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Fast Forward Hasidic Developer Wins Dismissal of Racketeering Suit by New York Town
A federal judge indicated that she will dismiss a federal racketeering lawsuit filed against an Orthodox Jewish developer building a housing development in the upstate New York village of Bloomingburg. The civil lawsuit by the Town of Mamakating and the Village of Bloomingburg alleged that developer Shalom Lamm engaged in fraud, bribery, racketeering, voter fraud…
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Fast Forward Genesis Prize Launches $3M Interfaith Outreach Project
The Genesis Prize Foundation and the Jewish Funders Network launched a $3.3 million matching grant program to fund an intermarried outreach initiative. The program launched Monday in honor of 2015 Genesis Prize laureate Michael Douglas aims to foster a culture of acceptance for intermarried families in the Jewish community. Avenues to Jewish Engagement for Intermarried…
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Fast Forward Slovenia Synagogue Wins National Landmark Status
A synagogue in Maribor, Slovenia has been named a national cultural landmark. The Maribor Synagogue on Friday was granted the status of a cultural landmark of national importance by government decree, according to the Jewish Heritage Europe website, citing Slovenian media reports. The synagogue has operated since 2011 as the Center for Jewish Cultural Heritage…
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Fast Forward Jews Push for New Move To Clear Name of ‘Portuguese Dreyfus’
The Jewish Community of Porto in northern Portugal quashed a bill designed to reinstate an army captain who had been fired and libeled because of his outreach to descendants of Jews. The lawmakers who submitted the bill to rehabilitate Arthur Carlos Barros Basto withdrew it earlier this month ahead of a vote at the National…
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Fast Forward Dutch Chief Rabbi Warned To Avoid Europe Trains
Dutch authorities advised Dutch Chief Rabbi Binyomin Jacobs to avoid traveling in international trains last year. Jacobs made the revelation on Sunday during a speech near the eastern city of Arnhem, days after an armed Islamist attempted to kill passengers aboard the Thalys train, which connects Paris to Amsterdam. “The events illustrate the threat is…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Football Team Wins First International Game
Israel’s national football team won its first official international game, defeating Spain. The Israelis’28-20 victory on Sunday in Madrid advanced their bid to qualify for the International Federation of American Football’s B-Group International Tournament in 2016. All the players on the Israeli club compete in the nine-team Israel Football League. With the help of New…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Closing Gap on Hillary Clinton in Iowa, Poll Shows
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is closing the gap in Iowa on front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic race for president, according to a poll. Clinton leads Sanders, who is Jewish, by a margin of 37 percent to 30 percent among likely Democratic caucusgoers in Iowa, according to the Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll,…
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Fast Forward U.S. National Industrial Union Endorses BDS of Israel
A U.S. national industrial union accused Israel of ethnic cleansing and voted to support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers union voted on the resolutions on Aug. 20 during its national convention, the union reported on its website Friday. The resolutions involving Israel and the Palestinians were voted…
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