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Fast Forward Celebrating 75th Birthday of Sephardic Portugal Shul
Nearly 300 guests attended the 75th anniversary celebration of a Portuguese synagogue. Last week’s event for the Kadoorie-Mekor Haim synagogue in Porto brought Jewish leaders from the U.S., Israel, the United Kingdom and Argentina to the northern Portuguese city. The synagogue services a community of 39 members, according to the Porto-based daily Jornal de Noticias….
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Fast Forward British Court Accepts Beth Din Ruling on Custody
A British judge reportedly has accepted a U.S. rabbinical court’s ruling in a dispute between a haredi Orthodox man and his ex-wife. A judge of the London-based High Court of Justice last month adopted the rulings of a New York Beth Din on a case involving a British haredi Orthodox man and woman, according to…
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Fast Forward Sun and Shuls Make Uruguay Beach Town Jewish Hot Spot
Known across South America as a beach oasis for the elite, and more recently as the site of Donald Trump’s first residential development on the continent, the Uruguayan town of Punta del Este has long seduced visitors with its beaches and luxury accommodations. But in recent years, the town also has emerged as a premier…
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Fast Forward Polish Jews Hope To Raze Historic Warsaw Ghetto Building
The Jewish community of Warsaw is advancing plans to demolish one of its historical, ghetto-era buildings in favor of new offices. The Jewish community favors a plan which would replace the White House on Twarda Street with a 20-story building where the community – which has tripled in size since the fall of Communism –…
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Fast Forward Paper Apologizes for Bloody Bibi Cartoon
The Sunday Times of London apologized for publishing an editorial cartoon depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu building a wall on the bodies of Palestinians and using their blood as cement. “We apologize unreservedly,” the paper said Sunday for the cartoon by regular Sunday Times cartoonist Gerald Scarfe printed a week earlier, on International Holocaust…
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Israel News Ed Koch Remained Proudly Jewish to the End, Whether in Israel or New York
One of the proudest moments of Ed Koch’s life came during a trip to Israel in 1990, in the midst of the first Palestinian intifada. Koch had recently left City Hall after 12 years as mayor of New York City and was touring Jerusalem when a Palestinian threw a rock at his group, striking Koch…
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Fast Forward Hungary Jews Flee to Austria Amid Upsurge of Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism in Hungary is causing an influx of Jewish immigrants to Austria, the head of Vienna’s Jewish community reportedly said. “I am pleased people are coming but the circumstances that force them to leave Hungary due to the political situation, due to anti-Semitism, don’t please me at all,” Oskar Deutsch, president of the Vienna Jewish…
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Fast Forward Art Modell, Late Jewish Owner of Ravens, Falls Short in Hall of Fame Vote
Art Modell, the late owner of the Cleveland Browns and Baltimore Ravens, was eliminated in the first round of voting for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The first round of voting took place on Saturday. It was the first time that Modell had qualified as one of the 125 names on the eligibility list…
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