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News WhatsApp Founder Jan Koum’s Jewish Rags-to-Riches Tale
WhatsApp grew up in Silicon Valley, but its founder’s Jewish background in Eastern Europe gave it its DNA. The messaging company bought by Facebook for $19 billion in a deal announced on Wednesday has become a global force, with 450 million customers who find it an easy way to send messages across borders and between…
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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg Defends Facebook’s $19B WhatsApp Buy
Facebook Inc will buy fast-growing mobile-messaging startup WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, as the world’s largest social network looks for ways to boost its popularity, especially among a younger crowd. The acquisition of the hot messaging service with more than 450 million users around the world stunned many Silicon Valley observers with…
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Fast Forward Israel May Regulate Bitcoin
Israel said on Wednesday it was considering regulation of bitcoin and warned citizens that using such decentralised virtual currencies was risky. As a crypto-currency, bitcoin is passed between two parties digitally and can be traded on exchanges for real-world currencies. Its value fluctuates according to user demand but it is not backed by any government…
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Fast Forward George Clooney Will Attend White House Screening of ‘Monuments Men’
Actors George Clooney, Matt Damon and Bill Murray will attend a screening of their new movie “The Monuments Men” at the White House on Tuesday night hosted by President Barack Obama. The film, directed by Clooney, is based on the true story of U.S. soldiers in World War Two who rescued art masterpieces from Nazi…
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Fast Forward Hungary Rabbi Unearths 103 Torahs in Russia
A Hungarian rabbi said on Tuesday he had uncovered 103 Torah scrolls stolen from Hungarian Jews during World War Two and stashed in a Russian library, adding he planned to restore and return them to the Jewish community. Slomo Koves, chief rabbi of the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation, said he had found the scrolls while…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Says Boycotters Are ‘Anti-Semites in Modern Garb’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced confidence on Monday that world demand for Israeli high technology will enable his country to outflank pro-Palestinian groups advocating its economic boycott. “I think it’s important that the boycotters must be exposed for what they are – they’re classical anti-Semites in modern garb. And I think we have to fight…
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Fast Forward Jewish Ice Dancer Charlie White Wins First-Ever Olympic Gold Medal for U.S.
A sultry performance that lasted four spellbinding minutes, but was 17 years in the making, propelled Meryl Davis and Charlie White to become the first Americans to win the Olympic ice dance title at the Sochi Games on Monday. **UPDATE: Charlie White raised as Christian in family with Jewish members. In a showdown with rivals…
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Fast Forward Blast on Sinai Tourist Bus Kills 4, Wounds 33
An explosion on a tourist bus in Egypt’s Sinai near the Israeli border killed four people and wounded 33, according to Haaretz. Israeli police said they heard an explosion from the Egyptian side of the Taba border crossing. The blast took place after the bus entered Egypt from Israel, security sources said. The border crossing…
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