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Fast Forward ‘Jewish’ Photo of Captured Nazi Reichstag Goes on Display in Russia
The recently discovered original copy of an iconic World War II photo which was doctored in the Soviet Union under Jozef Stalin was unveiled at the Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center in Moscow. A reproduction of the original negative of a photo documenting the raising of the Soviet flag over the Reichstag — the German…
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Fast Forward 3 Hungarians Convicted for Anti-Semitic Incident at Jewish Congress
A Hungarian court convicted three young men who accosted Jews in Budapest during the World Jewish Congress general assembly. In an expedited court procedure on May 9, one of the men, identified by the Hungarian news site Hir24 as Gabor M., was sentenced to three years in jail and the other two, Gabor E. and…
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Fast Forward Church of Scotland Backs Away Denial of Jewish Claim to Land of Israel
The Church of Scotland will reword a controversial report which said “scripture” provides no basis for Jewish claims to Israel, the church said in statement. The 10-page report, entitled “The Inheritance of Abraham” and published online earlier this month has been taken down from the Church of Scotland’s website until it is rewritten. A message…
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The Schmooze Hundreds Gather for Jewish Choir Festival
Hundreds of singers from across Europe have convened in Vienna for the first European Jewish Choir Festival. The festival will culminate on May 12 in a gala concert titled “Shir LaShalom — A Song for Peace” at the Austria Center Vienna, where 400 vocalists from Jewish choirs from 16 European cities will present their repertoires….
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Fast Forward Calls To Destroy Israel Heard at Muslim Brotherhood Rally in Cairo
Calls for Israel’s destruction were heard in Cairo at the first anti-Israel rally organized by the Muslim Brotherhood since the movement’s candidate was elected president. Several hundred participated in the demonstration Friday, chanting “the people want destruction of Israel,” the Associated Press reported. The rally was to protest Israeli airstrikes in Syria and the detention…
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Fast Forward Jewish Scouting Leaders Take Vocal Stance on Gays in Boy Scouts of America
Jewish Scouting leaders are taking a vocal role in efforts to pass a historic resolution that would partially lift a ban on gays in the Boy Scouts of America. In a meeting of the National Jewish Committee on Scouting in February, members voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution lifting the BSA’s longstanding ban on…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Mob Swarms Western Wall To Protest Women’s Prayer Service
Haredi Orthodox youth mobbed the Western Wall plaza by the thousands to protest Women of the Wall as they held their monthly prayer service. The youth, many of them students from haredi Orthodox yeshivot, had filled the Western Wall Plaza by 6:40 a.m. on Friday, 20 minutes before Women of the Wall, a women’s prayer…
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Fast Forward 61% of Israelis Back Barack Obama’s Foreign Policy, Pew Poll Reveals
Israelis by a 4-to-1 margin are more confident than Palestinians in how President Obama handles his foreign policy, a poll found. The Pew Research Center poll released Thursday found that 61 percent of Israelis “express confidence in the American president to do the right thing regarding world affairs,” as opposed to 15 percent of Palestinians….
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