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Fast Forward Jewish Man Shoots Bartender Over Clamato Cocktail
A Jewish man from Montana was charged with attempted murder for shooting a bartender who served him a non-kosher drink. Monte Leon Hanson, 59, allegedly shot Joe Lewis, who is also his neighbor, and killed Lewis’ dog the morning after the bartender made Hanson a red beer — beer and tomato juice — at his…
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Fast Forward Israel Hands Peace Talks to Minister Who Opposes 2 States
Israel’s new hardline interior minister, Silvan Shalom, was appointed the country’s chief peace negotiator for any future peace talks with the Palestinians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Shalom, a senior member of Netanyahu’s Likud Party and a former foreign minister, on Monday, according to Israeli media reports. Shalom has repeatedly said that he does not…
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Fast Forward Gene Sosin, Radio Liberty Chief, Dies at 93
Gene Sosin, a former director of broadcasting for Radio Liberty, has died. Sosin died earlier this month at his home in White Plains, New York. He was 93. He spent 33 years at Radio Liberty serving in various posts. Sosin also was a writer, lecturer and specialist in Soviet affairs. Sosin earned an undergraduate degree…
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Fast Forward Foundation Makes $400K in Baltimore Grants After Riots
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation awarded some $400,000 in emergency grants to 10 Baltimore area nonprofit organizations in the aftermath of the riots there. The Weinberg foundation, which is based in suburban Baltimore, awarded the money to organizations in the city that it already funds. The programs provide food, job training and assistance in…
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Fast Forward Kentucky Consultant Berates Jews in Feud With Treasurer Candidate
A campaign consultant disparaged Jews during a recorded confrontation with his former client, a candidate in the Democratic primary for Kentucky state treasurer. “You are why people don’t like Jews,” Jacob Conway said to Daniel Grossberg on the recording that Grossberg provided to Insider Louisville. “You are exactly where the term ‘Jew you out of…
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Fast Forward Burning Man Fest Gets Green Light From Israel Court
An Israeli court has ordered Beersheba police to allow the Israeli version of the Burning Man festival to take place. Midburn is scheduled to take place on May 20-May 24 in the desert in Ramat HaNegev. Some 6,500 people are expected for the event. Police and festival organizers have been arguing over various aspects of…
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Fast Forward Madonna Posts Pic of Jew and Arab Smooching
Madonna has angered supporters of Israel and the Palestinians by posting on Instagram a photo of a Palestinian and a Jew about to kiss. The photo posted Sunday shows a Jewish man with sidecurls and wearing a large white knitted kippa of the Rabbi Nachman movement and an Arab man wearing a traditional Arab keffiyah….
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Fast Forward German Pediatrician Gets PhD — 77 Years After Denied by Nazis
A German pediatrician has passed her PhD defense exam at the age of 102, after being denied the opportunity by the Nazis. Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport passed the exam last Wednesday at the University of Hamburg, some 77 years after she completed her thesis on diphtheria. She had been refused entrance to the oral exam in 1938…
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