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Fast Forward FBI Destroyed Records Detailing Alleged Haredi Fraud
The FBI destroyed records indicating potential Medicaid fraud among haredi Orthodox Jews in upstate New York’s Orange County because they came from an unauthorized investigation. Justin Rodriguez, a spokesman for Orange County, on Tuesday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had destroyed materials submitted by a county social services employee, Nicole Latreille. Latreille filed a…
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Fast Forward Obama Administration Awards $12M for Assistance to Holocaust Survivors
The Obama administration has awarded $12 million for assistance to Holocaust survivors. The allocation from the Department of Health and Human Services to the Jewish Federations of North America, to be disbursed over five years, is part of an initiative launched in late 2013 by Vice President Joe Biden to address the needs of survivors…
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Fast Forward Thousands of Evangelical Christians Gather in Jerusalem for Pro-Israel Conference
Thousands of evangelical Christians from dozens of countries gathered in Jerusalem for a pro-Israel conference. Participants in the six-day Feast of Tabernacles conference will parade through Jerusalem’s streets on Thursday, a day before the conference ends. The attendees are from 80 countries — including some historically hostile to Israel, such as Egypt — and several…
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Fast Forward Amos Oz to Receive South Korea’s Most Prestigious Literary Award
Acclaimed Israeli author Amos Oz will receive South Korea’s most prestigious literary award. Oz, 76, will receive the Park Kyong-ni prize later this month in South Korea, according to Haaretz. While there, Oz is expected to deliver a lecture and give interviews. He is the author of dozens of books, including the 2002 autobiographical novel…
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Fast Forward Israel Moves to Legalize Bloc of Unauthorized West Bank Settlements
Israel intends to make legal a bloc of unauthorized West Bank settlement outposts. The outposts cover approximately two square miles and include hundreds of buildings near the settlement of Shiloh in the north-central West Bank, Haaretz reported Thursday. Plans to authorize the outposts came to light in the state’s response to a Supreme Court petition…
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Fast Forward Queens Synagogue Skirted Law by Selling Building
The New York State Attorney General’s office has found that the Bayside Jewish Center did not follow state regulations in selling its building to New York City. The northeastern Queens synagogue was sold last month to New York City’s School Construction Authority, to be used as a high school, according to the Queens TimesLedger. But…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Flag Raised at United Nations for First Time
The Palestinian flag was raised outside the United Nations headquarters in New York for the first time. The ceremony on Wednesday afternoon was attended by diplomats in the U.N.’s Rose Garden shortly after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly, criticized Israel and said that the Palestinians were no…
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Fast Forward Catalog of Herman Goering’s Looted Art Is Published
A comprehensive catalog listing the more than 1,000 major stolen artworks in Nazi leader Hermann Goering’s collection has been published for the first time. The handwritten catalog, which had been stored in France’s diplomatic archives and accessible only to scholars, was published Wednesday by the French publisher Flammarion, the UK Telegraph reported. With notes detailing…
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