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Fast Forward Ronald Lauder Slams German Official for Trip to Iran
The head of the World Jewish Congress sharply criticized German Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel on Wednesday for his recent visit to Iran, accusing him of putting business interests before morals and calling his approach to Tehran naive. Lured by the prospect of an easing of economic sanctions against Iran following a landmark nuclear deal with…
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Fast Forward Theo Bikel, ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ Star, Dies at 91
Actor Theodore Bikel, who originated the stage role of Captain von Trapp in “The Sound of Music” but was best known for starring as Tevye, the poor Jewish milkman, in the Broadway hit musical “Fiddler on the Roof,” died on Tuesday at age 91. A native of Vienna, Austria, who grew up in British-controlled Palestine…
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Fast Forward French Prosecutor Wants Yasser Arafat Death Probe Closed
A French prosecutor recommended on Tuesday the closing of an investigation into the death in France of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, whose widow alleged he was poisoned. Arafat, who signed the 1993 Oslo interim peace accord with Israel but led an uprising after subsequent talks broke down in 2000, died aged 75 in a…
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Fast Forward Joshua Greenberg, Grooveshark Founder, Dies at 28
Joshua Greenberg, the 28-year-old co-founder of the music streaming website Grooveshark, was found dead in his home in Gainesville, Florida, over the weekend, police said on Monday. Greenberg was found on Sunday evening and there was no evidence of foul play or suicide at the scene, Gainesville police said in a tweet. The Gainesville Sun…
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Fast Forward Did Danish Man Help Nazi Murders in Holocaust?
A leading Nazi hunter visited Copenhagen on Monday to request a police investigation into whether a Danish man was an accomplice in the murder of Jews at a camp in Nazi-occupied Belarus during World War Two. The Dane has admitted to working as a guard at the concentration camp near Babruysk, Belarus in 1943 and…
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Fast Forward Hackers Threaten to Expose Clients of Jewish-Owned Cheating Website Ashley Madison
Hackers claim to have personal details of more than 37 million cheating spouses on dating website Ashley Madison and have threatened to release nude photos and sexual fantasies of the site’s clients unless it is shut down, blog KrebsOnSecurity reported. Ashley Madison’s Canadian parent, Avid Life Media, confirmed the breach on its systems and said…
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Fast Forward President Obama Sends Iran Deal to Wary Congress
President Barack Obama’s administration sent a nuclear agreement with Tehran to Congress on Sunday and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. lawmakers to reject a deal he said would only feed an “Iranian terror machine.” In a first concrete sign of European determination to quickly rebuild economic and political ties with Iran after a…
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Fast Forward Palace Scolds Sun for Publishing Queen’s Childhood ‘Nazi Salute’
Buckingham Palace scolded Rupert Murdoch’s top-selling Sun tabloid on Saturday for publishing a previously unknown film from 1933 that appears to show Britain’s Queen Elizabeth performing a Nazi salute as a young girl. The black-and-white film from the year Adolf Hitler came to power purports to show future British king Edward VIII instructing his nieces,…
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