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Fast Forward Orthodox Rabbis Busted in Plot To Force Husbands To Give Religious ‘Get’ Divorces
Two Orthodox rabbis and two others were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and beating men in order to force them to grant their wives religious Jewish divorces. The men were arrested Wednesday night in a monthlong sting operation in which a female FBI agent posed as an Orthodox woman trying to get a religious divorce, or…
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Fast Forward Polish Righteous Gentile Donates Mementoes to Warsaw Jewish Museum
A Polish historian and statesman who was imprisoned at Auschwitz and recognized as a Righteous Gentile for saving Jews in World War II has donated a collection of his memorabilia to a museum in Poland. Wladyslaw Bartoszewski presented his donations to the new Museum of the History of Polish Jewish in Warsaw at a ceremony…
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Fast Forward Brussels Will Name Monument After Jewish Nobel Physicist Francois Englert
The city of Brussels will name part of its famous Atomium monument after François Englert, the Belgian Jew who won the Nobel Prize in physics. A city official told Belgian media Wednesday that Englert, who won the prize the previous day together with Peter Higgs of Britain for their discovery of the Higgs particle, will…
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Fast Forward U.S. to Suspend Delivery of ‘Large Scale Military Systems’ to Egypt
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Obama administration is suspending delivery of some “large scale military systems” to Egypt but will maintain assistance that will help secure its border with Israel. “The United States continues to support a democratic transition and oppose violence as a means of resolving differences within Egypt,” said a statement released Wednesday evening…
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Fast Forward Greek Premier Refuses To Wear Kippah at Yad Vashem
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras refused to cover his head at a Yad Vashem memorial ceremony. Organizers of the ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance urged Samaras to respect Tuesday’s ceremony and cover his head with a kippah or hat, but he laid a wreath at the memorial bareheaded, Ynet reported. Samaras is leading a…
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Fast Forward Reform and Conservative Rabbis Dovish on Israel
U.S. rabbis in the Reform and Conservative movements tend to be dovish on Israeli-Palestinian peace policies, according to a study. Asked whether Israel should freeze settlement building, 62 percent of the rabbis agreed to a “great extent” and 18 percent agreed to “some extent,” according to the study commissioned by the Jewish Council for Public…
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Fast Forward Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid Tells Charlie Rose Jews Are Safer in New York
It is safer to be a Jew in New York than in Israel, Israeli Finance Minister Yair Lapid told an audience in New York. “Israel was founded as a refuge for the Jewish people, but today it isn’t a safe place. It is safer to be Jew in New York,” Lapid told PBS host Charlie…
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Fast Forward Shots Fired at Russian Synagogue in Yekaterinburg
Shots were fired at the synagogue of Yekaterinburg, the Russian Jewish Congress said, breaking windows but not injuring anyone. At least two bullets hit the building housing the synagogue on Monday, according to the Russian Jewish Congress team that monitors anti-Semitism. No one was hurt, Matvey Chlenov, deputy executive director of the Russian Jewish Congress,…
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