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Fast Forward At March Against Anti-Semitism, Jewish Leader Told To ‘Get Lost’
Participants in a march against anti-Semitism in Toulouse hurled anti-Zionist insults at a Jewish fellow demonstrator. The insults were directed at Nicole Yardeni, who heads the local chapter of the CRIF umbrella group of Jewish communities, during a march by 2,000 people in Toulouse. The march was organized on Saturday by a gay group, Arc-en-Ciel,…
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Fast Forward Hundreds Call for Release of Jonathan Pollard Outside U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv
Hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside of the United States Embassy in Tel Aviv, calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard. Sunday night’s demonstration was led by Pollard’s wife, Esther. “How is it that in spite of all the gestures that Israel is making at the request of the US, the Americans are not willing to…
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Fast Forward Jews of Thessaloniki Are Suing Germany in Europe’s Human Rights Court
The Jewish community of Thessaloniki is suing Germany for the return of a ransom paid during the Nazi occupation of Greece. The papers were filed Friday in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, the community’s president, David Saltiel, told JTA. The move to the European court comes after a struggle of two…
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Fast Forward American-Israeli Prisoner Killed In Jail Battle With Guards
Samuel Sheinbein, an American jailed in Israel for a murder committed in Maryland, was shot and killed after shooting three prison guards. Sheinbein, 34, was killed Sunday afternoon by a response team at the Rimonim Prison, located north of Tel Aviv, after remaining holed up in a prison block for most of the day. He…
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Fast Forward LA City Council Approves Local Iran Sanctions
The Los Angeles City Council approved a law that bars people investing in Iran’s energy sector from bidding on or holding contracts with the state of California or its local governments. Friday’s 13-0 vote makes Los Angeles the first city in California to be in full compliance with the Iran Contracting Act of 2010, according…
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Fast Forward Former Guard at Australian Chabad School Appeals Rape Conviction
A convicted pedophile who sexually molested students at a Chabad-Lubavitch school for boys in Melbourne launched an appeal. David Cyprys, a karate teacher and security guard at the college, was sentenced to jail for eight years in December for sexually assaulting nine boys at Yeshivah College in the 1980s and 1990s. He must serve five-and-a-half…
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Fast Forward Jewish Soldiers To Be Awarded Belated Medal of Honor
President Obama will award the Medal of Honor to 24 American troops, most of whom had been overlooked because of anti-Jewish or anti-Hispanic prejudice. The White House said in a statement issued on Friday that the medals to be awarded March 18 are the result of a review mandated by a law passed in 2002…
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Fast Forward Mossad Agent Ben Zyger Leaked Information on Israel’s Espionage on Iran
Ben Zygier, the Australian-born Mossad agent previously known as Prisoner X, leaked sensitive information about Israel’s espionage operations against Iran, according to a new book. In the book titled “Prisoner X,” the code name given to Zygier after he was taken and imprisoned by Shin Bet in early 2010, Australian journalist Rafael Epstein claims Zygier…
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