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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Defend Circumcision at Council of Europe Hearing
Representatives of European Jewish groups defended ritual circumcision at a hearing of the Council of Europe. Officials from the European Jewish Congress and the Conference of European Rabbis presented facts and defenses of Jewish male ritual circumcision during the hearing on Tuesday. The hearing was called after the council’s Parliamentary Assembly, or PACE, passed a…
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Fast Forward With Second Cuban Spy Released, Is Alan Gross Freedom in Sight?
A second Cuban spy of five whose release from prison is seen as critical to the freedom of Alan Gross will likely soon be in Cuba. Fernando Gonzalez, one of the “Cuban Five” convicted of spying offenses in 2001, will be transferred to immigration lockup at the end of February to await deportation to Cuba,…
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Fast Forward Menachem Stark’s DNA Found in Kidnap Van Seized By Police
Traces of DNA of Brooklyn real estate developer Menachem Stark was found in a van seized by police in the investigation of his kidnapping and murder. The discovery was reported late Tuesday by Newsday, citing an unnamed law enforcement source familiar with the case. The 2002 van with Pennsylvania plates was confiscated by New York…
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Fast Forward Is Yair Netanyahu Dating Non-Jewish Norwegian Woman?
The son of Benjamin Netanyahu is not dating a non-Jewish Norwegian girl, an official in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office reportedly told the head of the haredi Orthodox Shas party. Israel’s Channel 10 reported Wednesday that the official told Aryeh Deri in a meeting that Yair Netanyahu, 23, and Sandra Leikanger, 25, who both study…
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Fast Forward Man Arrested Over Photo of Quenelle At Toulouse Jewish School
French police arrested a man suspected of disseminating a photo of a quasi-Nazi salute being performed in front of a school where four Jews were murdered. The man, who was identified as Joe le Corbeau, was arrested Tuesday near Marseille in southern France, according to a report by the France3 news network. Police believe he…
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News French Court Rules Boycott of SodaStream Illegal
A pro-Palestinian group’s campaign to boycott the products of the Israeli SodaStream company violates French law, a Paris court ruled. The ruling was handed down on Jan. 23 by the French capital’s Tribunal for Grand Instances, which fined the group about $9,000 and ordered it to remove calls to boycott SodaStream and its agents from…
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Fast Forward Naftali Bennett Ordered To Apologize for ‘Settlers Stay’ Rift With Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli government minister Naftali Bennett must apologize for remarks contradicting Benjamin Netanyahu or face the consequences, the Prime Minister’s Office told Israeli news outlets. “Bennett was given a message that he has to apologize clearly and unequivocally or there will be a price to pay,” an official in the Prime Minister’s Office is quoted as…
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The Schmooze Natalie Portman’s Husband Will Convert to Judaism
French choreographer Benjamin Millepied, husband of Jewish actress Natalie Portman, told an Israeli newspaper that he is converting to Judaism. Millepied told the Hebrew-language Yediot Acharonot in an article published on Wednesday that he is “in the middle of the conversion process.” He added that he hopes that the conversion process will “come to an…
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