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Fast Forward Muslim Prisoner Wins Right to Wear Beard in Case With Orthodox Support
The Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of a Muslim prisoner in Arkansas on his beard length in a case that drew Orthodox Jewish support. In the ruling Tuesday in favor of inmate Gregory Holt, written by Justice Samuel Alito, the court said Arkansas failed to show why it was unable to allow the half-inch…
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Fast Forward Democratic Senator Opposes ‘Rush’ To Impose New Iran Sanctions
The top Democrat on the U.S. Senate Banking Committee said on Tuesday he did not want to rush to vote on legislation to impose more sanctions on Iran, speaking a day after the panel said it would delay hearings on the issue for a week. “There’s not a rush on this. These negotiations are going…
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Fast Forward Delta Israel Flights Hit by Bomb Scares at John F. Kennedy Airport
Two Delta Air Lines flights arriving at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, one continuing to and one arriving from Tel Aviv, were evacuated following a bomb threat. An anonymous caller to another unnamed airline reported Monday evening that a pipe bomb had been placed aboard Delta’s flight 468, according to reports. The airline…
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Fast Forward Are Belgium Public Schools Becoming ‘Jew-Free Zones’?
A Belgian watchdog on anti-Semitism warned that the country’s public schools are becoming “Jew-free” zones because of harassment. Joel Rubinfeld, president of the Belgian League Against Anti-Semitism, sounded the alarm in an interview for the weekly Le Vif/L’Express, which was published earlier this month and which revealed that the only Jewish student of the Emile…
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Fast Forward Israel Shifts Iron Dome Missile Defense to North After Syria Strike
Israel reportedly has deployed Iron Dome anti-missile defense systems in the country’s north out of fear of retaliation following an alleged Israeli airstrike on Syria.’ The move was reported Monday evening by Sky News Arabia, which cited unnamed Israeli sources. An Iranian general and at least five Hezbollah members were killed in Sunday’s attack, including…
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Fast Forward ‘Facebuker Rebbe’ Dovid Winiarz Dies in Car Crash on Icy Sunday Morning
Rabbi Dovid Winiarz, the self-proclaimed “Facebuker Rebbe” for his outreach efforts over Facebook, was killed in a car accident on an icy road in Maryland. Winiarz, 49, of New York, was a passenger on Sunday morning in a vehicle that lost control in the icy conditions and struck another car. He was on his way…
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Fast Forward U.S. Security Group Asks for Vigilance After Paris Terror
In the wake of the deadly Paris attacks, the security arm of national U.S. Jewish groups is asking Jewish institutions to report any incidents of threats, vandalism or attacks. The Secure Community Network, or SCN, in a Jan. 18 memo told Jewish institutions that information it gathers could assist national law enforcement agencies in discerning…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Foundation Nears $156M Anniversary Goal
In advance of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation announced that it has raised $140 million of its approximately $156 million campaign goal. The total includes $9 million in newly announced donations from six leading philanthropists. The campaign was created in 2009 by the independent foundation to fund a perpetual…
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