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Fast Forward The Man Who Ran Chicago’s Jewish Community For Almost 40 Years Is Stepping Down
(JTA) — Steven Nasatir, the longtime CEO of Chicago’s Jewish federation, will be moving into another role next year after four decades on the job. Nasatir, 73, is the longest-serving CEO of any Jewish federation. His organization, called the Jewish United Fund, has distributed almost $7 billion to charitable causes since he took the job…
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Fast Forward 4 Israeli Cities Vie To Host Eurovision Contest
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation, and not the government of Israel, will conduct negotiations with officials from the Eurovision song contest. The decision was announced Sunday by the Ministry of Communications, following a meeting between Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation CEO Eldad Koblenz and Communications Ministry Director General Nati Cohen. The Israeli business…
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Fast Forward Teenage Girl Stabbed On Street Of Israeli City
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An 18-year-old woman is in serious condition after being stabbed by a Palestinian man in the northern Israeli city of Afula. The woman on Monday afternoon collapsed in front of a coffee house in the center of the city with stab wounds on her upper body after telling passersby that she had…
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Fast Forward Patriot’s Julian Edelman Apologizes To Fans For Failed Drug Test
(JTA) — New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman responded to reports that he violated the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs with an apology. Edelman is appealing the four-game suspension for the violation, which first was reported on Thursday by ESPN. “I am very sorry — I don’t know what happened,” Edelman wrote on Instagram on Friday….
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Fast Forward Israel Destroyed Hamas Terror Tunnel That Stretched Out To Sea
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s military destroyed a Hamas terror tunnel that reached several yards into the sea, which would have allowed the group’s naval commandos to launch an attack on Israel from its coast. The tunnel was destroyed by the Air Force on June 3, when Israel carried out several airstrikes on Gaza in retaliation…
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Fast Forward Israeli Military Opens Surprise Exercise In The Golan
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israel Defense Forces opened a surprise exercise in the Golan Heights. The military called up thousands of reservists on Sunday morning for the exercise, which reportedly will take place for several days. The IDF Spokesman told Israeli media that the large-scale drill, though a surprise to the participants, was planned in…
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Fast Forward Iraqi Man Extradited To Germany After Admitting To Rape, Murder Of Jewish Teen
(JTA) — An Iraqi man was extradited to Germany after admitting to raping and murdering a Jewish German teenage girl. Ali Bashar, 20, a former Iraqi asylum seeker, was scheduled to be interrogated by German investigators on Sunday, after arriving back in Germany from Iraq on Saturday. Bashar fled from Germany after the murder last…
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Fast Forward Poll Shows Deep Divide Between Israeli And American Jews — Especially On Trump
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli and American Jews disagree on much — settlements, religious pluralism, even the degree to which they are “family.” And now you can add Donald Trump to the mix. Twin polls of Israeli and American Jews published by the American Jewish Committee on Sunday uncovered divides on all these issues, but an…
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