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Fast Forward Obama Consoles Victims as Rampage Details Emerge
The gunman who slaughtered 20 young children in Connecticut stormed Sandy Hook Elementary School armed with hundreds of bullets for a military-style assault rifle and handguns, and shot himself when police closed in, officials said on Sunday. A more detailed picture of Adam Lanza’s stunning attack on the school in Newtown emerged as worshippers filled…
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Fast Forward CIA Said Jonathan Pollard Cooperated: Report
CIA debriefers of Jonathan Pollard said the Israeli spy cooperated “in good faith” while in custody and that his handlers’ requests were limited to intelligence on the Pakistanis, Arab states and the Soviets. The 1987 CIA damage assessment, published for the first time in a newly declassified version by the National Security Archive, a George…
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Fast Forward Newtown Rabbi: ‘Hardest Days of Our Lives’
Rabbi Shaul Praver of Congregation Adath Israel in Newtown, Conn., said he and other clergy are turning to each other to help them find the strength to support their congregants and other community members following the mass slaughter of 26 children and school staff on December 14 at the local Sandy Hook School. “We have…
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Fast Forward Jewish Boy’s Funeral Is Set for Monday
A funeral for Noah Pozner, the 6-year-old Jewish boy killed in the Newtown school massacre is being planned for Monday. Pozner’s uncle, Alexis Haller, says the funeral is scheduled for 1 p.m. at the Abraham L. Green & Son Funeral Home in Fairfield, Conn., the Associated Press reported. Noah had a twin sister, Arielle, who…
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News Alleged Yeshiva Abuser Quits as Accusations Mount
Rabbi George Finkelstein has resigned his position at the Great Jerusalem Synagogue after the Forward reported that he had sexually abused students at Yeshiva University High School for Boys in Manhattan during the 1970s and ‘80s. “He sent us an email saying he’s resigning because he does not want to expose the Great Synagogue to…
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Fast Forward Newtown Rabbi Decries ‘Culture of Violence’
The rabbi of the only synagogue in Newtown, Conn., decried the “culture of violence” that led to the deadly rampage, as President Obama prepared to speak at a vigil for the 28 victims. Shaul Praver held a community prayer session on Saturday at Adath Israel, and told Israel’s Army Radio Sunday that he castigated the…
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Fast Forward Hungary Jews Unite Amid Furor Over ‘List’
A week after a leader of Hungary’s far-right Jobbik party called for lists of prominent Jews to be drawn up to protect national security, Janos Fonagy stepped forward. “My mother and father were Jewish, and so am I, whether you like it or not,” the state secretary of the Development Ministry told parliament, explaining he…
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Fast Forward Kerry Gets Nod for Secretary of State: Reports
President Barack Obama is expected to nominate Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry to succeed Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, a source familiar with the process said on Saturday. Kerry, the Democratic nominee for president in 2004 and a stalwart Obama supporter, had been widely tipped as the likely candidate for top U.S….
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