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Fast Forward Reuven Rivlin Greets Conservative Jews as ‘One Big Family’
Reuven Rivlin, who drew criticism before becoming Israel’s president for his broadsides against non-Orthodox Jewish streams, told a group of Conservative Jews that Jews are “one big family.” “We cannot agree on everything, but we are brothers and we are one big family,” The Jerusalem Post quoted Rivlin as telling the delegation Wednesday from the…
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Fast Forward U.S. Air Force Swears In First Bearded Chaplain — A Rabbi
The U.S. Air Force is swearing in its first bearded chaplain, a rabbi. Rabbi Elie Estrin, the director of a Chabad House on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, will be sworn in Wednesday at McCord Air Force Base in the state, Chabad.org, a news website of the movement, reported. The military only this…
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Fast Forward Melissa Martens Yaverbaum to Head Council of American Jewish Museums
The Council of American Jewish Museums, which represents 80 institutions, has named Melissa Martens Yaverbaum as its executive director. Yaverbaum, who has worked in the museum field for 24 years, currently serves as the director of collections and exhibitions at the Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City. “This…
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Fast Forward Two Jewish Candidates Defeated in Massachusetts Governor Primary
Two Jewish candidates were defeated in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts governor. Martha Coakley, the state’s attorney general, on Tuesday defeated Steve Grossman, the state treasurer and Don Berwick, a former administrator of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Coakley, who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate in 2010, garnered 42 percent of…
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Fast Forward Islamist Militants Leave Signed Note on Beheaded Corpse in Sinai
Residents in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula said on Wednesday they found a beheaded corpse bearing a note signed by an Islamist militant group linked to the Syria and Iraq-based Islamic State, accusing the victim of being an Israeli spy. The beheading is the eighth claimed by the group in Sinai in under a month in a…
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Fast Forward Protestors Call on Minnesota Governor to Divest State Investment Funds From Israel Bonds
Protesters called on Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton to divest state investment funds from Israel Bonds. The protesters, from the divestment group Break the Bonds, attended a Minnesota State Board of Investment meeting Tuesday to call on the governor, who is chairman of the committee, to pull the funds from Israel, according to the Star Tribune….
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Fast Forward IDF Opens Criminal Investigation Into Attack on Gaza Beach That Left 4 Kids Dead
The Israel Defense Forces has opened criminal investigations into an attack on a Gaza beach that left four children dead and an attack on a U.N. school in Gaza. The Chief Military Advocate General, Maj.-Gen. Danny Efroni, on Wednesday announced the launch of the probes, as well as three other criminal investigations. In total, some…
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Fast Forward Moshe Yaalon Makes Surprise Visit to Azerbaijan
Moshe Yaalon became the first Israeli defense minister to visit the central Asian country of Azerbaijan. Yaalon began an unannounced two-day visit on Wednesday, landing in Baku for meetings with top government officials. Azerbaijan, which has had bilateral relations with Israel for many years, is located next to Iran. “I am happy to be hosted…
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