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Fast Forward Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Agrees To Ban on Chemical Weapons
JERUSALEM — Syrian President Bashar Assad said Israel should be required to get rid of its weapons of mass destruction, including chemical weapons. “If we want stability in the Middle East, all countries should adhere to agreements and the first country to adhere to the agreements should be Israel because Israel has nuclear, chemical, and…
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News New York State’s Oldest Landsmanschaften Celebrates 100th Anniversary
When Mikhail Kivovich came to America from Belorussia in 1991, he knew he had relatives who had arrived here many decades earlier. But until he attended the recent reunion of the Israel Cantor Family Society, he had no idea how many. Or how far back they went. It was the print-out of the family tree…
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Fast Forward Israel Won’t Ratify Chemical Arms Treaty Before Its Neighbors Do, Officials Say
With Moscow and Washington now discussing a diplomatic deal that would rid Syria of its chemical weapons, officials in Jerusalem are preparing for the possibility that Israel will be asked to submit to supervision of the chemical weapons that foreign reports say it possesses. In the past few days, Foreign Ministry officials note, senior Russian…
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Fast Forward British Soccer Fans Could Face Criminal Charges For Using ‘Yid’ As Insult
The governing body of English soccer announced that fans could face criminal charges for using the term “yid.” In a statement issued Wednesday, the English Football Association’s general secretary, Alex Horne, wrote that the association believes the term “is likely to be considered offensive by the reasonable observer and considers the term to be inappropriate…
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Life Finding Potential in an Anti-Climactic New Year
Last year this time I sat on the brink of something incredible. Sitting in shul at the beginning of a new year, I was facing marriage, college graduation and the start of a new job. Nothing in life is certain, but the upcoming year still held considerable promise, more so than any other in my…
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Fast Forward Group With Ties to Fatah Calls For Attacks Against Israel on the Eve of Yom Kippur
The Al Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades called on followers to launch attacks against Israel. The Fatah-aligned Al Aksa Martyrs’ Brigades on Tuesday distributed a leaflet calling for its “units and sleeping cells” to start launching attacks against “the Zionist enemy” beginning on Friday, the eve of Yom Kippur. The attacks are a protest against the effort…
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Opinion Quebec’s Kippah Problem
In 1738, a young Catholic man named Jacques La Fargue came to New France. Jacques La Fargue turned out to be Esther Brandeau, a young Jewish woman who had disguised herself to come to the new world. When she refused to convert, she was sent back to France. Jews were officially allowed to settle in…
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The Schmooze Gwyneth Paltrow’s Vespa Mishap
Gwyneth Paltrow, America’s most love-hated celebrity, has done it again. People Magazine’s “Most Beautiful Woman 2013” — and Star Magazine’s most hated celebrity — draws the spotlight to her once again after she was filmed cutting off a school bus while on her Vespa. Taking advantage of a slight opening between two vehicles, Gwyneth slithered through…
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