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Fast Forward Thanksgivukkah Tchochkes Sell Like (Jewish) Hotcakes
From gingerbread kits for Chanukah Houses to menorahs shaped like turkeys, retailers are having a ball creating symbolic trinkets for Thanksgiving and the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah, which this year converge on Nov. 28. “It’s really plucked the nation, if you will,” said Anthony Weintraub, a New Yorker whose 10-year-old son, Asher, created the turkey-shaped…
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Fast Forward Jewish Shopping Titans Map Out Black Friday Strategy Early
When Aimee Brittain’s team hits the stores in a commando-like fashion on Thanksgiving night in search of Black Friday deals, they’ll stand out from the crowd in their matching bright blue shirts. They’ll scatter when they hit the store, and the shirts will help them see each other quickly. It’s different for the Goldman sisters….
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Fast Forward Newtown Braces for Release of Rampage Report
Schools in Newtown, Connecticut, will employ extra security on Monday as the state releases its long-awaited report on the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that killed 20 children and six adults, including Noah Pozner, whose family is Jewish. The state prosecutor’s office has said the report will be published on the website of…
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Fast Forward How Great Satan and Axis of Evil Made Nice — and Cut Deal
Saturday night had turned into Sunday morning and four days of talks over Iran’s nuclear programme had already gone so far over schedule that the Geneva Intercontinental Hotel had been given over to another event. A black tie charity ball was finishing up and singers with an after party band at a bar above the…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Reassures Israel on Iran Deal
President Barack Obama attempted to reassure a skeptical Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday about a deal struck with Iran on its nuclear program and said he wants to begin consultations with Israel about it immediately. Obama spoke to Netanyahu by phone prior to departing the White House on a Democratic fund-raising trip to…
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Fast Forward Skeptical Congress Will Give White House Space on Iran
Republican and Democratic U.S. senators on Sunday voiced skepticism about an interim nuclear deal reached with Iran but Congress looked likely to give President Barack Obama room to see if the agreement works. The deal does not need to be ratified by Congress and Obama is using his executive power to temporarily suspend some existing…
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Fast Forward White House Insists ‘No Illusions’ on Iran Deal
The Obama administration insisted on strong safeguards in a nuclear deal with Iran and has no illusions about the risks that the Islamic state might not follow through on its obligations, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday. Kerry sought to reassure skeptics in the U.S. Congress who worry that the six-month agreement…
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Fast Forward Experts Say Deal Eases Iran Bomb Threat — Despite Israel Objections
A breakthrough agreement between Iran and six world powers to restrain its nuclear programme has been denounced by Israel as an “historical mistake” but should nevertheless make it significantly harder for Tehran to build any atomic bomb. By halting Iran’s most sensitive enrichment of uranium and stopping other aspects of its nuclear activities from expanding,…
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