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Fast Forward Czech Vandals Topple Jewish Gravestones
Vandals reportedly overturned 26 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery near Prague. The vandalism took place in the last two months in an unused Jewish cemetery located near the village of Prudice, south of Prague, in the Czech Republic, a police spokesman told The Associated Press. The last burial in the 18th century cemetery, located in…
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Fast Forward Azeris Convicted in Plot To Kill Jews
Three Azerbaijanis were convicted in a Baku court of planning to kill teachers at a Jewish school in the capital city. The three were found guilty Thursday of plotting the murders. They received weapons and money from Iran, The Associated Press reported, citing a court official. The leader of the plot, Rasim Aliyev, said in…
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Fast Forward Police Search Home of Toulouse Killer’s Brother
French police searched the home of Abdelkader Merah, the brother of the man who murdered a rabbi and three children at a Toulouse Jewish school. Wednesday’s raid was conducted to determine if Abdelkader Merah was connected to the March 19 attack by his younger brother, Mohamed, at the Ozar Hatorah School that killed Rabbi Jonathan…
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Fast Forward Australian Jews Want Facebook To Block Page
A Jewish leader in Australia blasted Facebook for continuing to allow access to a page that “constitutes hate speech against Jews.” Peter Wertheim, the executive director of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, lashed out at the social networking platform Thursday after a spokesman defended the organization’s right to publish the “Jewish memes” page even…
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Fast Forward TSA Approves Plants for Sukkot Travel
Plants used for Sukkot can be carried on an airplane, the Transportation Security Administration said. The TSA, which is a part of the U.S. Homeland Security Department, said it will allow palm branches, myrtle twigs, willow twigs and citrons in airports, through security checkpoints and on airplanes. The items and the people carrying them must…
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Fast Forward Germany Plans Law Allowing Circumcision
Germany’s Justice Ministry proposed to amend a law on the circumcison of male children to safeguard the rights of Jews and Muslims to perform the ritual. The amendment, which aims to cement religious rights while responding to critics of the practice, would allow ritual circumcision only with parental consent and performed by a practitioner according…
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Fast Forward TSA Approves Some Plants for Sukkot Travel
Plants used for Sukkot can be carried on an airplane, the Transportation Security Administration said. The TSA, which is a part of the U.S. Homeland Security Department, said it will allow palm branches, myrtle twigs, willow twigs and citrons in airports, through security checkpoints and on airplanes. The items and the people carrying them must…
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Fast Forward Yehuda Elkana, Israeli Scholar, Dies at 78
Distinguished Israeli scholar Yehuda Elkana, who headed the Central European University, died at the age of 78. A survivor of Auschwitz, Elkana died in Jerusalem Sept. 21 after a battle with cancer, the Budapest-based Central European University, where Elkana served as president and rector from 1999 to 2009, announced. The statement called Elkana an academic…
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