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Fast Forward Is El Al Breaking U.S. Law With Gender Segregation?
Following the delay of several El Al flights after haredi Orthodox men refused to sit next to women, a New York rabbi and attorney claims that some of the airline’s policies may violate U.S. law. Rabbi Iris Richman, posting on the Facebook page, Jewish Voices Together, cites “49 U.S. Code § 40127 – Prohibitions on…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Eye 2016 for Two-State Resolution
The Palestinians will ask the United Nations Security Council to set a deadline of November 2016 for an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank and eastern Jerusalem. The request is part of a draft resolution that has been circulated to members of the Security Council, The Associated Press reported Wednesday. AP obtained a copy of…
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Fast Forward Polish Town Plans Memorial on Jewish Cemetery Site
An organization in Wronki, Poland, is creating a lapidarium-style memorial at the site of a destroyed Jewish cemetery in town. The project of the Wronki Jewish Lapidarium Association involves about 800 Jewish gravestones or fragments recovered several years ago from two cemeteries razed by the Nazis during World War II. It aims to piece together…
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Fast Forward Synagogue Leader’s Car Torched in Atlantic City
A synagogue leader’s car exploded in a suspected arson attack in Atlantic City, N.J. In the wee hours of Saturday morning, several hours after the close of Rosh Hashanah, police discovered a Ford Explorer engulfed in flames outside Congregation Rodef Sholom, an Orthodox shul. The fire caused severe damage to the parking lot and the…
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Fast Forward New American Ambassador to Czech Republic Recalls Family Ties
Andrew Schapiro highlighted his family’s ties to the Czech Republic as he took over as the U.S. ambassador there. Schapiro, 51, a Chicago lawyer, handed his credentials to the Czech president on Tuesday. His late mother, Raya, was born in Prague in 1934 and fled to the United States in 1939 after the country then…
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Fast Forward Argentina Jews Blast Palestinian Fundraiser at Congress
A Jewish group is calling a Palestinian fundraising campaign at the Argentine Congress an endorsement of Hamas’ anti-Semitic hate and violence. The Argentine Congress on Thursday will launch the campaign “Palestine Resists, Argentina Arises,” led by the president of the Friends of Palestine Parliamentary Group, Leonardo Grosso; the president of the Chamber of Deputies, Julian…
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Fast Forward 24% of Israeli Consumers Boycott Arab Businesses After Gaza
Twenty four percent of Jewish-Israeli consumers are boycotting Arab businesses in the wake of the summer’s Gaza conflict, according to an Israeli business daily. The 24 percent is down from the 29 percent who said t hey were boycotting Arab-owned businesses during the 50-day-long Operation Protective Edge, and down significantly from the 47 percent who…
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Fast Forward Nita Lowey Wants Probe of College Programs for Anti-Israel Tilt
The ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee asked the U.S. Department of Education to insure that college programs receiving federal funds not include an anti-Israel bias. In a letter sent Monday to Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.), requested that standards of accountability be adopted so that any college or university receiving…
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