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Fast Forward First Italian Talmud In 500 Years Donated To Library Of Congress
A volume of the first Talmud to be printed in Italy in 500 years has been donated to the Library of Congress. “Italy is the place where the Talmud was printed for the first time. … It is a very symbolic event that we wanted to share with the wider public,” Rabbi Riccardo Di Segni…
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Fast Forward Italian Soccer Cracks Down After Anne Frank Anti-Semitic Jibes
Announcers at soccer stadiums throughout Italy will read Anne Frank’s diary out loud after fans of one team used her image to mock their rivals. Supporters of Lazio, a club known for having far-right support, printed stickers depicting Frank wearing the jersey of their rival club Roma and messages such as “Roma fans are Jews.”…
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Fast Forward Sen. Candidate Josh Mandel Rips Opponent For Calling Bannon ‘White Supremacist’
Ohio state treasurer Josh Mandel has criticized Sen. Sherrod Brown, his opponent in next year’s Senate race, for calling former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon a “white supremacist.” In an exclusive statement to Breitbart, the conservative news website run by Bannon, Mandel said that such claims were “desperate, false and beneath the dignity of…
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Fast Forward Director Of Ultra-Orthodox Documentary Apologizes For Holocaust Comments
The co-director of a new Netflix documentary about ultra-Orthodox Jews who leave their communities has apologized for making inaccurate comments about the Holocaust. Academy Award-nominated documentarian Heidi Ewing said in a Thursday interview on PBS that “The vast majority of Hasidic Jews were exterminated in the Holocaust, partly because they refused to blend in. They…
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Fast Forward ‘No To Jewish Lies’ Flyers Posted At Cornell University
Posters with swastikas and anti-Semitic messages were posted overnight at several locations at Cornell University, one of the most prestigious universities in the country. The posters proclaimed “Just say no to Jewish lies!” and showed a snake encircling the world. They also told people to “Join the White Gang!” and promoted a group called the…
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Fast Forward Cocaine Kingpin Wins Damages Over Kosher Prison Food — Then Loses It In Clawback
A jailed drug dealer won nearly $6,000 from the British government after being denied kosher food in prison — only to see the government take back the money as it tries to claw back his ill-gotten profits. Frederick Colverson was convicted of conspiring to supply class A drugs and sentenced to 25 years in prison…
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Fast Forward More Than 30 Women Accuse Writer-Director James Toback Of Sexual Harassment
More than 30 women came forward to the Los Angeles Times about the sexual harassment they say they received from Oscar-nominated writer-director James Toback. Of the 38 women who spoke to the L.A. Times, 31 agreed to be named and on-the-record about Toback’s alleged behavior, dating back to the 1980s and as recently as 2008….
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Fast Forward Houston Suburb Won’t Give Hurricane Relief To BDS Supporters
A Houston suburb will not approve grants to repair homes or businesses damaged in Hurricane Harvey if the applicant supports boycotting Israel. The city of Dickinson’s application form for storm damage repair funding includes a clause stating that “By executing this Agreement below, the Applicant verifies that the Applicant: (1) does not boycott Israel; and…
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