Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward John Cleese cancels Cambridge University appearance over debate sparked by a Hitler impersonation
(JTA) — An impression of Adolf Hitler at Cambridge University has touched off a fight over the limits of free speech and has drawn Monty Python comedian John Cleese into the fray. The impersonation was delivered at a debate recently on whether there’s such a thing as “good taste.” Andrew Graham-Dixon, an art historian, impersonated…
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Fast Forward Paris court hands life sentence to murderer of Holocaust survivor
(JTA) — A French court sentenced a man to life in prison for what it termed the antisemitic murder of a Holocaust survivor in Paris in 2018. The murderer of Mirelle Knoll, Yacine Mihoub, will be eligible for parole in 22 years, according to the ruling Wednesday by the Criminal Tribunal of Paris, AFP reported….
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Fast Forward In UK poll, most respondents don’t know how many Jews perished in the Holocaust
(JTA) — In a survey among 2,000 adult Britons, 52% did not seem to know how many Jews died in the Holocaust and 22% couldn’t name a single concentration camp. The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, or Claims Conference, on Wednesday published the results of the survey, which it had conducted in the…
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Fast Forward On Kristallnacht anniversary, Austrian government unveils memorial wall with 64,440 names
(JTA) — The Austrian government inaugurated a $7 million Holocaust memorial monument on the anniversary of the 1938 Kristallnacht pogroms. The “Shoah Wall of Names” that city and central government officials unveiled Tuesday in Vienna lists 64,440 Holocaust victims on 160 granite slabs, and is the result of years of lobbying by commemoration activists for…
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Fast Forward Soccer fans arrested for allegedly harassing Orthodox Jew on a plane
(JTA) – Police in Britain arrested two men for allegedly chanting offensive soccer-themed limericks at an Orthodox Jewish passenger on a flight Nov. 4. The incident was filmed aboard a Ryanair flight from the United Kingdom to Belgium last week. Many of the passengers were headed to a soccer match between the West Ham team and…
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Fast Forward London theater changes character’s name following antisemitism charges
(JTA) — A theater in London apologized for the “unconscious bias” that led a playwright to give a billionaire character a Jewish-sounding name in a play set to open this week. The Royal Court Theatre issued the apology Saturday over the name Hershel Fink, which was applied to the character of a high-tech executive in the…
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Fast Forward Budapest’s only kosher fast food joint hungrily awaits the return of Israeli tourists
BUDAPEST (JTA) — The two main kosher restaurants in this city have had excellent reputations for years. Carmel and Hanna both offer signature local items like goulash with nokedli, a paprika-rich beef stew featuring handmade noodle dumplings; Hungarian schnitzels; and flodni — a poppy-rich, nutty Hungarian-Jewish layer cake. That’s alongside Israeli dishes, such as shish…
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Fast Forward Naftali Bennett at COP26: Israeli start-ups should focus their energies on climate change
(JTA) — At the closely-watched COP26 conference on climate change in Glasgow, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Israel’s famed start-up sector could add a “mighty” contribution towards mitigating the climate crisis — if its entrepreneurs focus on it. “As the country with the most start-ups per capita in the world, we must channel our…
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