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Fast Forward Spanish City of Toledo Opens Program on Jewish History for Tour Guides
The City of Toledo, Spain, has opened an advanced studies of Spanish Jewry course for 50 tour guides. The program, which is the city’s first initiative of its kind, began on Oct. 14 and will offer two weekly classes until February, Silvia González Plaza of the Toldeo Municipal Tourist Office told JTA. Titled “The Toledo…
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Fast Forward German Synagogues Have Been Attacked Atleast 82 Times in Last Four Years
There have been 82 reported attacks on synagogues in Germany from 2008 to 2012, according to a report requested by Left Party legislator and Bundestag Vice President Petra Pau. But the reported number may actually be too low: An investigation by Germany’s main Jewish weekly, the Juedische Allgemeine, showed that several notable incidents were not…
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Fast Forward Peace Talks Have Plenty of Time Says Abbas
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said the new peace talks with Israel have plenty of time to bear fruit. Abbas told the German news service Deutche Welle that the peace talks that restarted in July after a hiatus of several years have not reached a dead end, as some have claimed in recent weeks. “We’re…
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Fast Forward Family of First Egyptian To Be Recognized as Righteous Gentile Rejects Honor
A family member of an Egyptian doctor, the first Arab to be recognized by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Gentile, said his family is not interested in the honor. Mohamed Helmy, who died in 1982, was recognized by the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in a ceremony last month. The Associated Press tracked down one of…
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Fast Forward Karnit Flug To Be Named First Female Bank of Israel Head
Dr. Karnit Flug has been chosen to serve as Israel’s next governor of the Bank of Israel, the first woman ever to hold the prestigious position. Flug, whose appointment was announced Sunday by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Yair Lapid, previously served as deputy governor of the Bank of Israel since July 2011,…
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Fast Forward European Networks Purchase Israeli Signing Show ‘Rising Star’
The new Israeli reality show “Rising Star” has been sold to major networks in a number of European countries. Toro, an Italian production company, on Thursday became the latest to sign up for the singing competition that premiered last month on Israeli television. “Rising Star” was up for offer last week at MIPCOM, an annual…
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Fast Forward Former Camp Counselor Sentence to 13 Years in Prison For Sexual Assault
Yosef Kolko, a former Jewish educator from New Jersey, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault. Kolko, who was sentenced late Thursday in Ocean County Superior Court in New Jersey, pleaded guilty in May to multiple sexual crimes. A former counselor at an Orthodox summer camp, Kolko admitted to performing oral…
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Fast Forward U.S. Could Unfreeze Iranian Assets if Steps Are Taken To Curb Nuclear Program
The Obama administration is considering freeing up Iranian assets if Tehran takes specific steps to curb its nuclear program, a senior administration official said. The official, who was not named, told The New York Times that if the United States frees up Iran’s frozen overseas assets in installments, the Obama administration would avoid the political…
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