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Fast Forward Finland Jewish Sprinter Wins — 75 Years Later
The Finnish Sports Federation awarded first place to a Jewish runner who was denied victory at a national competition 75 years ago. Less than a month after apologizing for stripping Abraham Tokazier of his victory in a 100-meter race at Helsinki’s Olympic Stadium in 1938, the federation announced over the weekend that it would place…
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Fast Forward British Soccer Fan Arrested for ‘Yid’ Chant
A fan of the British Tottenham soccer club was arrested for chanting “yid” during a home match. On Sunday, defying a police threat of arrest for using the term, supporters of Hotspur reportedly chanted “Yid Army” as well as “We’ll sing what we want” during a Premier League match against their London rivals, West Ham…
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Fast Forward 1828 Czech Shul Reopens After Century of Disuse
The synagogue in the Czech Republic village of Ckyne was rededicated, culminating a restoration project that took more than two decades. More than 100 people attended the ceremony in the southern village on Saturday, which included a religious service led by the cantor of the synagogue in the nearby Czech city of Liberec. A Torah…
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Fast Forward Chris Christie Talks Up School Choice at Orthodox Union Event in New Jersey
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie strongly advocated for charter schools, vouchers, and other forms of school choice during an Orthodox Union-sponsored Legislative Breakfast. Education was the primary focus of Sunday morning’s event, which drew a crowd of 600 people and lasted for two hours at Congregation Keter Torah in Teaneck, N.J. Orthodox Union representatives emphasized…
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Fast Forward Does El Al Discriminate Against Dark-Skinned Passengers?
El Al agents in the Netherlands exercised racial discrimination against dark-skinned passengers, a Dutch government judicial watchdog on human rights has ruled. The Sept. 30 ruling by the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights, a legal review board set up the Dutch parliament, states that El Al representatives performed racial profiling on five Dutch passengers because…
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Fast Forward Women of Wall Agree to Pray Next to Kotel — Bid To Influence Design
Women of the Wall has agreed in principle to pray in a new egalitarian space adjacent to the Western Wall Plaza, provided that the new section meets several of its conditions regarding the new section’s design and management. Until those conditions are met, Women of the Wall said in a statement that it will continue…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu, Citing Familiar Themes, Says Palestinians Block Peace
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a major address asserted that the primary obstacle to Middle East peace is the Palestinian refusal to recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Netanyahu made his remarks Sunday at Bar-Ilan University — his first address there since a 2009 speech in which he famously declared his support for a…
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Fast Forward London Paper Says Miliband ‘Jewish Marxist’ Slam Wasn’t Anti-Semitic
Daily Mail city editor Alex Brummer wrote that it was “deplorable” to accuse the British newspaper of anti-Semitism over an article on the late father of Labor Party leader Ed Miliband titled “The man who hated Britain.” Brummer’s column appeared Saturday, several days after Miliband defended his father against the newspaper’s claim that he was…
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