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Fast Forward Rabbi Motti Elon Gets Slap on Wrist for Sex Abuse
Rabbi Mordechai “Motti” Elon, an Israeli Modern Orthodox leader, was sentenced to six months of community service for his conviction on two charges of sexually assaulting a minor. Elon was sentenced Wednesday in Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court for incidents that took place in 2003 and 2005. The student had come to Elon, the former rosh yeshiva…
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Fast Forward Canadian Jewish News Names Yoni Goldstein As New Editor
The Canadian Jewish News named a former columnist as its new editor following a five-month search and after reversing its decision to shut down. Yoni Goldstein, 33, was named to the post Tuesday and will take over on Jan. 6. The Toronto native told the paper he will lead that he would like Canada’s flagship…
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Fast Forward Senate Calls on Political Parties in Ukrain to Refrain From Anti-Semitism
A call on political parties in Ukraine to refrain from anti-Semitism was part of a resolution by the Senate expressing its support for Ukrainians seeking a closer alignment with the European Union. The resolution, introduced Dec. 13 by a bipartisan slate of senators — Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Jeanne Shaheen (R-N.H.) and Dick…
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Fast Forward U.N. Security Council Condemns Killing Of Israeli Soldier
The United Nations Security Council condemned the killing of an Israeli soldier by a rogue Lebanese soldier on the border between the two countries. The Security Council in a statement released Monday night called the incident “a serious contravention of the existing operational rules and procedures as related to resolution 1701,” which ended the 2006…
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News Fan of Romania’s World War Two Pro-Nazi Leader Drops Bid for Office
An admirer of Romania’s pro-Nazi leader during World War II withdrew his candidacy for a slot on the country’s constitutional court amid protests by Jewish groups. Lucian Bolcas, a former leader within the nationalist Greater Romania Party, announced his withdrawal on Monday shortly after meeting with Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta. “I do not wish…
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Fast Forward Africans Returned to Israel Detention After Protest
Hundreds of African migrants gathered outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem protesting Israel’s policy of detaining asylum seekers were put on buses back to a detention facility. The protesters, holding signs reading “I didn’t choose to be a refugee,” “we are in danger, not dangerous” and “you were strangers in the land of Egypt,”…
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Fast Forward NRA Official Invokes Holocaust When Slamming a Mayor’s Push for Gun Safety
A National Rifle Association board member in criticizing a New Jersey mayor for supporting gun safety proposals noted the mayor’s grandparents were Holocaust survivors. Scott Bach, also the executive director of the Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs, in an interview on the NRA News website rapped a proposal by Jersey City Mayor…
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Fast Forward Federal Judge Orders Florida Prison System To Reinstate Kosher Meal Plan
A U.S. federal judge has ordered the Florida prisons service to provide kosher meals to all prisoners with a “sincere religious basis” for doing so. The ruling issued earlier this month requires the order be implemented by July 1, the Miami Herald reported Tuesday. The ruling comes after the Florida Department of Corrections has dragged…
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