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Fast Forward San Diego JCC Cancels Planned Show by Singer Eyal Golan Amid Sex Probe
A Jewish community center in San Diego cancelled a concert by Eyal Golan amid suspicions that the Israeli singer had sex with minors, an Israeli radio station reported. Golan was slated to perform Jan. 19 at a concert which was advertised as late as Jan. 10 on the website of the Lawrence Family Jewish Community…
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Fast Forward U.S. Demands Revival of ‘Jewish Israel’ Show
The Obama administration is “deeply disappointed” with a decision by UNESCO, the United Nation’s cultural arm, to cancel the opening of an exhibition on the Jewish presence in the land of Israel and is seeking its placement “as soon as possible.” Complaints by Arab states led UNESCO to cancel the exhibition, organized by the Simon…
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Fast Forward Israel Rabbinate Reaches ‘Historic’ Deal With American Orthodox
The Chief Rabbinate of Israel has reached an agreement with the main American Orthodox rabbinical association to automatically accept letters from council members vouching for the Jewish status of Israeli immigrants. The agreement, described as “historic” in a news release Thursday from the Rabbinical Council of America, comes after the Chief Rabbinate refused to accept…
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Fast Forward Nuremberg Trial Flea Market Trove Headed for Chabad Center
Documents from the Nuremberg Trials recently found in a flea market in Israel are to go on display at the Chabad Jewish Educational Center in Berlin. According to an announcement from the Berlin Chabad center, the documents will be on display to the public next week as part of events marking the Jan. 27 International…
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Fast Forward Controversial Non-Profit Security Plan for Jewish Groups Gets 30% Funding Boost
Congress budgeted $13 million for a controversial nonprofit security assistance program that mostly aids Jewish institutions. The money was in the $1.1 trillion budget passed this week by both houses of Congress. Last year the program received just $10 million. The program, which has existed since the mid-2000s, has so far disbursed $151 million through…
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Fast Forward Natan Sharansky Joins Political Prisoners in Pleading for Help at Congress Hearing
Natan Sharansky joined Forward opinion editor Gal Beckerman and the relatives of political prisoners in asking the U.S. Congress to speak of their loved ones during meetings with foreign officials. Sharansky, imprisoned by the Soviets for nine years because of his activism on behalf of Soviet Jews who wanted to emigrate, recalled at a hearing…
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Fast Forward Belgian Jews Thank France for Banning ‘Quenelle’ Comic Dieudonne
Leaders of Belgium’s Jewish community rallied outside France’s embassy in Brussels to thank the French government for its efforts to keep an anti-Semitic comedian from touring. The demonstration Wednesday was organized by the CCOJB umbrella group representing French-speaking Belgian Jews. Some 70 people showed up, police told the Belga news agency, bearing signs reading: “Thank…
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Fast Forward UN ‘Jewish Israel’ Show Scrapped After Arabs Complain
Complaints by Arab states led the United Nation’s cultural arm, UNESCO, to cancel the opening of an exhibition on the Jewish presence in the land of Israel. The exhibition, organized by the Simon Wiesenthal Center along with the governments of Canada and Montenegro, was scheduled to open Jan. 20 at the Paris headquarters of the…
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