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Fast Forward Israel Mourns Arik Einstein, King of Cool
For many Israelis, nothing symbolised home more than singer Arik Einstein, and on Wednesday a nation mourned the death of its king of cool. Einstein, who died of a ruptured aneurysm on Tuesday at the age of 74, was virtually unknown outside of Israel. But generations of Israelis came of age listening to his smooth…
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Fast Forward Jewish Philanthropist David Rubenstein Pays Record $14M for First American Book
The Bay Psalm Book, one of 11 surviving copies of the first book printed in America, sold for $14.2 million on Tuesday evening at Sotheby’s in New York, setting a new world auction record for any printed book. Although it had been estimated to fetch up to $30 million, it easily surpassed the previous mark…
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Fast Forward Israel and European Union Reach Research Deal Despite Settlements
Israel struck a compromise deal with the European Union on Tuesday allowing it to join a prestigious EU scientific research project, Israeli government sources said, resolving a dispute over Jewish settlements in occupied territory. Israeli participation had been jeopardised by new EU guidelines unveiled in July effectively barring EU money from being allotted to Israeli…
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Fast Forward Is ‘Knockout’ Urban Game a Threat to Jews — Or Random Acts of Violence?
Police throughout the United States are investigating whether a rash of teen attacks on strangers, many of them Jewish, is a crime trend known as the “knockout game” or a series of random acts of violence. A savage assault outside a pizza parlor in Philadelphia left a man severely injured, but with all his belongings…
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Fast Forward Supreme Court Will Hear Religious Objections to Health Care Law
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to consider religious objections made by corporations to a provision of Obamacare requiring employers to provide health insurance that covers birth control. Oral arguments will likely be scheduled for March, with a ruling due by June. The so-called contraception mandate of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care…
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Fast Forward Tug-of-War Erupts Over Iraq Jewish Archives
Jewish books and documents found by U.S. soldiers in the flooded headquarters of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and sent to the United States for restoration have touched off a dispute between Baghdad and Iraqi Jews who fled the country. After a $3 million restoration, the collection has been put on display at the Washington-based…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Blasts Critics of Iran Deal
President Barack Obama took on critics of a newly brokered nuclear deal with Iran on Monday by saying tough talk was good for politics but not good for U.S. security. Top Republicans – as well as U.S. ally Israel – have criticized Obama for agreeing to the deal, which the United States and its partners…
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Fast Forward Newtown Gunman’s Motive May Never Be Known
The man who killed 26 people including 20 children in an attack on Sandy Hook Elementary School almost a year ago acted alone and his motive may never be known, according to an investigative report released on Monday. The state attorney’s report said that the criminal investigation into the shooting by 20-year-old Adam Lanza, who…
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