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Fast Forward Polish Jewish Cemetery Used for Topless Photo Shoot
Polish photographer Lukasz Szczygielski has apologized for conducting a photo shoot with a half-naked model at the Jewish cemetery in the southern Polish town of Checiny. Szczygielski explained that he wanted to draw attention to the neglected cemetery. “I wanted to draw attention to the neglect of the place. The cemetery is forgotten, he told…
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Fast Forward Roger Waters Releases an Open Letter to Musicians Calling for Boycott of Israel
British rocker Roger Waters published an open letter calling on fellow musicians to join a boycott of Israel. The letter, which condemns Israel for apartheid and ethnic cleansing, has been expected for several months, according to the Electronic Intifada, which first reported on its existence. “I write to you now, my brothers and sisters in…
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Fast Forward Elena Kagan Calls Jewish Identity ‘No Less American’
Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan said at the annual reading of George Washington’s letter on religious liberty that she never felt like she was “less of an American” because of her Judaism. Kagan spoke Sunday at the reading of the 1790 letter written by Washington to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, R.I., in which the…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Hacker Posts Illegally on Zuckerberg’s Facebook Page
A Palestinian hacker posted a message on Facebook founder Marc Zuckerberg’s wall to show there is a bug in the social network’s security settings. Khalil Shreateh of Hebron posted information about the bug on Zuckerberg’s wall late last week following unsuccessful attempts to report the bug to Facebook security. The bug allowed Shreateh to post…
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Fast Forward Ryan Braun Blames Anti-Semite for Positive Drug Test
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun during his appeal of a drug suspension in 2012 told players on opposing teams that the collector of his urine sample was an anti-Semite — and a Cubs fan to boot. Braun, the son of an Israeli-born Jewish father, was suspended in July for the remainder of this season for…
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Fast Forward Israel Lobbies U.S. To Maintain Aid to Egypt
The Israeli government is kicking into high gear its efforts to convince the United States and the European Union to support the new military-backed government in Egypt. The New York Times late on Sunday reported that Israeli ambassadors in Washington and in the European capitals will lobby foreign ministers and that Israeli leaders will press…
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Fast Forward Sam Horowitz Donates Thousands to Israeli Youth Village
Sam Horowitz, whose bar mitzvah entrance video has gone viral on YouTube, has donated thousands of dollars of his gift money to an Israeli youth village. Sam, of Dallas, and his parents asked guests at the bar mitzvah to make a contribution to the Ben Yakir Youth Village in lieu of gifts, and is requesting…
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Fast Forward Alice Walker Gets New Invite To Speak at University of Michigan
Author Alice Walker will be invited to speak in a public forum on campus, the provost of the University of Michigan said, after being disinvited from a women’s center celebration. The provost, Martha Pollack, said in a letter to university faculty posted on the university’s Center for the Education of Women’s web page that the…
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