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Fast Forward Cornell Students Reject Passover Divest Push
The Cornell University Student Assembly voted to table indefinitely a resolution to divest from companies that do business in Israel. The April 10 vote to table the resolution, which called on the Ithaca, N.Y., university to divest from companies that “profit from the Israeli military occupation of Palestinian territories,” was 15-8 with one abstention, according…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivor Berated by Tel Aviv Bus Driver as Nazi
A Holocaust survivor was called a Nazi by an Israeli bus driver who mistook the passenger’s native Dutch for German. Martin Leeda was on a bus to Tel Aviv last week with his wife, Jeta, when the driver heard them talking and started shouting that they were “goyim” and “probably Nazis,” Ynet reported Friday. The…
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Fast Forward South Africa Chief Rabbi Warns Not To Shelter Accused Molester
South Africa’s chief rabbi called on the Jewish community not to shelter or support Rabbi Eliezer Berland, who fled Israel after accusations of sexual assault. Rabbi Warren Goldstein in a letter dated April 11 wrote to rabbis throughout South Africa about Berland, who reportedly fled to South Africa after being ordered deported last week from…
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Fast Forward British Prep School Teacher Threatens To Sent Jewish Girl to ‘Gas Chamber’
The parents of a Jewish student at an exclusive girls’ school in London are angry over an incident in which a teacher told their daughter that she would be sent “to one of your gas chambers.” The incident at North London Collegiate School occurred in January, London’s Daily Mail reported on Sunday. The parents of…
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Fast Forward Canada Sees Decline in Anti-Semitic Incidents
Anti-Semitic incidents decreased slightly in Canada in 2013 over the previous year, but cases of vandalism and violence rose “significantly,” according to B’nai Brith Canada. The organization’s annual audit of anti-Semitic incidents, released April 11, found that Canada-wide there were 1,274 incidents recorded in 2013, a 5.3 percent decrease over the year before. While episodes…
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Fast Forward Temple Mount Closed After Violence Flares
The Temple Mount was closed to visitors after Muslim worshippers threw stones and firebombs at police offers guarding the Mughrabi gate near the Western Wall Plaza. Two Israeli police officers were injured in the Sunday morning riot, which began when the site, which is holy to both Muslims and Jews, was opened to visitors. Police…
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Fast Forward Alan Gross Suspends Hunger Strike at Mother’s Urging
Alan Gross suspended his hunger strike after a week at the behest of his elderly mother. “Alan’s mother asked him to stop the fast,” Jill Zuckman, the spokeswoman of the family of the State Department subcontractor imprisoned in Cuba, told JTA. “He agreed to do that today.” Gross, who launched his fast April 3, told…
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Fast Forward Scandinavia Health Chiefs Resist Circumcision Ban
Resisting calls to ban the non-medical circumcision of boys, the governments of Norway and Denmark have taken steps to preserve the practice’s legal status. Norway’s health ministry has submitted a bill that proposes placing some limitations and fees on ritual circumcision but not banning it outright, while Denmark’s health board issued guidelines stating that the…
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