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News Chandra Levy’s Father Says ‘Secret’ May Reopen Jewish Intern’s Murder Case
Chandra Levy’s father reportedly says prosecutors have told him that the sensational murder of his congressional intern daughter has become entangled by a problem with a witness during the trial of a man convicted of the killing. Robert Levy told Fox News he had been told the talks involve a witness, but didn’t know specifics….
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Fast Forward Verbal Attack on Jew Not Deemed ‘Anti-Semitic’
State prosecutors have determined that a verbal attack against a German Jewish leader was not a case of anti-Semitism. Stephan Kramer, general secretary of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, disagrees and said on his Facebook profile that he would ask his attorney to inspect the files on the case, to see if an…
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Opinion Yuri Foreman Wins! I Pull Up the Blankets.
Sitting in my living room wearing pajamas on an especially frigid night watching a live stream of the Yuri Foreman fight, I could not help but marvel at the ability to watch a non-title boxing match in such a small arena (a Times Square blues club!) live over the Internet. Truly, we are in the…
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Fast Forward Ruined Synagogue in Britain’s Cornwall, Home to 60 Jews, Won’t Be Sold
City planners in the British county of Cornwall have prevented the sale of an abandoned synagogue in the town of Penzance. The planners in the southern English county last week decided not to authorize a plans to sell the abandoned synagogue, which is now part of a pub named Star Inn, due to noise concerns,…
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Fast Forward Mohammed Morsi Now Says ‘Certain Forces’ Control American Media
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi told U.S. senators that he gets bad U.S. press because “certain forces” control the media. The senators who met last week with Morsi understood him to be referring to Jews and “recoiled,” one of the participating lawmakers, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), told The Cable, a blog on the Foreign Policy magazine…
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News Double Murder Mystery Worries Jewish Snowbirds in Florida Condo
Two weeks after a Jewish couple from Toronto was murdered at their Florida condo, the mystery surrounding the slayings is only deepening. Rochelle Wise, 66, and David (Donny) Pichosky, 71, were found dead on January 10 at their winter home in Hallandale Beach, Fla., near Ft. Lauderdale. Police call the incident a double homicide, but…
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Opinion Take This Out of Context, Morsi
A delegation of American senators met earlier this month in Cairo with a spokesperson for Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, according to the New York Times. The spokesperson clarified press accounts of Mr. Morsi’s recent description of Jews as “bloodsuckers,” “pigs” and “dogs.” The remarks, he explained, were “taken out of context.” The senators left the…
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Groups Jump on Chuck Hagel Bandwagon
A number of prominent pro-Israel Jewish figures joined an ad endorsing Chuck Hagel for the U.S. defense secretary post. Meanwhile, Christians United for Israel announced plans to bring 200 pastors and other Christian leaders to Washington to lobby against Hagel’s confirmation, according to Breitbart.com. The pro-Hagel ad appearing Wednesday in The Hill, a Capitol Hill…
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