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News Jewish Democrats Ready Push for Obama
Democrats are preparing to use their party’s nominating convention as a springboard to shore up Jewish support for President Barack Obama’s reelection effort, especially in crucial swing states like Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Along with a string of Jewish speakers, activists at the convention are being urged to tout what they see as Obama’s strong…
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Fast Forward Bike-Rent Brouhaha Over Yom Kippur in Tel Aviv
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz threatened to cut government funding for Tel Aviv’s bicycle rental service if the mayor does not retract what Katz said was a decision to allow the rental stations to operate on Yom Kippur. Katz said Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai was “infringing on the holiest day for the Jews” to gain…
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Fast Forward Berlin Shows Solidarity — With Yarmulkes
“Berlin wears a yarmulke,” the popular BZ local newspaper declared to its readers on Saturday. The reason: the front page presented a photo of five Berlin celebrities posing with skullcaps – including Mayor Klaus Wowereit, one of the best known gay politicians in Europe. The city’s residents decided to show their solidarity with the city’s…
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Fast Forward Some Illegal Settlers Start To Move From Migron
Jewish families began evacuating the West Bank outpost of Migron. Families began moving out Sunday morning, as border police went door to door in the outpost handing out eviction notices. Some of the 50 families living on the hilltop reportedly left Saturday night. Israel’s Supreme Court ruled last week that the outpost must be evacuated…
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News Jewish in the Bible Belt
Sometimes, Benjamin Rosenthal thinks about leaving the small town of Indianola, Miss., pop. 11,000, where he spent most of his life. He wants to go somewhere bigger, with more Jews. “It’s very easy to lose your identity in the Bible Belt in a town when you are the religious minority,” said Rosenthal, 25. In the…
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Fast Forward Toronto Rabbi Accused of Abuse From ’70s
A 71-year-old rabbi in Toronto has been charged with indecent assault for allegedly sexually assaulting a student 40 years ago. Heshi Nussbaum appeared in court on Wednesday to face the charge, the Toronto Sun reported. Nussbaum allegedly sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy at a “private religious school” that he taught at and during a summer…
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News Mitt Romney Pushes Economy and Israel
Republicans spent three evenings at their convention hammering home their message: After four years of leadership failures, Mitt Romney will restore America to a position of strength, confidence and unity – at home and abroad. In his Thursday night speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Romney suggested that President Obama had shattered Americans’ sense of…
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Fast Forward Cardinal Martini, Built Ties With Jews, Dies
Italy’s Jewish leadership mourned the death of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, 85, who was known in part for forging closer relations between Christians and Jews. Martini, the archbishop emeritus of Milan, died Friday in that city after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. In a statement, Renzo Gattegna, the President of the Union of Italian…
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