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Fast Forward California City Worker Quits Over ‘Prolific’ Anti-Semitic Website
A recently hired administrative coordinator in California was forced to resign from his municipal job after his supervisors learned that he ran an anti-Semitic website which lauded Adolf Hitler and blamed the Israeli government for the 9/11 attack on the New York Trade Center. John Friend, 29, was hired three months ago by the Escondido…
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Fast Forward Israelis Agree Government Is Failing on Religious Policy
Secular and haredi Orthodox Israelis differ on many things, but there’s one thing both sides agree on: When it comes to religious affairs, the government is failing. That’s one of the findings of an annual survey of Israeli religious identification and attitudes toward religious policy released Friday by Hiddush, a 6-year-old organization that promotes religious…
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Fast Forward Sandstorm Is Worst for Israel Since Independence
Israel’s ongoing sandstorm is the worst since before the founding of the state in 1948, according to the Israeli Environmental Protection Ministry. The sandstorm blanketing the region, which began Tuesday and is expected to continue through the weekend, has released the highest concentration of dust particles in more than 65 years, the Times of Israel…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Tells British Jews Settlements Aren’t Problem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed concerns raised by Britain’s chief rabbi about the growth of West Bank settlements. In a London meeting with United Kingdom Jewish leaders Wednesday evening, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis told Netanyahu that friends of Israel approach him with the request to “help us help you,” by limiting settlement expansion, the…
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Fast Forward 4 New Jersey Day Schools Cap Tuition for Decade
Four northern New Jersey Jewish day schools are promising to cap tuition for middle-income families for 10 years. A $10 million grant from the Gottesman Foundation will offset the cost of keeping tuition flat at Golda Och Academy, the Gottesman RTW Academy, the Jewish Educational Center and the Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy/Rae Kushner Yeshiva High…
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Fast Forward New York Times Deletes ‘Jew’ Column in Iran Deal Chart
The New York Times corrected and removed parts of an infographic that highlights the Jewishness or Jewish ties of U.S. lawmakers who oppose the Iran nuclear deal. The chart, posted Thursday, originally included a column with the heading “Jewish?” Those indicated to be Jewish were highlighted in yellow, while others were not. Following critical reports…
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Fast Forward Florida Jewish Man Busted for Posing as Islamic Jihadist
The FBI arrested a young Jewish American man who is accused of causing a terrorist scare by pretending to be a jihadist terrorist based in Australia. Joshua Ryne Goldberg, a 20-year old living at his parents’ house in Florida, was apprehended Thursday following a joint FBI investigation with Australian police, the AFP news agency reported…
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Fast Forward Jews Back Iran Deal by Narrow Margin, Poll Says
An American Jewish Committee poll found U.S. Jews virtually split on the Iran nuclear deal and showed Hillary Rodham Clinton well ahead of the pack among preferred presidential candidates. The annual AJC poll published Friday showed 50.6 of respondents approved of the sanctions relief for nuclear restrictions deal reached in July between Iran and six…
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