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Fast Forward Swedish Province Will Ban Circumcision for Boys
A county in Sweden is planning to ban non-medical circumcision of boys, its commissioner said. Per-Ola Mattsson, commissioner of Blekinge County, said he would move ahead with plans to ban ritual circumcision by bringing the subject up in February with the county’s health board, according to an article published Thursday by the Sydöstran Daily. According…
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Fast Forward Christmas Coming to Bethlehem — and Israel’s Ready
The Israel Defense Forces said it is working to facilitate the observance and celebration of Christmas for Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. IDF officials met with representatives from the Bethlehem Municipality, the Palestinians Security Forces, international organizations and religious representatives in order to coordinate preparations for the Christmas holiday season. Over 300,000…
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Fast Forward Greece Cuts Funds to Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn
The Greek parliament has voted to cut off state funding for the neo-Nazi, anti-Semitic Golden Dawn Party. The move is part of an ongoing crackdown against the ultra-nationalist party, whose leaders have been arrested and charged with running a criminal organization. Party leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos has publicly denied the Holocaust, as have other members of…
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Fast Forward City of Cologne Will Return Nazi-Looted Art to Heir of Jewish Collector
The city of Cologne agreed to return six valuable drawings looted by the Nazis from a Jewish art collector. The drawings will be restituted from the Ludwig Museum to the heirs of Alfred Flechtheim, the German museum said Wednesday. They will remain on public display in the museum, according to Mel Urbach, one of the…
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Fast Forward Native American Association Joins Academic Boycott of Israel
A Native American studies association is the third U.S. academic body this year to recommend its members boycott Israeli universities. The Native American and Indigenous Studies Association in a Dec. 15 announcement said it “encourages NAISA members to boycott Israeli academic institutions because they are imbricated with the Israeli state and we wish to place…
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Fast Forward 2 Canadian Children Returned to Extremist Lev Tahor Haredi Sect
Two children seized by Canadian authorities from an extremist haredi Orthodox sect were returned to their parents with strict conditions. The parents, members of the Lev Tahor sect, agreed to scheduled and random visits from children’s aid workers and said they would not leave the Chatham-Kent region, in southwest Ontario, or use “physical discipline,” among…
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Fast Forward Long Island Man Charged in ‘Knockout’ Attacks
A suburban New York City man was arrested for allegedly assaulting seven men in so-called knockout game attacks. Darryl Mitchell, 20, of North Amityville on Long Island will be arraigned Wednesday in Suffolk County Criminal Court and charged with attacks that date back to April, according to reports. Two of the victims were over 65….
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Fast Forward Sean Penn Hosts Freed Hasidic Businessman Jacob Ostreicher
Actor Sean Penn is with Jacob Ostreicher, the New York businessman held in Bolivia since 2011 who returned to the United States this week, the Hollywood star told the Associated Press. He told the AP in an e-mail Tuesday that Ostreicher was safe and receiving medical care in an undisclosed location. Penn told the AP…
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