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Fast Forward Pamela Geller ‘Hitler’ Anti-Islam Ad Comes to Washington D.C.
A group purporting to counter an anti-Israel ad campaign posted ads on Washington, D.C., buses featuring a photograph of Adolf Hitler meeting with Palestinian leader Haj Amin al-Husseini. The American Freedom Defense Initiative, led by the Islam critic Pamela Geller, launched its effort this week on about 20 Metro buses. The ads are headlined “Islamic…
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Fast Forward Washington Students Nix Israel Divestment
The student senate at the University of Washington voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposed measure on divestment from Israel. The vote Tuesday night of 59 against, 8 in favor and 11 abstentions followed a 3 1/2-hour debate, according to StandWithUs, a pro-Israel campus group. The resolution was sponsored by UW students Peter Brannan and Amira…
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Culture How the Bible Became as American as American Cheese
Our nation’s capitol is an exciting place in which to live and work. You never know who or what you’re going to come across. A famous face, the presidential motorcade, clusters of ordinary Americans dressed for all the world as if they were 18th century colonists come back to life in the 21st are the…
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Fast Forward Anne Frank Sapling Planted at Capitol
A sapling taken from the tree that grew outside the attic where teen Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was hidden was planted at the U.S. Capitol. Congressmen from both sides of the aisle, as well as Holocaust survivors and Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans gathered to plant the small chestnut tree on the Capitol’s west front…
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Israel News AIPAC Touts Bipartisanship as Barack Obama Warns Israel To Seek Peace
The pro-Israel lobby has an important message to the American people and to politicians: We are bipartisan. Shouted out on main stages and whispered in closed-door briefings, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee went to great lengths on the opening day of its conference to combat the perception that it has veered off the bipartisan…
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Fast Forward Fired Worker Threatens To Blow Up U. of Washington Hillel Building
A former employee of the Hillel at the University of Washington threatened to blow up the building with a mix of toxic chemicals. The former employee, who was recently fired as a maintenance worker at the Hillel UW, on Monday was arrested after he mixed the chemicals in a supply closet in the basement of…
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Fast Forward Theater J Backed by Drama in Feud Over ‘The Admission’
The Dramatists Guild of America has come out in strong support of a controversial Israeli play to be performed at Washington D.C.’s Theatre J, which is partially funded by the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Theatre J originally planned to stage a full production of “The Admission” by Motti Lerner, but has since scaled it…
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Fast Forward Funeral Home Giant Agrees to Sell Jewish Homes in Washington D.C. Area
A Houston company that owns 53 Jewish funeral homes completed its acquisition of Stewart Enterprises, the second-largest provider of funeral services in the United States — but agreed to sell two Maryland Jewish homes to settle possible anti-trust concerns. Jewish community members had protested the acquisition last month at the offices of the Federal Trade…
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