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Fast Forward American-Born Biologist To Head Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of Negev
(JTA) — Daniel Chamovitz, a Pennsylvania native and former dean at Tel Aviv University, will assume the presidency of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev on Jan. 1. He succeeds Rivka Carmi, the first woman to be appointed president of an Israeli university, who served three four-year terms. Chamovitz, who grew up in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, immigrated to Israel in…
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Fast Forward Georges Loinger, Who Saved Jewish Children From Nazis, Dies At 108
(JTA) — Georges Loinger, a member of the French Resistance during World War II who saved hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis, has died. Loinger died on Friday in Paris at the age of 108, France’s Holocaust Memorial Foundation confirmed on its website. Loinger, who was Jewish but looked Aryan with his blonde hair…
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Fast Forward Woman Arrested For Vandalizing North Carolina Synagogue
(JTA) — A local woman has been arrested for vandalizing a Messianic synagogue in Cary, North Carolina, and damaging the property of other people due to her hatred of people of other religions. Lisa Marie Burns, 57, was arrested on Friday for allegedly throwing a rock through the window of Congregation of Shaarei Shalom and…
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Fast Forward Did Apple Use Her Voice For Hebrew Siri?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The woman behind the female Hebrew voice of the Waze navigation app is suing Apple for using her voice as the Hebrew Siri. Israeli radio broadcaster Galit Gura-Eini filed a lawsuit last week for about $66,000 in Tel Aviv District Court, the Israeli business daily Calcalist reported. The lawsuit alleges that Apple…
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Fast Forward Armenia’s Capital Honors Holocaust Survivor Who Coined The Term ‘Genocide’
(JTA) — Armenia’s capital named a street for Raphael Lemkin, the Jewish lawyer who coined the term genocide. The deputy mayor of Yerevan, Sergey Harutunyan, said during the ceremony earlier this month that Lemkin’s legacy had a “serious impact” on world history, the Armenrpess agency reported from the Dec. 11 ceremony. Lemkin was born in what…
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Fast Forward France’s Arab World Institute Takes Down Photo Of Blood-Stained Netanyahu
(JTA) — Following protests, a French government institute devoted to promoting Arab culture removed from its website a picture depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holding up bloody hands. The picture, showing protesters wearing Netanyahu masks at a rally while holding up their red painted palms, was featured this month on the Arab World Institute’s…
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Fast Forward Moldova President ‘Very Seriously’ Considering Moving Embassy To Jerusalem
(JTA) — Moldova’s president said his country would “very seriously consider” moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to Jewish interlocutors who met with him. Igor Dodon said this during a meeting last week with Euro-Asian Jewish Congress leaders in connection with his visit earlier this month to Israel, the Newsmaker website reported….
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Fast Forward A Millionaire’s Plan To Rebuild An Alabama Jewish Community May Be Going South
(JTA) — Seven years ago, Lisa and Kenny Priddle left New York to help build up the Jewish community of the small Alabama town of Dothan. They were attracted by the idea of shoring up the Jewish community in the South and also by the offer of a $50,000 grant from local millionaire hotelier Larry…
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