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Fast Forward White Supremacist Gets Death for Kansas City JCC Rampage
The white supremacist who killed three people at two suburban Kansas City Jewish institutions has been sentenced to death. F. Glenn Miller Jr. (also known as F. Glenn Cross), 74, was sentenced Tuesday by Johnson County District Judge Kelly Ryan, the Kansas City Star reported. Miller is only the second person sentenced to the death…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Tells Federations He’ll Protect Religious Pluralism
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to bolster rights for non-Orthodox Jews in Israel. “As prime minister of Israel, I will always ensure that all Jews can feel at home in Israel — Reform Jews, Conservative Jews, Orthodox Jews,” Netanyahu said, earning loud applause Tuesday at the Jewish Federations of North America annual General Assembly,…
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Fast Forward ‘Day Hitler Died’ Documents Last Days in Fuhrer’s Bunker
Filmed interviews with 22 men and women who had shared the Führer Bunker with Adolf Hitler during the last four months of his life make up a new documentary. Holed up in the Führer Bunker in Berlin and surrounded by Soviet troops, Hitler simultaneously bit down on a cyanide capsule and fired a bullet through…
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Fast Forward President Obama Won’t Allow Jonathan Pollard To Go to Israel After Release
President Barack Obama reportedly will not intervene to allow Jonathan Pollard to travel to Israel after he is paroled from federal prison. Obama could waive the requirement that prevents Pollard from leaving the United States but is unlikely to do so, the Washington Post reported Tuesday, citing Obama administration officials. Pollard is scheduled to be…
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Fast Forward London Mayor Boris Johnson Calls Israel Boycott ‘Foolish’
London Mayor Boris Johnson said in Tel Aviv that boycotting Israel is “foolish.” Johnson, of the Conservative Party, also said Monday that those who advocate such a move make up “a very small minority.” “I cannot think of anything more foolish” than to boycott “a country that when all is said and done is the…
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Fast Forward Jerry Silverman Calls on Jewish Federations To Be Inclusive
In the wake of last summer’s bitter Iran debate, the chief executive of Jewish Federations of North America urged its leaders to ensure their organizations are welcoming to people of various political and religious stripes. During the Iran debate, “too much of the language was vicious and beyond the pale, and has no place in…
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Fast Forward Ex-Fencing Champion Dies in Havdalah Candle Fire
Byron Krieger, a two-time Olympic fencer, died when a havdalah candle sparked a blaze in his Florida retirement home. Krieger, 95, was severely burned when he fumbled the candle and it ignited his sweater and a curtain in his home in Boca Raton Monday, authorities said. His wife, Joyce, 92, suffered minor burns. They were…
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Fast Forward Brazilian Star Caetano Veloso Refuses To Perform in Israel Again
A popular Brazilian singer has declared he will not perform again in Israel — prompting the Jewish community to accuse him of surrendering to anti-Semitism. Caetano Veloso declared he will not return to Israel due to the “oppression” of the Palestinians only a few months after performing in Tel Aviv in defiance of a strong…
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