…
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Fast Forward Steven Salaita Wins $600K Settlement Over Anti-Israel Tweets
A professor whose tenured job offer was revoked after he posted controversial anti-Israel tweets has reached a settlement with the University of Illinois. The university will pay Steven Salaita $600,000 to drop two lawsuits and “neither seek nor accept employment at the university now or in the future.” The settlement also requires the university, which…
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Fast Forward Marco Rubio Draws Cheers at Miami Pro-Israel Rally
Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio drew loud cheers at a pro-Israel rally in Miami. Local media said several hundred people attended the “Never Again” rally on Sunday at the Holocaust memorial in Miami Beach marking the 77th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the state-sponsored attacks on Jewish communities in Germany and Austria that presaged the Holocaust. Bill…
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Fast Forward Jewish and Muslim Clerics Mourn Paris Concert Hall Victims
French Jewish and Muslim clergy members led a memorial together for the victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris outside the Bataclan concert hall, where 89 people were killed and hundreds injured on Friday night. The group, which included multiple French imams and representatives of the Paris Jewish community, laid bouquets of white roses on…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Eggings of Jews Treated as Hate Crimes
New York police are treating two separate egging incidents in a Brooklyn neighborhood as hate crimes. A group of men reportedly threw eggs at a Jewish man, 23, at 1 a.m. Saturday in Borough Park. Several minutes later, the group egged two Jewish boys, ages 17 and 14. The assailants reportedly threatened to “shoot and…
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