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Fast Forward Hungary Jewish Leader Gusztav Zoltai Quits
Gusztav Zoltai, the director of Hungary’s federation of Jewish communities, or Mazsihisz, resigned in what community leaders said was a protest against the government over Holocaust commemorations. But Szombat, the Hungarian Jewish newspaper, published an article on Wednesday alleging that Zoltai quit because of financial irregularities connected with Budapest’s main Jewish cemetery on Kozma Street…
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Fast Forward Interfaith Group Sends 100 Tons of Passover Matzo to Russia
An interfaith group sent over 100 tons of matzahs from Israel to 100,000 Jews in the former Soviet Union. The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews arranged to have the matzahs that were baked in Jerusalem shipped to Jewish communities in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, the head of the…
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News TSA Plans Extra Care for Passover — Warns Matzo Is Fragile
The Transportation Security Administration said its employees are aware of Jewish needs during Passover and will accommodate requests for delicate handling of religious items. “Our workforce is aware of the unique items carried by individuals and religious practices individuals may engage in while traveling,” said a statement posted April 2. “This may include reading of…
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Fast Forward Teachers File U.S. Complaint Against Philadelphia Day School Over Union Ouster
The American Federation of Teachers has filed an unfair labor practices complaint against the board of suburban Philadelphia’s Perelman Jewish Day School. The complaint, issued Monday with the National Labor Relations Board, came in response to the school’s unilateral decision last month to no longer recognize its teachers union, the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent reported. A…
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Fast Forward Lawmakers and Activists Stage ‘Hunger Seder’
Congress members, White House delegates and representatives of Jewish social service agencies spoke out against hunger at the National Hunger Seder in Washington, D.C. Wednesday’s seder, which was organized by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger, revolved around the traditional Passover seder message “Let all who are hungry,…
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Fast Forward Anne Frank Sapling Coming to Washington
A sapling taken from the tree that grew outside the attic where teen Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was hidden will be planted at the U.S. Capitol. The tree will be planted on the west front lawn on April 30. Saplings taken from the tree have been planted around the world. The tree, at more than…
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Fast Forward N.J. Sixth-Graders Make Offensive ‘Number the Stars’ Hallway Display
A New Jersey sixth-grade teacher was ordered to remove student-made posters from a hallway display following a complaint that one was anti-Semitic and offensive. An Orthodox Jewish staff member at the public school in Fairview had complained about the poster, NJ.com reported. The students had created the posters after reading “Number the Stars,” an award-winning…
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News Swastika Vandals Deface Odessa Holocaust Monument
Nazi symbols were drawn on a Holocaust monument in Odessa, Ukraine. The symbols — swastikas and the SS Wolfsangel sign — were painted Tuesday on the memorial site, police sources from the southern Ukrainian city told the Unian news agency. There are no suspects. Swastikas were also painted on a wall surrounding a Jewish cemetery…
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