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Fast Forward Cruz Blasts Obama for Opening Embassy in Havana Before Jerusalem
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Declared Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) contrasted President Barack Obama’s announcement of plans to open an embassy in Havana, Cuba, with the U.S. refusal to move its Israel embassy to Jerusalem. “How sad is it that under the Obama administration the United States is going to have an embassy in…
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Fast Forward Report: Alan Gross Never Debriefed After Release from Cuba
(JTA) — Alan Gross, the Jewish-American government contractor who was jailed in Cuba for five years as a spy, was never debriefed after his release from prison and return to the United States, according to a new report. No U.S. government official has debriefed Gross since his release from prison in Cuba more than nine…
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Fast Forward Ehud Olmert Appeals Conviction and 8-Month Sentence in Talansky Affair
JERUSALEM — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert appealed his conviction and prison sentence for accepting cash-filled envelopes from an American-Jewish businessman in the so-called Talansky Affair. Olmert asked Israel’s Supreme Court to delay the start of his eight-month prison term pending his appeal, according to reports. He also is currently in the midst of…
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Fast Forward Steven Salaita Hired by American University of Beirut
(JTA) — Steven Salaita, whose appointment as a professor at the University of Illinois was rescinded over his anti-Israel tweets, announced that he will teach in the fall. Salaita has been hired as the Edward W. Said Chair of American Studies at the American University of Beirut, he said Wednesday in a tweet. “I’ve really…
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Fast Forward Home of Har Nof Synagogue Terrorist Sealed
The home of one of the Palestinian terrorists who murdered four rabbis and a policeman in an attack on a Jerusalem synagogue was sealed by the Israeli military. The eastern Jerusalem home of Uday Abu Jamal, 22, who was killed by police during the November 18, 2014 attack, was cemented shut on Wednesday. It is…
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Fast Forward South African Student Leader Charged After Jewish ‘Devils’ Rant
South Africa’s Jewish umbrella has filed a criminal complaint against a former university student leader for “racist and defamatory comments” against the Jewish community. The South African Jewish Board of Deputies, or SAJBD, made the complaint against Mcebo Dlamini, the ex-president of the University of the Witwatersrand Students’ Representative Council, with police in the Johannesburg…
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Fast Forward Czech Museum Launches Exhibit at Prague Synagogue
The Jewish Museum in Prague launched a new permanent exhibition in the historic Maisel Synagogue in the Czech capital. The exhibition, which opened Wednesday following a yearlong renovation of the synagogue, focuses on the history of the Jewish people in Bohemia and Moravia. It features an aerial projection of the former Prague Jewish quarter, which…
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Fast Forward Church of Christ Votes for West Bank Divestment
The United Church of Christ voted overwhelmingly to divest from companies that profit from Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. The vote passed at the church’s synod on Monday, by a vote of 508 in favor, 124 against, with 38 abstentions, according to the church’s Palestine/Israel Network, which backed the resolution. “As disciples of Jesus,…
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