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Fast Forward Modern Language Association Anti-Israel Measure Falls Short
Members of the Modern Language Association did not pass a resolution critical of Israel for denying academics entry to the West Bank. The numbers of those who voted in favor of the measure fell short of the at least 10 percent of the full MLA membership of 23,900 whose support was needed in order for…
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Fast Forward Circumcision Lowers Risk of Prostate Cancer by 11%
A new study from Canada indicates a possible connection between male circumcision and a lower likelihood of prostate cancer. The study, published in the British urology journal BJU International, was based on interviews with more than 3,000 men in the Montreal area between the ages of 40 and 75. The study’s authors found that men…
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Fast Forward Desmond Tutu Talks Israel With Canada Jews
A leading Jewish advocacy group met with South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu to express concern at Tutu’s past statements on Israel. Representatives of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, or CIJA, met Tutu May 27 in Toronto, where he was attending an international gathering of the Order of St. John, the Canadian Jewish News…
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Fast Forward Volunteer Ticketed for Driving Cancer Child to Chemotherapy Appointment
A volunteer driver taking a cancer patient to a chemotherapy appointment was cited in New York City for driving an illegal cab. Yeshaya Liebowitz of Brooklyn was driving two women on behalf of the Chesed Organization, which offers free rides to medical patients, when agents for the city’s Taxi and Limousine Commission pulled him over…
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Fast Forward Jewish Guide Eitan Green Among Hikers Killed on Mt. Rainier
Eitan Green, a Solomon Schechter day school alumnus from Needham, Mass., was among six hikers killed on Mount Rainier. Green, an experienced mountain guide for Alpine Ascents International who had made more than 40 ascents up Mount Rainier, was ascending the north face of the mountain with one other guide and four climbers when the…
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Fast Forward Romania Ex-Shul Hit by Firebombing
A firebomb thrown into a former synagogue in central Romania caused minor damage, a local Jewish watchdog group said. The firebomb was aimed at the wooden part of the floor of the former synagogue of Sighisoara, the Center for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism in Romania said in a statement Tuesday about the recent attack. The…
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Fast Forward Israel Middle Schools Start Teaching Evolution
Israeli middle schools will for the first time teach evolution as part of the core curriculum. The Education Ministry announced Sunday that beginning with the coming school year, the theory of evolution will be taught to seventh grade through ninth grade students in secular state schools, state-religious schools and Arab schools. The curricula will include…
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Fast Forward Ohio Dedicates ‘Shattered Star’ Holocaust Memorial
The state of Ohio dedicated a Holocaust memorial on the Statehouse grounds in the state capital Columbus. The Ohio Holocaust & Liberators Memorial was dedicated Monday at a ceremony which drew 1,500 people including Holocaust survivors and former U.S. soldiers. The18-foot tall memorial, which resembles a shattered Star of David, was designed by Polish-born architect…
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