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Fast Forward Greek Neo-Nazi Party Issues Diatribe Against AJC Visit
The Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn said a visit to Greece by American Jewish Committee leader David Harris is meant to ensure further “Jewish influence over Greek political issues” and safeguard the interests of “international loan sharks.” Harris, the executive director of the AJC, is leading a Jewish delegation to the region that is meeting…
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Fast Forward At Senate Hearing, Kerry Says Peace Talks Are Priority
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) emphasized a return to Israeli-Palestinian talks and keeping Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon at Senate hearings expected to result in his confirmation as secretary of state. Reports that President Obama was giving up on Middle East peace-making were “overblown,” Kerry said Thursday. Referring to this week’s Israeli election, which saw…
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Fast Forward American Gets 35 Years for Aiding Mumbai Terrorists Who Killed Local Chabad Family
A federal judge in Chicago sentenced an American citizen to 35 years in prison for helping Islamist terrorists kill 160 people in India in 2008. David Coleman Headley, a 52-year-old U.S. citizen of Pakistani heritage, was sentenced Thursday after an attack victim appealed on behalf of herself and others for a life sentence, the Associated…
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Fast Forward Watchdog Decries ‘Anti-Semitic Whirlwind’ on Mexican Twitter
A Spanish phrase about Jews set off “a whirlwind of anti-Semitic” messages on Twitter and became the second-most popular hashtag among Mexican users, according to a watchdog. “The hashtag #EsdeJudios exposes the antisemitisim of Mexican Tweeter surfers,” said a statement by the Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism. The international organization said the phrase, which means…
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Fast Forward Dutch Workers Brave Thin Ice To Remove Swastika
Workers in a Dutch town braved thin ice to remove Nazi symbols etched into the surface of a frozen lake. The workers first attempted to walk to the area where unidentified persons had carved the Nazi salutation “Sieg Heil!” and swastika into the ice, according to a Jan. 23 report in the AD/Rotterdams Dagblad, a…
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Fast Forward Hebrew-Language Charter School Approved for LA
A dual-language Hebrew and English charter school was approved for Los Angeles. The Lashon Academy is the first Hebrew-language charter school approved by the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Los Angeles Jewish Journal reported. There are about 230 charter schools in the school district, including other dual-language immersion schools. Lashon, which means tongue or…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Slam Winnipeg JCC for Early Shabbat Opening
Rabbis in Winnipeg have criticized a decision by the Jewish community center in the Canadian city to open earlier on Shabbat. The recent decision by the Rose and Max Rady JCC to open at 8 a.m. on Saturdays instead of at noon means “the final vestige of observance of this most significant mitzvah … has…
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Fast Forward Rome’s Coliseum Lights Dim To Protest Hungary’s Anti-Semitic ‘Jewish List’ Party
The lights of the ancient Coliseum in Rome will be dimmed next week to protest anti-Semitic and racist acts and statements by Hungary’s far-right Jobbik Party. The initiative, sponsored by Rome’s city government and the Rome Jewish community, will take place Jan. 27 on International Holocaust Memorial Day, and will be one of scores of…
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