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Fast Forward 1,000 Break Record for Shofar-Blowing
More than 1,000 people gathered at a New Jersey Jewish institution to break the Guinness World Record for largest shofar ensemble. The participants blew together on the shofars for five minutes at the Alex Aidekman Family Jewish Community Campus in Whippany, N.J. The “Great Shofar Blowout” sponsored by the Partnership for Jewish Learning and Life,…
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Fast Forward Israel Aid Group Joins Ebola Fight
The Israeli nongovernmental relief organization IsraAID is sending medical professionals to Sierra Leone to help patients who have tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus. The first Israeli professionals will arrive in the African nation this week, IsraAID said in a statement. During the first phase, the IsraAid team will provide psycho-social support training to…
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Fast Forward Actress Polly Bergen Dies at 84
Polly Bergen, who won accolades as a film, television and stage actress as well as a singer, has died. Bergen, who starred in the 1962 film “Cape Fear, died Saturday at her home in Southbury, Conn., from natural causes, publicist Judy Katz told media outlets. She was 84. Katz said she was surrounded by family…
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Fast Forward California Synagogue Director Sentenced to Prison for Embezzlement
The former executive director of a synagogue in La Jolla, Calif., was sentenced to 18 months in prison for embezzlement. Eric Levine, 37, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in San Diego after pleading guilty in April to embezzling more than $540,000 from Congregation Beth El over five years. He also was ordered to…
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Fast Forward Over 100 Jewish Groups Join People’s Climate March in New York
More than 100 Jewish organizations participated in the People’s Climate March in New York as part of the Jewish Climate Campaign. The Jewish participants in Sunday’s march were encouraged to bring and blow shofars to provide a wake-up call to governments and organizations to work to fight climate change. Among the participating Jewish organizations were…
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Fast Forward Israel Establishing National Cyber Defense Authority
Israel will launch a national cyber defense authority to defend civilians against cyber threats. The authority, which was announced at the regular weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, will act alongside the National Cyber Bureau, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. Eviatar Matania, the head of the National Cyber Bureau, will lead its establishment,…
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Fast Forward Coney Island Jewish Agency Gets $500K for Sandy Repairs
The Jewish Community Council of Greater Coney Island was awarded almost $500,000 in federal funding to repair damages that occurred during Superstorm Sandy. The Federal Emergency Management Agency originally allocated $1,860 to the council for the devastation its buildings received during the October 2013 hurricane. On Friday, FEMA allocated an additional $482,500. “This is great…
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Fast Forward Pat Robertson Dubs Religious Freedom Activist ‘Little Jewish Radical’
Pat Robertson called an activist for religious freedoms in the military a “little Jewish radical” in condemning the U.S. Air Force for making “so help me God” an optional part of its oath. “You got one little Jewish radical scaring the pants off you,” Robertson said Sept. 18 in commentary on Christian Broadcasting Network, which…
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