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Fast Forward Parkinson’s Study Probes Link to Ashkenazi Mutation
A study sponsored by The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research will investigate a genetic mutation found more often in Ashkenazi Jews. The Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative, a large-scale biomarker study, is expanding to study individuals with genetic mutations associated with Parkinson’s disease. Among those mutations is the LRRK2, which accounts for a greater…
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News Robinson’s Arch Handed to Right-Wing Group in Western Wall Shock
The Israeli government tentatively agreed to a deal that puts a right-wing organization in charge of the Robinson’s Arch area of the Western Wall. Under the draft agreement, the government transfers control of the Jerusalem Archaeological Park and Davidson Center to the City of David Foundation, Haaretz reported. The foundation runs the City of David…
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Fast Forward Denmark Debates If Kosher Slaughter Is Less Humane
Danish Agriculture Minister Dan Jorgensen said he was open to reviewing scientific studies that present Muslim or Jewish ritual slaughter as humane. Jorgensen made the statement during a meeting Friday with representatives of Denmark’s Jewish and Muslim communities following his decision earlier this month to ban ritual slaughter, or shechitah, in Denmark. Danish Chief Rabbi…
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Fast Forward UCLA Student Council Rejects Israel Divestment Bid in Narrow 7-5 Vote
The UCLA student council rejected a resolution calling for divestment from five American companies that are accused of abusing Palestinian human rights. The 7-5 vote early Wednesday morning by the Undergraduate Students Association Council followed nine hours of public comment and was held by secret ballot after one council member reported receiving anonymous threats by…
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Movie Multiplex Closes on Friday Nights
Hundreds of demonstrators protested a new Jerusalem movie complex, that will be closed on Shabbat. The new Cinema City complex, with 15 movie theaters and some 50 restaurants and shops, opened for the first time Tuesday night in central Jerusalem. The building permit issued in 2010 to the construction company included a stipulation from the…
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Fast Forward NYU Grad Students Plan Pro-BDS Conference
The New York University American studies program’s annual conference this year is focused on the boycott-Israel movement and dominated by its supporters. The student-organized conference is scheduled to take place this Friday and Saturday and is titled “Circuits of Influence: U.S., Israel and Palestine.” A flyer advertising the conference promises discussion on how “recent American…
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Fast Forward Canadian Pro-Palestinian Group Protests Ehud Barak Visit
A pro-Palestinian group in Canada, calling Ehud Barak an “Israel war criminal,” is protesting a visit by the former Israeli prime minister. The Canada-Palestine Association is among pro-Palestinian groups in British Columbia protesting an economic conference to be held in suburban Vancouver at the end of the month that Barak is scheduled to attend. It…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Sends Condolence Letter to Grandson of Alice Herz-Sommer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent a condolence letter to Ariel Sommer, the grandson of Alice Herz-Sommer, who was the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor. Herz-Sommer died Sunday in London at the age of 110. With her death, Yisrael Kristal, an Israeli candy maker from Haifa who turned 110 in September, becomes the unofficial world’s oldest…
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