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Fast Forward Deadly Ukraine Protests Cancel Holocaust Memorial
Amid deadly clashes between police and demonstrators in Kiev, Jewish community representatives cancelled an annual Holocaust remembrance event out of safety concerns. Some 400 Jews were expected to attend the event on Jan. 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, at Kiev’s Brodsky Synagogue, according to Eduard Dolinsky, the executive director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee. But…
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Fast Forward Main Exhibit at Polish Jewish History Museum Set for Fall Opening
After cost overruns delayed the official opening, the core exhibition of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews will open in October. The announcement of the Oct. 28 opening was made Wednesday by Polish Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage Malgorzata Omilanowska. Last week, the Polish Minister of Culture Bogdan Zdrojewski announced that…
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Fast Forward Bernie Madoff Has Heart Attack in Prison
Bernard Madoff suffered a heart attack in prison. CNBC reported Wednesday that Madoff confirmed to them that he was hospitalized last month after a heart attack. The report said that Madoff, 75, is also suffering from stage four kidney disease. Madoff, a former stockbroker, is serving 150 years at a federal prison in Butner, N.C….
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Fast Forward British Lawmaker’s Nazi-Themed Bachelor Party ‘Not Anti-Semitic’
A British lawmaker who arranged a Nazi-themed bachelor party in France was not racist or anti-Semitic, his political party determined following an internal investigation. The internal investigation of Aiden Burley by the Tory Party was released on Tuesday, according to British media reports. Burley was dismissed in December 2011 as parliamentary private secretary for Transport…
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Fast Forward Uruguay Rabbinate Wants Jewish Couples to Sign Rabbinic Prenuptial Agreement
The Rabbinate of Uruguay is requiring Jewish couples marrying under its auspices to sign a rabbinic prenuptial agreement. Under the agreement, in the case of a couple that is divorcing civilly, the husband must give his wife a divorce under Jewish law, or a get, the South American country’s Rabbinate said Wednesday in a statement….
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Fast Forward ‘Quenelle’ Comic Dieudonne Busted for Attacking Court Officers
The French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala was arrested for allegedly assaulting court officers who came to his home with notices for payments due on fines for inciting hatred against Jews. Dieudonne, who owes nearly $100,000 for several hate speech convictions, was arrested Tuesday night, according to a report by the French news agency AFP. He…
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Fast Forward 11 South African Students Punished for Disrupting Performance by Israeli Pianist
Eleven students at a South Africa university charged with disrupting a concert by an Israeli musician were sentenced to community service. The students at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg forced the cancellation of a recital last March by pianist Yossi Reshef with their attempt to enforce a student-initiated cultural boycott of Israel on campus….
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Fast Forward British Fans of Tottenham Hotspur Soccer Club Charged for Using Y-Word
Three fans of the British Tottenham Hotspurs soccer club have been charged for using the term “Yid” at a team match. The three men were charged on Tuesday for causing ‘‘harassment, alarm or distress’’ by using a ‘‘threatening, abusive or insulting’’ word. Two of the men were arrested in November and one in October, according…
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