David Ian Klein covers breaking news and international Jewish communities for the Forward. You can reach him at [email protected] and on Twitter @davidianklein.
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By David Ian Klein
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Fast Forward Egypt introduces Judaism into its school curriculum
Students in Egyptian public schools will be learning Torah verses and about Jewish culture, thanks to a recent decision by the country’s Ministry of Education. The ministry approved a new school subject known as “common values” which is designed to show the similarities between the three major Abrahamic religions of Islam, Christianity and Judaism. “President…
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Fast Forward Food and Wine ranks the top 50 bagel spots in the US
New York City doesn’t own the copyright to delicious bagels. That’s the main takeaway from Food and Wine’s round up of the top 50 bagel shops across the country. Of course the top spot still goes to a NYC favorite, the Upper West Side’s Absolute Bagels. It’s a well-deserved win; the cash only joint still…
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Fast Forward Chaos fosters philanthropy more than crime, Israeli researchers say
How do humans react in the face of chaos? A cynic might tell you that they give in to their baser instincts, defaulting to looting and crime. That is the scenario often portrayed in apocalypse and disaster movies. However, a new study by Israeli researchers says otherwise. Natural disasters don’t lead to an increase in…
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Fast Forward Colorado neo-Nazi sentenced to nearly 20 years for synagogue bombing plot
28-year-old Richard Holzer will be spending the next two decades of his life in prison after he pleaded guilty to plotting to blow up a Colorado synagogue, the Department of Justice announced on Saturday. “Holzer pleaded guilty to intentionally attempting to obstruct persons in the enjoyment of their free exercise of religious beliefs, through force…
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News Why NBC’s ‘Nurses’ might be spreading antisemitism and poor Yiddish grammar
“I have to see if you’re playing fast and loose with the facts,” a character states in the opening scene in the medical drama “Nurses.” But for the next 42 minutes they proceed to do just that. The episode originally aired more than a year ago in Canada, but was rebroadcast by NBC for U.S….
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Fast Forward New grout injected into Western Wall to ensure worshipers’ safety
The Israel Antiquities Authority began its bi-annual process of inspecting the Western Wall’s stones to make sure the holy site is safe for the throngs of visitors expected to come during the upcoming Passover holiday. “The wall’s 2,000-year-old stones are subject to natural weathering and we are making sure to strengthen them,” said Yossi Vaknin,…
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Fast Forward US deports 95-year-old concentration camp guard back to Germany
On Saturday, the Department of Justice announced that it had deported Friedrich Karl Berger, a German-born man who was a guard at Neuengamme, a concentration camp. More than 42,000 prisoners died within the Neuengamme camp system which included some 85 satellite camps in the region of Hamburg, Germany. According to the DOJ, Berger guarded prisoners…
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News After power outage, Texas synagogue helped vaccinate hundreds
Amid the record cold snap that has blanketed swaths of Texas in snow and cut power across the state, an Orthodox synagogue came to the rescue when a local hospital couldn’t keep their COVID-19 vaccines at the required extremely low temperatures. Houston’s Methodist Hospital had received a thousand doses of the drug, but an electrical…
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