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The Schmooze Botticelli Fresco Lures Celebs to Israel Museum
“Imagine an Israeli museum receiving Botticelli’s (1481) ‘The Annunciation”— a monumental fresco, a great national treasure —on loan from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy,” James Snyder, Anne and Jerome Fisher Director of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem announced at the American Friends of the Israel Museum October 28 Gala at Cipriani 42nd St. “The day…
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Fast Forward Abraham Foxman Confirms ‘Time Out’ on Iran Nuclear Push
ADL National Director Abe Foxman has confirmed that leaders of major Jewish organizations have agreed on a limited “time out” during which they will not push for stronger sanctions on Iran. “That means that we are not lobbying for additional sanctions and we are not lobbying for less sanctions,” Foxman told Haaretz as well as…
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Fast Forward ‘Jewish Quartet’ of Leaders Gives Barack Obama 60 Days for Iran Nuclear Thaw
Leaders of four major Jewish organizations have indicated to the Obama Administration that they will have a 60-day moratorium during which they will refrain from conducting any public campaign urging Congress to strengthen U.S. sanctions against Iran. The understanding was reached during a sometimes tense meeting at the White House this week between a group…
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Fast Forward Two Jews Make the Top 20 of Forbes’ Annual ‘Most Powerful People’ List
Ben Bernanke, the outgoing Federal Reserve chairman, was No. 7 on the Forbes annual World’s Most Powerful People list topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The only other Jewish person to make the Top 20 on the list released Wednesday was Google co-founder Sergey Brin at No. 17. Putin displaced President Obama at No. 1;…
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Fast Forward Iran Holds ‘Very Productive’ Talks With Nuke Watchdog
The U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran held “very productive” talks this week on how to advance a long-blocked investigation into Iranian atomic activities and will meet again in Tehran next month, they said in a rare joint statement on Tuesday. The relatively upbeat announcement by Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency may further buoy…
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Fast Forward White House Tells Israel Lobby To Back Off on Iran for Now
(JTA) — The Obama administration may be on a collision course with pro-Israel advocates over an intensified sanctions bill that the White House fears may scuttle negotiations to resolve the standoff over Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the Jewish Federations of North America and the Jewish Council for Public…
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Fast Forward Obama and Netanyahu Discuss Peace Talks and Iran During Phone Call
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone on Monday and discussed recent developments on Iran, Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, and other regional issues, the White House said on Monday. “The two leaders agreed to continue their close coordination on a range of security issues,” the White House said.
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Fast Forward Israel Dismisses Reports of Iran Nuclear Progress
Israel on Saturday dismissed as “irrelevant” reports that Iran had halted its most sensitive uranium enrichment activity, and said Tehran’s nuclear programme must be dismantled. A senior member of Iran’s parliamentary national security commission was quoted as saying Iran had stopped refining uranium above the 5 percent required for civilian power stations, as it already…
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