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Fast Forward Manhattan Synagogue Members Sue To Block $13M Building Sale
Members of a Manhattan synagogue are asking a judge to halt the sale of their building in a deal made without their knowledge. Worshippers at Sages of Israel, which is also a nursing home, claim that the board selling their Lower East Side Orthodox synagogue building for $13 million to a developer is not legitimate…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Museum Slams Iran Cartoon Contest
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum slammed a Tehran-based contest that invites contributors to create cartoons questioning the historical truth of the Holocaust. The Second Holocaust International Cartoon and Caricature Contest, which is under the supervision of Iran’s supreme leader, “continues a dangerous pattern of government-sponsored or sanctioned demonization of Jews,” the Washington museum said in…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Silver Son-in-Law Charged in $7M Ponzi Scheme
The son-in-law of former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested for allegedly running a $7 million Ponzi scheme. Marcello Trebitsch, 37, was arrested on Monday by federal agents and indicted in Manhattan federal court on charges of wire fraud and securities fraud. He was released on $500,000 bail. Trebitsch, who is married to…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto Pleads Guilty To Bribing Israeli Police
Celebrity Israeli Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto pleaded guilty in a Tel Aviv court to charges of bribery as part of a plea deal. Pinto, 39, pleaded guilty to charges of bribery, attempted bribery, and obstruction of justice for attempting to bribe a senior police officer for information in another investigation about him. As part of the…
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Fast Forward Marco Rubio, Israel Hawk, Enters 2016 Republican Race for White House
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), a hawk on pro-Israel issues, declared his bid for the Republican presidential candidacy. Rubio, 43, spoke Monday with donors, according to various media reports, and said his campaign would emphasize his biography: The child of refugees from the Cuban dictatorship who made good in America. He was due to make a…
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Fast Forward Thousands March on Anniversary of Kansas City Jewish Center Rampage
Thousands of people in a Kansas City suburb took part in a march to mark the first anniversary of deadly shootings outside of two Jewish institutions. The three-mile Peace Walk began at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City in Overland Park, Kan., culminating seven days of events planned by the families of the…
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Fast Forward Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Calls Mandatory Vaccines ‘Holocaust’
Robert Kennedy Jr. apologized for using the word holocaust to describe the effects of mandatory vaccines. “I want to apologize to all whom I offended by my use of the word ‘holocaust’ to describe the autism epidemic,” said Kennedy, an environmental activist, who has also joined the opposition to mandatory vaccines. The likening of vaccines…
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Fast Forward Stanford Student Senate Candidate Asked How Jewish Faith Would Inform Decisions
A candidate for the student Senate at Stanford University filed a complaint after she was asked how her Jewish faith would inform her decisions. Molly Horwitz, a junior, filed the complaint with the student elections commissioner shortly after the March 13 endorsement interview with an umbrella group on campus, the Stanford Review student newspaper reported…
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