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Fast Forward Talk of Sex Gets Israeli Minister Shai Piron All Giggly
A reference to “penetration” in a speech to parliament caused Israel’s education minister to burst into a laughing fit that went viral on Tuesday on Israeli websites. Shai Piron, who is also a rabbi, could not get past the first sentence of his address, on a proposed law against smuggling cell phones into Israel’s prisons,…
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Fast Forward 35,000 Eritreans Face Deportation From Israel
An unidentified country has agreed to take in Eritrean illegal immigrants living in Israel, according to Israeli court documents. Humanitarian agencies say many of the 60,000 African migrants who have walked into Israel from Egypt should be considered for asylum. Israel regards most of them as illegal job-seekers, and a national debate on deporting them…
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Fast Forward German Bureaucrats Tried To Find Murdered Jews To Pay Back Taxes
Many low-level tax inspectors in Germany’s Nazi-era finance ministry were oblivious to the Holocaust and dutifully tried to contact murdered Jews whose wealth was being plundered by the ministry’s top officials, according to a new book. Germans have publicly atoned for Nazi crimes in a myriad of ways over six decades, providing scores of billions…
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Fast Forward Western Wall Orthodox Rabbi Gets Threatening Letters Over Women’s Prayer
Israeli police are investigating threats to hurt the rabbi in charge of Jerusalem’s Western Wall if he does not allow a Jewish women’s prayer group equal worship rights at the holy site, a police spokesman said on Monday. Micky Rosenfeld said that Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch received the letters late last week. An Israeli television station…
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The Schmooze Bob Dylan To Receive France’s Legion d’Honneur
PARIS – American singer Bob Dylan may soon be awarded France’s highest distinction, the Legion d’Honneur, after his nomination was reportedly first tossed out over his marijuana use and opposition to the Vietnam War. The green light given by the Legion d’Honneur’s council means France’s minister of culture may soon decorate Dylan — a symbol…
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Fast Forward Sen. Frank Lautenberg Dies at 89
Frank Lautenberg, a self-made multimillionaire businessman who became a leading liberal in the U.S. Senate and championed smoking bans, gun control, airline safety and rail transportation, died on Monday at 89, an aide said. Lautenberg, who was the Senate’s last surviving World War II veteran, died from from complications of viral pneumonia, the aide said….
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Fast Forward Angelina Jolie Steps Out for First Time Since ‘Jewish’ Cancer Gene Surgery
Angelina Jolie made her first public appearance since announcing her double mastectomy on Sunday, joining fiance Brad Pitt on the red carpet in London where she welcomed the debate on women’s health that the surgery had sparked. The Oscar-winning actress has stayed out of the spotlight since announcing her operation in a New York Times…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Name College President as New Premier
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has named British-educated political independent Rami Hamdallah as new prime minister, a Palestinian official told Reuters on Sunday, in a move that was immediately condemned by Gaza Strip rulers Hamas. A little known figure outside Palestinian territories, Hamdallah is a professor of linguistics who has been president of An Najah National…
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