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Fast Forward Oxfam Accepts Scarlett Johansson’s Resignation as Global Ambassador
Oxfam accepted actress Scarlett Johansson’s resignation as a global ambassador, calling the role “incompatible” with her work for the Israeli company SodaStream. “Oxfam has accepted Scarlett Johansson’s decision to step down after eight years as a Global Ambassador and we are grateful for her many contributions,” the global anti-poverty charity said in a statement issued…
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Fast Forward Fashion Blogger Rachel Nguyen Sorry for Posing at Jewish Cemetery
A blogger on the Los Angeles fashion scene apologized for posting photos of herself in front of a Jewish mausoleum on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Rachel Nguyen wrote Wednesday on her That’s Chic blog, “I owe everyone a big humble apology,” calling the blog post of two days earlier “really poorly timed.” Nguyen, 23, had…
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Fast Forward The Economist Says Sorry for Offensive Cartoon
The Economist apologized for a cartoon that was published in its weekly print and Internet editions that was characterized as anti-Semitic. The cartoon had been removed on Jan. 21, several days after it was published alongside an article, with a brief note that the cartoon “caused offense to some readers.” The cartoon published with the…
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Fast Forward Nuremberg Trial Nazi Documents Fetch $10K — Found at Flea Market
Documents from the Nuremberg Trials found in a flea market in Israel were sold at auction. The trove of 500 pages, including documents used to convict top Nazis at the Nuremberg Trials, sold on Wednesday for $10,000, a spokesman for the Kedem Auction House in Jerusalem told the Associated Press. An American collector bought the…
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Fast Forward Belgian Lawmaker Performs Anti-Semitic Quenelle in Parliament
The president of Belgium’s parliament condemned the actions of a lawmaker who said that Zionists were responsible for the Holocaust and performed a quasi-Nazi salute in parliament. “I would like to reinforce my condemnation of these hateful acts,” Andre Flahaut said on Jan. 23 in reference to the actions of Laurent Louis, who on Jan….
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Fast Forward Romanian Jewish Theater Roof Collapses After Heavy Snow
Heavy snows caused the partial collapse of the roof of the State Jewish Theater, paralyzing one of Romanian Jewry’s foremost cultural institutions. A snowstorm on Jan. 25 devastated about a third of the roof of the 19th century building that houses the theater, the institution’s director, Maia Morgenstern, told JTA. “Unfortunately, the part of the…
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Fast Forward Scarlett Johansson Cuts Ties to Oxfam Over SodaStream Feud
Actress Scarlett Johansson has ended her relationship with Oxfam, saying she and the humanitarian organization have “a fundamental difference of opinion in regards to the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.” The announcement Wednesday evening comes after a protracted debate over her role as spokesperson for SodaStream, which operates a factory in the West Bank. Johansson…
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Fast Forward Sex Offender Busted After Being Turned Away From California Jewish School
A sex offender was arrested about a month after being turned away from a Jewish day school campus in California. Theodore Lorigo, 42, a registered sex offender for kidnapping a child under the age of 14 “with intent to commit lewd or lascivious acts,” according to the Megan’s Law website, arrived at the the South…
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