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Fast Forward New York Post Faces Boycott Threat Over Menachem Stark Front Page
The New York Post is under fire for a cover story about the murder of Hasidic landlord Menachem Stark. “Who Didn’t Want Him Dead?” blared the headline of the Sunday edition, next to a photo of Stark wearing a large shtreiml and graying side curls. According to the story, Stark “had so many enemies that…
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Fast Forward New Year’s Revelers Urinate on Berlin Holocaust Memorial
New Year’s revelers shot fireworks and urinated in Germany’s Holocaust memorial in Berlin. But memorial staff members have vowed to put a stop to the desecration. Reacting to a shocking video of young party-goers celebrating among the 2711 steles of the memorial last week, spokesperson Jenifer Stolz told JTA that “we are all quite appalled….
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Fast Forward Setting Jewish Girl’s Hair on Fire Not Anti-Semitic, Canada Judge Rules
A classmate setting a Jewish girl’s hair on fire was not an act of anti-Semitism, a Canadian court ruled. In a Jan. 2 decision, the judge in Winnipeg agreed with prosecutors that the assailant had been a “jerk and bully” but said the “totally vulgar and inappropriate” incident in November 2011 was impulsive, unplanned and…
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Fast Forward Israeli Bus Bomb Resembles Boston Marathon Set Up
The bomb that exploded last month on a public bus in Bat Yam after the passengers had been evacuated closely resembled the bomb used in the Boston Marathon attack. The bomb was enclosed in a pressure cooker and was activated by a cell phone, according to the Shin Bet security service, the Times of Israel…
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Fast Forward Thousands of African Asylum Seekers Protest Israel’s Expulsion Bill
Thousands of African migrants in Israel, who are seeking asylum in the Jewish State, protested against the government for ignoring their asylum requests and placing then in detention facilities. The African migrants, from Sudan and Eritrea, marched through Tel Aviv on Sunday, and held a protest at Rabin Square in central Tel Aviv. Another 300…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Man Charged With Hate Crimes for 7 ‘Knockout’ Attacks on Jewish Women
A Brooklyn, N.Y. man was arrested and charged for his involvement in seven so-called knockout game attacks. Barry Baldwin, 35, was charged with six counts of assault as a hate crime, six counts of aggravated harassment as a hate crime, and other crimes, including menacing and endangering the welfare of a child for the attacks…
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Fast Forward Florida Jewish Federations Push Sen. Bill Nelson on Iran
Four Jewish federations in south Florida urged Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) to sign on to legislation opposed by the Obama administration that would enhance Iran sanctions. The Dec. 30 letter was sent amid a renewed post-holiday push by some pro-Israel groups to pass the legislation, initiated by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and Sen. Mark Kirk…
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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg and Wife Make $970M Charity Donation
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife are responsible for the largest on-record charitable donation in the United States in 2013. For the second straight year, Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, gave away 18 million Facebook shares — a gift worth more than $970 million — to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation in December,…
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