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Fast Forward Roman Polanski Extradition Sought From Poland
The United States is again seeking to extradite convicted filmmaker Roman Polanski — this time from Poland — over a 1977 sex crime conviction. Polish officials informed media outlets on Wednesday that they had received an extradition request from Los Angeles prosecutors and that Polanski would likely be brought in for questioning by local authorities…
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Fast Forward Car Fire Outside Suburban Paris Synagogue Not Tied to Magazine Terror
A car that caught fire outside a synagogue near the site of the deadly attack on the Paris headquarters of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine was not related to the attack, the mayor of a Paris suburb said. Mayor Francois Pupponi of Sarcelles, a heavily Jewish suburb of Paris, said the fire that erupted Wednesday…
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Fast Forward Morocco Lifts Ban On ‘Exodus’ After Director Removes ‘Offensive Dialogue’
Morocco lifted its ban on the movie “Exodus: Gods and Kings” after Fox Studios and director Ridley Scott took out offensive dialogue. Morocco had banned the film because of dialogue that implied that one of the characters was God. In Islam it is forbidden to give God a corporeal form. The movie was banned on…
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Fast Forward U.N. Chief Agrees To Admit ‘Palestine’ to ICC
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced that Palestine will join the International Criminal Court on April 1. The accession to the court will allow the Palestinians to press war-crimes charges against Israel. Ban made the announcement late Tuesday night, days after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas signed the Rome Statute, the international treaty under…
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Fast Forward Greek Jewish Cemetery Damaged by Storm
A massive winter storm toppled trees and caused significant damage to the historic Jewish cemetery in the northern Greek city of Ioannina. The storm over the weekend uprooted several trees, crushing about 20 gravestones and destroying the flagstone path that leads into the cemetery, said Allegra Matsa, one of the Ioannina Jewish community leaders. Three…
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Fast Forward Snowstorm Slams Israel — Roads and Schools Close
The main roads were closed into Jerusalem as the worst storm of the year gathered strength. The storm moved in late Tuesday night and many Israelis woke Wednesday morning to freezing temperatures and snow in the air. Snow covered the Golan, with schools closed Wednesday morning in Israel’s Golan and Galilee regions, as heavy rain…
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Fast Forward Hamptons Eruv Wins Approval From Appeals Court
A federal appeals court upheld the constitutionality of the recently constructed eruv around Westhampton Beach on Long Island. The 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in New York ruled that the plastic strips placed on utility poles in the village to designate the eruv do not breach the separation of church and state. “No reasonable…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Gets 90% of Funds From U.S.
More than 90 percent of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reelection funds have come from the United States. Of the total contributions of nearly $259,000 — slightly over 1 million shekels — about $237,000 came from American donors, according to records made public by Israel’s State Comptroller and first published by BuzzFeed. Three wealthy families…
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