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Fast Forward Yale Bathroom Graffiti Warns of Arson Attack on Jewish Center During Shavuot
Graffiti scrawled in a bathroom in a Yale University science building threatened an arson attack on the campus Slifka Center for Jewish Life. The graffiti was discovered late last month but was first reported in the local media on Tuesday. The exact wording of the graffiti has not been released, but it reportedly threatened an…
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Fast Forward Wagner Opera Scrapped for Depicting Nazi Atrocities on Stage
A new production of Richard Wagner’s “Tannhauser” opera in Dusseldorf, which drew harsh criticism for staging Nazi atrocities, has been cancelled after less than a week. At opening performances by the Deutsche Oper am Rhein company at the Dusseldorf Opera House over the weekend, the audience reacted negatively to scenes featuring the gassing of concentration…
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Fast Forward Italy Jewish Leader Ordered To Pay Court Fees for 99-Year-Old Nazi
Italian tax collectors have ordered the president of Rome’s Jewish community and a TV reporter to pay the court fees of convicted Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke, who lost a lawsuit against them in 1996. “I won’t pay,” Jewish Community President Riccardo Pacifici told Italian media. Under Italian law, “all parties involved” must pay the…
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Fast Forward Sisters Fired Over ‘Happy Hanukkah’ Oven Jibe
Two Iowa sisters were fired from their jobs after joking about “burning the Jews” inside a toy oven. Christina and Susan Ott were dismissed from an assembly plant in New Hampton, Iowa, in January, the Des Moines Register reported , after walking around work on Dec. 19 with a toy oven in which they placed…
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Fast Forward Oberlin Students Vote for Divestment From Occupation
The Oberlin College Student Senate endorsed a resolution that calls for the college to divest from six companies that do business in the occupied Palestinian territiories. Following a three-hour discussion, the resolution was approved “by majority” on Monday, the Oberlin College Students for a Free Palestine said in a news release. The six companies are…
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Fast Forward They’re Back! Billions of Locusts Set To Go Biblical on Israel
Billions of locusts are spreading throughout Israel’s south. The newly hatched locusts identified in the Negev Desert area are the offspring of locust swarms that entered Israel from Egypt in March. A swarm of 30 million locusts first appeared near Cairo on March 2 and caused millions of dollars worth of crop damage in Egypt….
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News Jewish Nurse Aliza Sherman’s Brutal Murder Has Cleveland Police Puzzled
The voice of the 911 caller is frantic, pleading for help. In the background, the victim is heard moaning, her words unclear. “There’s blood everywhere,” the caller says. “I’ve never seen so much blood.” Paramedics arrive on the scene in downtown Cleveland moments later and rush the victim to the MetroHealth Medical Center some five…
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Fast Forward Syria’s Failure To Respond Signals Israel Can Strike Without Worries
Twice in three days, Israeli warplanes entered Syrian airspace and fired on suspected weapons caches bound for Hezbollah – and nothing has happened in response. Some experts are predicting that will continue to be the case following airstrikes near Damascus on Friday and Sunday that are widely believed to be the work of the Israel…
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