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Fast Forward Victory for Benjamin Netanyahu But Hardly a Mandate in Tight Israel Vote
His party shrunk, his opponents grew and his challengers multiplied. But with the results in, it seems Benjamin Netanyahu survived the Knesset elections on Jan. 22 to serve another term as prime minister. Netanyahu faces a bumpy road ahead. His Likud party, together with the nationalist Yisrael Beiteinu, fell to 31 seats in the voting…
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Fast Forward European Jewish Leaders Blame Greek Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn for Racist Killing
The head of the European Jewish Congress condemned the “racist” killing of an immigrant in Athens last week, saying it was a result of Greece’s tolerance of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party. “We are witness to an increasing violence against foreigners and minorities in Greece which is the natural result of inaction by the authorities…
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Fast Forward Far-Right Pol Jeremy Gimpel Slammed by Anti-Defamation League Over Mosque Jibe
In rare criticism of an Israeli politician, the Anti-Defamation League called on Knesset candidate Jeremy Gimpel to apologize to Muslims for suggesting blowing up the Dome of the Rock mosque. Gimpel, an ordained rabbi, is a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen. If elected to the Knesset he would be required to give up his U.S. citizenship. Gimpel,…
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Fast Forward New Zealand Jews Offers Second Chance to Anti-Semitic Cemetery Vandal
A New Zealand teen who pleaded guilty to desecrating a Jewish cemetery in Auckland last year was offered assistance by the Jewish community. Robert Moulden, 19, who was among the vandals who painted swastikas and anti-Israel expletives on historic headstones in Auckland’s Symonds St. Cemetery last October, will be sentenced next month. A second man,…
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Fast Forward Chuck Hagel Reassures Jewish Leaders in Meeting
In a meeting with Jewish leaders, Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s defense secretary nominee, affirmed his commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nulcear weapon and to maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge. “Sen. Hagel met with the leadership of several major American Jewish organizations at the White House as a part of his ongoing outreach,” said…
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News Nazi’s ‘Righteous’ Sister Has Belgium Rethinking Shoah
As the sister of Belgium’s most powerful Nazi, Madeleine Cornet knew better than to inquire about the ethnicity of the three women she hired as housemaids in October 1942. Cornet did not want to further implicate herself by hearing what she already knew: Her new hires were Jews who managed to escape the deportations that…
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Fast Forward Jewish Immigration to Israel Dips
Jewish Immigration to Israel registered a two-percent drop last year, a trend bucked by new arrivals from Europe and the former Soviet Union. Overall, Jewish immigration to Israel stood at 18,691 in 2012 compared to 19,289 in 2011, according to an annual analysis by the Jewish Agency for Israel of figures for aliyah, or Jewish…
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Fast Forward Latin Jews Meet in ‘Troubled’ Venezuela
The Latin American Jewish Congress is holding its plenary meeting in Venezuela “to strengthen the link with a community that has difficulties,” according to the organization’s executive director. World Jewish Congress President Ronald Lauder is scheduled to attend the regional meeting in the Venezuelan capital, which begins Sunday, Latin American Jewish Congress Executive Director Claudio…
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