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Fast Forward Gabby Giffords Plans Surprise Appearance in Congress for Gun Hearing
Former U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords, grievously wounded in a 2011 mass shooting, will make an appearance on Wednesday at the first congressional hearing on gun violence since last month’s Connecticut elementary school massacre. According to a senior Democratic aide and a person familiar with the proceedings, Giffords will testify at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing….
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Fast Forward Max Kampelman, Cold War Diplomat Who Pushed for Soviet Jewry, Dies at 92
Jewish groups mourned the passing of Max Kampelman, the top U.S. human rights negotiator who straddled the Carter and Reagan presidencies and who helped bring about recognition of the plight of Soviet Jews. Kampelman, 92, died at his Washington D.C. home on Jan. 25, according to reports. Born in New York to Jewish immigrants from…
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Fast Forward Australian Elections Set for Yom Kippur, Disappointing Some Jewish Leaders
Australia’s national elections have been set for Yom Kippur. Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced the Sept. 14, 2013 date for federal elections on Wednesday, disappointing some Jewish leaders. Voting is mandatory in Australia, and non-voting is penalized by a fine. Orthodox Jews have always by mail or at pre-poll booths since Australian elections are held…
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News Orthodox Rabbis Vow To Resist Consent Forms for Controversial Circumcision Rite
The leading association for mohelim who practice a risky oral blood suctioning technique in their circumcisions has vowed not to cooperate with New York City’s new health regulations governing use of the technique, known as metzitzah b’peh. Brooklyn mohel Rabbi Avrohom Cohn, chairman of the American Board of Ritual Circumcision, said his group would not…
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Opinion Jewish Day Schools Need Security Rethink — Now
The horrific murder of 20 small children and six adults at an elementary school in the quiet suburb of Newtown, Conn., was a jolting reminder of just how vulnerable our schools remain. Practically overnight, parents around the country demanded that schools significantly improve their security, and administrators began the process of deciding what changes needed…
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Fast Forward Jewish Ravens Fans Get Psyched for Super Bowl
Every Sunday during the football season, a group of 30 diehard Jewish Baltimore Ravens fans suit up in purple pants, jerseys, socks, face paint and special Ravens tzitzit to watch the game together. If the game falls on a Saturday, the club gathers for a “purple Shabbos,” when they wear Ravens jerseys under their suits,…
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Fast Forward A Real Hail Mary? 27% Say God Helps Determine Super Bowl Outcome
Almost three in 10 Americans believe that God plays a role in determining sports outcomes, according to a survey by the Public Religion Research Institute. That 27 percent believed in divine intervention in athletic competition was among the findings of the January Religion and Politics Tracking Survey, which also found that 53 percent of Americans…
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Fast Forward Romanian Holocaust Denier Says Visit to U.S. Museum ‘Changed’ Him Forever
A Romanian government minister who denied that the Holocaust happened in his country said a visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum would “forever stay” with him. Dan Sova, who was appointed minister for parliamentary relations in August despite protests by Jewish groups, made the statement Monday, a day after International Holocaust Remembrance Day,…
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