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Fast Forward Jewish Man Attacked With Taser Outside Paris Synagogue
Two unidentified men wielding a taser gun assaulted a Jewish man near a Paris synagogue. The attack happened on Monday night at a building next to a synagogue on Pavee Street in Paris’ 4th arrondissement, according to the News site JSSnews.com. The victim was identified as K. Sassoun, a 52-year-old Israeli. The perpetrators fled from…
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Fast Forward Russian Jewish National Was Aboard Missing Malaysian Airlines Plane
One of the passengers aboard the Malaysian Airlines plane that vanished is a Jewish Russian national. Nikolai Brodskii, 43, of the Siberian city of Irkutsk, appears on the missing plane’s passenger manifest. He is a husband and father of sons aged 17 and 11. Rabbi Aharon Wagner, a Chabad rabbi for the region, contacted Brodskii’s…
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Fast Forward National Council of Jewish Women Fast for Immigration Coincides With Fast of Esther
The National Council of Jewish Women is leading Jewish groups in a day of fasting for immigration reform to coincide with the Fast of Esther. Thursday’s fast, which will include Jewish social justice and Jewish women’s organizations, is part of a monthlong campaign of one-day fasts by women’s groups across the country to “bring increased…
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Fast Forward Mother and 5-Month-Old Infant Belonging to Lev Tahor Sect Taken Into Custody
Canadian authorities have taken into custody two more members of the fringe haredi Orthodox sect Lev Tahor. On Sunday, officials at Calgary’s airport seized a 17-year-old and her 5-month-old daughter. They are scheduled to fly back to Toronto. The mother and baby were part of a group of 14 Lev Tahor children who fled just…
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Fast Forward Survivor Leo Bretholz Dies Days Before Scheduled Testimony on Holocaust Train Firm
Leo Bretholz, who had escaped from a train transporting him to a Nazi death camp, died the weekend before he was to testify on behalf of a Maryland bill making railroad firms accountable for their actions during the Holocaust. Bretholz,of Baltimore, died Saturday, two days after his 93rd birthday. He was to testify Monday before…
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Fast Forward Israelis Barred From Norwegian Cruise Line Stop in Tunisia
Israeli tourists traveling on a Norwegian cruise ship were prevented from disembarking at a stop in the Tunisia capital of Tunis. The Israeli passengers were told quietly by staff aboard the Norwegian Jade that they were not welcome per the Tunisian government during the stop, B’nai Brith Canada said in a statement Sunday. The organization…
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Fast Forward 1,000 Gather in Times Square for Aliyah Fest
More than 1,000 Jews gathered in Times Square to learn about aliyah, or moving to Israel. Jewish Americans and Israelis living in the United States attended Sunday’s Nefesh B’Nefesh Aliyah Mega event, held in Times Square. In addition to Sunday’s program, aliyah fairs were scheduled to be held in seven cities across North America, organized…
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Fast Forward 130,000 Poles Call for Referendum To Protect Kosher Slaughter
More than 130,000 Polish voters have signed a petition calling for a public referendum on an amendment that would legalize Jewish ritual slaughter, or shechitah, in Poland. The petition, circulated by the National Council of Agricultural Chambers, or KRIR, was submitted last week to the Chancellery of Polish Parliament, or Sejm. The parliament has two…
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