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Food Sabra Pushes for Hummus ‘Standards’ Law
Sabra, the popular U.S. hummus company, petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to create a standard for which dips are considered hummus. Sabra would like hummus to be defined as “the semisolid food prepared from mixing cooked, dehydrated, or dried chickpeas and tahini with one or more optional ingredients,” according to a news release Monday….
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Fast Forward Moshe Yaalon Defends Israeli Soldiers in Fatal Shooting of Palestinians
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon defended the Israeli soldiers who allegedly shot dead two Palestinians at a West Bank protest. Yaalon in a statement Tuesday said the soldiers acted appropriately, as they “were in a situation where their lives were in danger.” The incident took place May 15 at a Nakba Day rally at the…
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Fast Forward NBA Files Paperwork to Terminate Donald Sterling’s Ownership Rights
The National Basketball Association filed paperwork to terminate Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling of all ownership rights in the franchise. Sterling has until May 27 to respond to Monday’s filing. He will be allowed to make a presentation at a special Board of Governors meeting on June 3, CNN reported. The 80-year-old Jewish lawyer…
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Fast Forward Herod’s Palace Frescoes Returned to Masada
Frescoes from a room in a Herodian palace atop the ancient Jewish fortress of Masada were restored and returned to their original location. Discovered by former Israeli general and archaeologist Yigal Yadin in the 1960s, the frescoes were on display at Masada until 20 years ago, when they were stored to prevent further damage to…
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Fast Forward 20,000 Anti-Semitic Tweets Greet Israeli Hoops Win
Nearly 20,000 anti-Semitic tweets in Spanish followed Maccabi Tel Aviv’s victory over Real Madrid in the Euroleague basketball championships, Catalonian Jewish organizations said. The groups claim to have found 17,500 anti-Semitic tweets, many with the derogatory hashtag #putosjudios, and said they plan to jointly file a complaint alleging hate crimes and discrimination to State Attorney…
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Fast Forward Boston Rabbi Barry Starr Paid Teenage Boy $500K To Cover Up Affair
Boston-area Rabbi Barry Starr allegedly paid nearly half a million dollars — taken from synagogue funds and borrowed from his congregants — to hide his affair with a 16-year-old male. According to statements released Monday in the Stoughton District Court, Starr, the longtime spiritual leader at Temple Israel of Sharon before his recent resignation, used…
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Fast Forward Top Diplomat Meets With Cuba on Alan Gross
The top U.S. State Department official dealing with Latin America brought up the plight of Alan Gross in a rare meeting with her Cuban counterpart. Roberta Jacobson, the assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, met in Washington May 15 with Josefina Vidal, the Cuban foreign ministry’s director general for U.S. affairs. “Among other…
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Fast Forward Rapper Macklemore Sorry for ‘Jewish’ Costume
Rapper Macklemore has apologized for a wearing a costume widely perceived as anti-Semitic, writing that he did not intend the costume to be a stereotype. The popular musician appeared at Seattle’s EMP Museum on Friday wearing a dark suit, a bushy brown wig and beard, and a large prosthetic nose. The performance was part of…
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