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Fast Forward Amsterdam Ghetto ‘Volunteers’ Will Get $2,700 Compensation From Germany
More than 1,000 people have applied for new compensation money from Germany for labor performed in Amsterdam’s Jewish ghetto during the Holocaust. The compensation offers a one-time payment of $2,700 to people who lived in three districts of the Dutch capital that served as ghettos for the city’s Jewish community during the German occupation and…
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Fast Forward French Jew Exonerated in Blood Libel Murder of Toddler — 344 Years Later
Nearly 350 years after his wrongful execution, a French Jew who had been convicted of a blood libel was exonerated and declared a martyr. The village of Glatigny in the eastern district of Moselle set the record straight Sunday on the wrongful conviction of Raphael Levy in 1670 for murder. Levy, a simple merchant, was…
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Fast Forward British Lawmaker David Ward Angers Jews With Ariel Sharon Death Tweet
British lawmaker David Ward has raised Jewish ire again for a tweet following the death of Ariel Sharon. “Sharon’s death makes you think. The brutal, genocidal treatment of Jews must never be forgotten but … the Palestinians were not responsible,” Ward tweeted on Jan. 13, two days after Sharon’s death. One tweet in response to…
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Fast Forward Canada’s Stephen Harper Backs Israel in Knesset Speech on First Visit
Canada supports Israel “because it is the right thing to do,” Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said in a speech to the Knesset. Harper on Monday became the first Canadian prime minister to address Israeli lawmakers in the parliament as part of his first visit since taking office in 2006. The visitors’ gallery was filled…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Filipina X-Factor Winner Gets Permission To Work as Singer
A Filipina caregiver who won Israel’s version of the X-Factor last week will be allowed to stay in the country and pursue a music career, the Immigration Authority said on Monday. Rose Fostanes, 47, was the surprise winner of the popular television singing contest, but her visa only allowed her to work in Israel as…
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Fast Forward Pope Francis Vows To Open Vatican Wartime Archive — ‘Truth Must Be Goal’
Should Pope Francis decide to open the secret Vatican archives regarding the World War II pontificate of Pope Pius XII, it could still take another year and a half before the thousands of documents in question are fully catalogued. “It is a very complex operation, which we have been working on for six years,” Monsignor…
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Fast Forward Italian Jews Grapple With J Street-Style Rift on Israel
Special meetings are being held this week to discuss increasingly sharp political tensions within the Italian Jewish community centered on differing attitudes toward Israel and the Middle East. The meetings were called in the wake of an incident on Jan. 14, in which Jewish protesters disrupted a panel discussion of a book on the left…
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Fast Forward UN Chief Attends Shoah Event at New York Synagogue
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited a New York City synagogue to honor the memory of the victims of the Holocaust in advance of International Holocaust memorial day. Ban on Saturday spoke at Park East Synagogue at its memorial service in honor of victims of the Holocaust. He also paid tribute to Holocaust survivors and…
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