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Fast Forward Pro-BDS Professor Refuses To Write Letter Helping Student Study In Israel
A professor at the University of Michigan rescinded his offer to write a recommendation letter for one of his students hoping to study abroad after he learned that she wanted to go to Israel, citing the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against the Jewish state. “As you may know, many University departments have pledged an…
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Fast Forward Parents Warned After Rowdy Congregant Kids Trashed Shul During Rosh Hashanah
Parents who belong to an Orthodox synagogue in London have been warned to ensure their children’s good behavior during Yom Kippur after many kids damaged congregational property during Rosh Hashanah services last week, The Jewish Chronicle reported Tuesday. “The wonderful atmosphere on both days of Rosh Hashanah and the hard work that was put into…
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Fast Forward Was Rabbi Shmuley Hacked By Qatar?
Celebrity rabbi Shmuley Boteach may have been hacked by agents of Qatar in response to his campaigning against the Gulf kingdom, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The possible hacking was uncovered after Republican Jewish megadonor Elliott Broidy sued Qatar and accused the country of hacking his email and disseminating embarrassing information to journalists as retaliation for Broidy’s…
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Israel News David Keyes Was A ‘Disgrace’ To Women For Years. Who Let Him Get Away With It?
Everybody in the pro-Israel world, it seems, knew David Keyes. They knew him as an advocate for human rights around the world, as an articulate defender of the state of Israel, as a provocateur skilled at coming up with viral stunts guaranteed to get media attention. But many in that world, it appears, knew of…
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Fast Forward U.S. Expels Palestinian Ambassador, Closes Family’s Bank Accounts
Palestinian Ambassador to the United States Husam Zomlot said that he had been expelled from the country and that the bank accounts of his family had been frozen, days after the State Department ordered the closure of the PLO embassy in Washington. “Ambassador Zomlot’s son Said, 7, who is in second grade, and daughter Alma,…
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Fast Forward Israeli Politician: Netanyahu Must Recall Dermer Over Sex Assault Controversy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu must recall Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer over reports that he failed to pass along a warning that spokesman David Keyes posed a danger to women, a member of the Knesset said Sunday. The New York Times reported Friday that columnist Bret Stephens, then with the Wall Street…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Says He’s Innocent Of Harassment Because Trump Said Similar Things
The publisher of the most prominent neo-Nazi website in America, who is being sued for urging followers to target a Jewish woman with a “troll storm,” is arguing in federal court that the case should be dismissed because President Trump’s use of similar language was recently found to be legally acceptable, the Montana newspaper the…
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Fast Forward Two Republican Congressmen Spotted With A Holocaust Denier — Again
Two Republican members of Congress who have previously been condemned for associating with a Holocaust denier were present with him again at one of their fundraisers in July, Mother Jones magazine reported Thursday. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California attended a fundraiser on a yacht in his home district for GOP colleague Rep. Matt Gaetz of…
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