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Fast Forward Zionist Leader Kalman Sultanik Dies at 97
Zionist leader Kalman Sultanik, who for decades served as a leader in the World Jewish Congress, has died. Sultanik, who was also a member of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council and president of the Federation of Polish Jews, died Sunday in New York at the age of 97. Born in Miechow, Poland in 1917, Sultanik…
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Fast Forward Stunning Reality TV Star Wins ‘Miss Jewish Star’ Pageant
Linor Shefer, an Israeli-American reality television star who was born in Ukraine, won Moscow’s first “Miss Jewish Star” beauty pageant. Shefer, a former contender in the Israeli version of the reality television show “Big Brother,” beat 19 other contestants to become Miss Jewish Star 2014 on Sunday in Moscow’s Metropol Hotel, according to the STMEGI…
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Fast Forward 2,000-Year-Old Stone Engraved to Roman Emperor Hadrian Unearthed
A fragment of a stone engraved with an inscription dedicated to the Roman emperor Hadrian was discovered in Jerusalem. The existence of the 2,000-year-old stone fragment, discovered in recent months during salvage excavations north of the Damascus Gate by the Israel Antiquities Authority, was announced Tuesday. The stone inscription was found around the opening of…
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News Three-Quarter of Israeli Jews Oppose Palestinian State on ’67 Lines, Poll Finds
Three-quarters of Israeli Jews oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state along the 1967 borders, a new poll found. Some 75 percent also are against ceding control of the Jordan Valley and 76 percent oppose the division of Jerusalem, according to a survey conducted last week for the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, a research…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Bus Ads Featuring Women in Prayer Shawls Vandalized
Several public buses featuring photos of young women wearing kippot and prayer shawls were vandalized in Jerusalem. The buses had their tires slashed and ads defaced with spray paint in the haredi Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim. Haredi men were responsible for the vandalism, according to reports. The bus advertisements, launched last week by the…
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Fast Forward Arab-Israeli Team Hails Ex-Knesset Lawmaker Accused of Treason
An Arab-Israeli soccer team honored a former Knesset lawmaker who fled Israel amid accusations of treason and espionage. Bnei Sakhnin held a ceremony Saturday saluting prominent Arab figures including Azmi Bishara, who was accused of providing information to the terrorist group Hezbollah during the 2006 Second Lebanon War, and an anonymous Qatari donor who gave…
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Fast Forward Heirs to German Jews Sue UBS To Recover Art Collection Stolen by Nazis
The relatives of German Jews whose art collection was seized by the Nazis have sued UBS, claiming the Swiss bank cheated them out of their inheritance. The family of Ludwig and Margret Kainer — the children of their cousins — filed lawsuits in New York and Switzerland contending that the bank never made an effort…
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Fast Forward Nazi Killers Collected Millions in Social Security
Video: Nate Lavey Dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals and SS guards collected millions of dollars in Social Security payments after being forced out of the United States, an investigation by The Associated Press found. The payments were made possible by a legal loophole that gave the U.S. Justice Department leverage to persuade Nazi suspects…
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