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Fast Forward Miami, Boston Jewish Federations Blast Iran Nuclear Deal
Two major Jewish federations, in Boston and Miami, are urging local Jews to oppose the Iran nuclear deal. “We encourage members of the community to reach out to their elected representatives in the House and the Senate to express their deep concern, and to urge them to vote against this deal,” the Combined Jewish Philanthropies…
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Fast Forward Alberto Nisman Honored on 21st Anniversary of AMIA Bombing
The eldest daughter of Alberto Nisman, the special prosecutor who died mysteriously in January, helped mark the 21st anniversary of the Argentinian Jewish center bombing he was investigating. Iara Nisman, 15, appeared on stage and lit a candle Friday at the ceremony in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The organizer was the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, the…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Wishes Mahmoud Abbas a Happy Eid al-Fitr
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the phone, marking the first time the two have spoken in over a year. Netanyahu phoned Abbas on Friday to wish him a happy Eid al-Fitr, Haaretz reported. Eid al-Fitr is the Muslim holiday that marks the end of the month of Ramadan. During…
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Fast Forward 47% of Israelis Back Military Strike on Iran
Forty-seven percent of respondents in a survey conducted by Maariv, an Israeli daily, supported a military strike to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear arms. Seventy-one percent of Israelis say they believe accord brings Iran closer to bomb, and 51 percent support bypassing Obama in effort to nix it. The poll was published Friday after Tuesday’s…
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Fast Forward Congress Leaders Ask White House To Delay UN Vote on Iran Deal
Under the Iran nuclear deal reached this week in Vienna between the major powers and Iran, the U.N. Security Council must endorse its terms. Foreign Policy reported Wednesday that Samantha Power, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, is circulating a draft resolution on the council that would endorse the deal. Such an endorsement would…
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Fast Forward Charlie Schiffman, Portland Federation Leader, Dies at 69
Charlie Schiffman, who served as the head of the Jewish federation in Portland, Oregon, for nearly a quarter of a century, died suddenly at age 69. The cause was a heart attack, his family said. He was buried Wednesday in Jerusalem. A native of New York, Schiffman served as executive vice-president of the Jewish Federation…
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Fast Forward Woman Detained for Taking Torah to Kotel
Israel Police officers detained a women’s rights activist at the Western Wall and confiscated her Torah scroll. Rachel Cohen Yeshurun, a Women of the Wall board member, was taken into police custody prior to a service Friday and released shortly afterwards, The Jerusalem Post reported. Women of the Wall runs gender egalitarian services at the…
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Fast Forward Russian Jewish Leader Shot Near Moscow Museum
A prominent member of the Russian Jewish Congress was severely wounded in what the group said may have been an armed anti-Semitic attack in Moscow. Sergey Ustinov, a 62-year-old businessman and RJC board member who in 2011 founded the Museum of the History of Jews in Russia, was shot Thursday afternoon by a lone assailant…
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