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Fast Forward Saudi Airline Hits Back at ‘No Israelis’ Charge
The director general of Saudi Arabian Airlines told an Arabic newspaper that the airline does not discriminate against Israelis, but cannot accept passengers not permitted entry to the country. In an interview Friday with the Al-Watan Arabic daily, Khaled Al-Molhem pointed out that there is no diplomatic relationship between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and…
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Fast Forward Landlord’s ‘No Mezuzah’ Rule Sparks Lawsuit
An Orthodox Jewish man from suburban New York City sued his landlord for demanding that he remove the mezuzah from his apartment’s doorpost. Arye Sachs of North Babylon on Long Island filed a lawsuit this week in Brooklyn federal court, the New York Post reported. In the lawsuit, Sachs said his landlord ordered him to…
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Fast Forward Both Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer Now Lead N.Y. Comeback Races
Disgraced politicians Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner are frontrunners in their comeback races, a poll released on Monday showed, with most voters more forgiving about sexual misconduct than financial corruption. “Notoriety has earned the ‘Tabloid Twins’ … good initial numbers in the polls,” said Maurice Carroll, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute which conducted…
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Fast Forward Does Eliot Spitzer Comeback Herald Return of ‘Sheriff of Wall Street’?
If elected New York City comptroller, Eliot Spitzer has vowed to wield power as aggressively as he did as state attorney general, leading some in the financial community to worry that the “Sheriff of Wall Street” might be back. Both Spitzer and his critics, though, may be over-estimating the impact that the comptroller of New…
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News Christine Quinn Wins Orthodox Applause With Vow to Aid Religious Schools
New York City mayoral hopeful Christine Quinn courted Modern Orthodox leaders, highlighting her support for city aid to private religious schools. Quinn drew applause with comments on key issues like school aid and special education in a speech to a group of communal and religious school leaders in the Manhattan offices of the Orthodox Union…
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The Schmooze Lena Dunham Endorses Scott Stringer
Lena Dunham, native New Yorker, has spoken. The writer, director and producer of the HBO series “Girls”, took to Twitter on Thursday to announce who she supports in the hot race for the city’s third most important municipal office — New York City Comptroller. I’m a native New Yorker & I like my leaders with…
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Fast Forward Eliot Spitzer Grabs Early Lead in Polls as Comeback Gains Traction
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who is attempting a political comeback five years after resigning from office in a prostitution scandal, is leading the race to be New York City’s next comptroller, according to a poll released on Wednesday. Spitzer’s reputation as the “Sheriff of Wall Street” was eclipsed in 2008 by the scandal…
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The Schmooze Justin Bieber Pees in Public
I think it’s fair to say that you can officially be labeled a child star brat once you casually drop your pants in a restaurant kitchen and urinate into a mop bucket on your way out of a club. Who would do such a thing, you might ask? The answer, unsurprisingly, is Justin Bieber. According…
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