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Fast Forward Hungary Man Gets 2 Years for Attack on Jew
The assailant of a Budapest Jewish leader was sentenced to two years in prison 11 days after the attack. The 21-year-old assailant was sentenced Monday following a “fast-track” prosecution, according to the Hungary Around the Clock news website. He was convicted on charges of violence and causing light physical injury to Andras Kerenyi, 62, the…
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Fast Forward Despite Ryan’s Heritage, Ireland Sticks With Obama
In the land of his ancestors, Paul Ryan’s Irish charm is failing him. Despite his name, Roman Catholic faith and immigrant-made-good family history, the Irish half of the Republican ticket is failing to win the allegiance of the old country from Barack Obama, a skilled hand at playing the Irish card. Obama struck public relations…
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Fast Forward Alvin Roth Transformed Kidney Donation System
For Alvin Roth, joint winner of the 2012 Nobel prize for economics, studying the economy is about finding real-life solutions for real-life questions and never more so than in a revolutionary new system to match kidney donors with patients. Roth and fellow laureate, the mathematician, Lloyd Shapley, have seen their groundbreaking work used in such…
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Fast Forward Church Letter on Israel Strains Jewish Ties
When 15 prominent American Protestant leaders sent a letter to Congress last week calling for an investigation and possible suspension of U.S. aid to Israel, at least one outcome was certain: The Jews wouldn’t like it. Already, one major American Jewish group has canceled its participation in an Oct. 22 annual Christian-Jewish roundtable involving representatives…
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News Brave Film Tells Story of Egypt and Its Jews
Sitting in a Cairo coffee shop, with his boyish face and gaunt physique, Amir Ramses looks at first glance like someone half his age. But the prominent 33-year-old film director has already directed three major commercial films and several acclaimed documentaries. His new film, the independently produced “Jews of Egypt,” Ramses says, is his most…
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Fast Forward Zubin Mehta Wins Medal of Distinction
Conductor Zubin Mehta was awarded a Presidential Medal of Distinction by Israeli President Shimon Peres. Mehta is the music director for life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and a visiting conductor for orchestras around the world. The award, presented at a special event Monday morning at the President’s Residence, was conferred “for his outstanding contribution…
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The Schmooze Other ‘Hebrew Hammer’ Scores TKO
Ryan Braun may be sitting at home and watching as the Major League Baseball playoffs continue but a different “Hebrew Hammer” was in action Saturday night, and certainly lived up to his billing. Undefeated welterweight boxer Cletus “The Hebrew Hammer” Seldin improved his pro record to 9-0 on Saturday night, when he defeated Carl “The…
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Fast Forward New iPhone Sells Fast in Gaza
Apple’s new iPhone 5 is selling well in the Gaza Strip despite inflated prices, reaching the Palestinian enclave via smuggling tunnels even before high-tech hub Israel next door. The cutting edge smart phone is being snapped up for almost double what it costs in the United States, its price jacked up by middlemen on its…
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