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Fast Forward Verbal Attack on Jew Not Deemed ‘Anti-Semitic’
State prosecutors have determined that a verbal attack against a German Jewish leader was not a case of anti-Semitism. Stephan Kramer, general secretary of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, disagrees and said on his Facebook profile that he would ask his attorney to inspect the files on the case, to see if an…
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Fast Forward Ruined Synagogue in Britain’s Cornwall, Home to 60 Jews, Won’t Be Sold
City planners in the British county of Cornwall have prevented the sale of an abandoned synagogue in the town of Penzance. The planners in the southern English county last week decided not to authorize a plans to sell the abandoned synagogue, which is now part of a pub named Star Inn, due to noise concerns,…
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Fast Forward Mohammed Morsi Now Says ‘Certain Forces’ Control American Media
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi told U.S. senators that he gets bad U.S. press because “certain forces” control the media. The senators who met last week with Morsi understood him to be referring to Jews and “recoiled,” one of the participating lawmakers, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), told The Cable, a blog on the Foreign Policy magazine…
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel Groups Jump on Chuck Hagel Bandwagon
A number of prominent pro-Israel Jewish figures joined an ad endorsing Chuck Hagel for the U.S. defense secretary post. Meanwhile, Christians United for Israel announced plans to bring 200 pastors and other Christian leaders to Washington to lobby against Hagel’s confirmation, according to Breitbart.com. The pro-Hagel ad appearing Wednesday in The Hill, a Capitol Hill…
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Fast Forward Vienna Orchestra Sets Panel To Probe Nazi Past
The Vienna Philharmonic has asked three historians to research the orchestra’s alleged Nazi past. The announcement on Jan. 22 comes after Harald Walser, a historian and Parliament member for the Austrian Greens, said in an interview that the orchestra demonstrated sympathy for the country’s Nazi leadership during World War II. Historians Fritz Truempi, Oliver Rathkolb…
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Fast Forward Ehud Halevy, Jewish Victim of Caught-on-Tape Police Beating, Files Civil Right Suit
A Brooklyn man who was beaten by New York police officers at a Chabad youth center in Brooklyn has filed a civil rights lawsuit. Ehud Halevy, 21, filed the lawsuit Jan. 22 in Brooklyn federal court. The assault last October was captured by a security camera. The video shows Halevy exchanging words with a male…
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News Jews Living in Fear, European Leader Concedes
Jewish people are living in fear in Europe but the European Union will make sure they are not harmed, the president of the European Parliament said. “Yes, Jewish People are living in fear in Europe but this is not 1929, this is 2012,” European Parliament President Martin Schultz has said Jan. 22 during a speech…
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Fast Forward Final Israel Election Results Shows Dead Even 60/60 Left-Right Split
Israel’s final election results show that the right-wing and left-wing blocs are evenly split. The Likud Party led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a combined campaign with Avidgor Liberman’s right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, took 31 seats in the 19th Knesset, down from the 42 seats now held by the two parties, according to results…
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