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Fast Forward British Orthodox Jews Will Help Protect Mosque
An Orthodox Jewish patrol group in London said it would protect a mosque after a rise in hate crimes against Muslims. The Shomrim patrol group accepted a request for protection by the North London Community Centre in Cazenove Road, an Islamic institution situated in the heavily-Jewish Borough of Hackney in northern London. The deal was…
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Fast Forward Hungary Ruling Party Founder Made Foreign ‘Cohens’ Slur About Jews
Rejecting a defamation suit, Hungary’s highest court found that a cofounder of the country’s ruling party had made anti-Semitic statements. In the June 26 ruling, the Kúria, Hungary’s highest judicial body, rejected a libel suit by Zsolt Bayer, a columnist and one of the cofounders of the Fidesz center-right ruling party. Bayer sued the radio…
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The Schmooze Albert Einstein-Signed Bible Fetches $68K
A Bible signed by Albert Einstein sold for $68,500 at an auction in New York City. The Bible was part of a fine books and manuscripts auction at Bonhams on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported. The Bible’s final price far exceeds its pre-sale estimate of between $1,500 and $2,500. The German-born, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and…
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Fast Forward Senate Immigration Bill Includes Camp Counselor Provision
The immigration overhaul passed in the U.S Senate includes provisions that protect a visa program used by Jewish summer camps and that makes permanent a law that facilitates immigration for victims of religious persecution. The bipartisan bill passed Thursday by the Senate, 68-32, creates a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 million undocumented workers…
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Fast Forward Brandeis Wins Apology From Babson for ‘Happy Holocaust’ Signs
Babson College formally apologized to Brandeis University for the anti-Semitic behavior of its men’s soccer team 35 years ago. Babson President Len Schlesinger delivered an official apology on Wednesday at the ADL New England headquarters of the Anti-Defamation League, according to Boston.com., and announced that the college is creating a partnership with the ADL aimed…
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Fast Forward YouTube Removes Video Asking Alicia Keys To Cancel Concert in Israel
YouTube removed a video calling on Alicia Keys to cancel a concert in Tel Aviv. Set to Keys’ popular song “This Girl is on Fire,” the video was removed on Monday, according to the U.S. Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel. The video, “Alicia Keys, Come Together with Your Sisters, Boycott Apartheid,”…
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Fast Forward Chief Rabbi Candidate David Stav Lashes Back at Ultra-Orthodox
David Stav has based his campaign to become Israel’s next Ashkenazi chief rabbi on a message of inclusion, friendliness and tolerance. But in an exclusive interview with JTA, he spoke harsh words against those who have attacked him in recent weeks. The attacks began two Saturday nights ago, when Rabbi Ovadia Yosef used his weekly…
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Fast Forward Gilad Shalit Fury Grows Over Canada Paper’s Attack on Former Israeli Captive
B’nai B’rith International has disassociated itself from a news story critical of former captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit published in a Canadian Jewish newspaper. In anticipation of a four-city visit to Canada by Gilad Shalit, The Jewish Tribune, Canada’s largest Jewish newspaper founded and still closely associated with B’nai Brith Canada, criticized the former Hamas…
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