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Fast Forward 1,000 Plan To Attend Limmud Moscow
Over 1,000 people have registered for the Moscow Limmud at a government-owned resort. Participants of the annual Jewish learning conference paid $300-$500 to attend the four-day event, which will open Friday at the Klyasma resort just outside the Russian capital, organizers said. The for-profit complex is owned by the Department for Presidential Affairs of the…
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Fast Forward U.S. Wants Dialogue on Hungary Holocaust Feud
The U.S. Embassy in Budapest called on the Hungarian government to resume dialogue with Jewish, national and international groups over plans for its Holocaust memorial year. In a statement issued Tuesday directed at the newly re-elected government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the embassy wrote, “As a fellow democracy, we continue to urge the government…
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Fast Forward William Rapfogel To Plead Guilty in $7M Met Council Fraud Case
William Rapfogel, the ousted leader of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty in New York, reportedly will plead guilty for his role in a scheme to steal more than $7 million from the social service agency. Rapfogel, who had served as CEO and president of the Met Council from 1992, was scheduled to enter a…
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Fast Forward Abraham Foxman To Speak at Boston Graduation Despite Armenian Genocide Debate
Despite protests from some student groups, Suffolk University affirmed its selection of Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman as the law school’s commencement speaker. Foxman, who will step down from his position in July 2015, also will receive an honorary degree at the May 17 graduation ceremony of the private university located in downtown Boston….
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Fast Forward Soccer Star’s Pal Gets Fine for ‘Quenelle’ Support
A soccer player from the Ivory Coast for Britain’s Hull City team has been fined for posting a message of support for Nicolas Anelka’s quenelle gesture on social media. The Football Association on Tuesday fined player Yannick Sagbo more than $25,000 for the action following an Independent Regulatory Commission Hearing, where he admitted a breach…
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Fast Forward Mahmoud Abbas Suggests He Might Agree To Extend Peace Talks
The Palestinians would extend the current peace negotiations if Israel agrees to a three-month settlement construction freeze during which the sides would agree on the borders of a future Palestinian state. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told Israeli journalists in Ramallah on Tuesday that he also would require Israel to release the fourth group of…
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Fast Forward U.S. Envoy Insists Doors Open to Israelis
The U.S. State Department is working to make tourist visas available for as many Israelis as possible, especially young people, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said. “Although two-thirds of young Israeli applicants receive visas, some people have a misconception that young Israelis are not welcome in the United States,” Shapiro wrote Sunday on his…
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Fast Forward Moroccan Jew Seeks To Join Islamist Party
A Moroccan Jewish lawyer has asked to join ruling Islamist party. Isaac Charia of Rabat sent an open letter to the Islamist Justice and Development Party requesting to join the party, Morocco World News reported. In the letter, Charia asks whether the party will welcome Moroccan Jews or if it is only for Muslims. He…
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