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Fast Forward Holocaust Denier Forced to Bankruptcy
A Holocaust denier living in Australia was declared bankrupt after a claim against him by a Jewish leader. Adelaide-based Dr. Fredrick Toben was jailed in 2009 for contempt of a court order banning him from publishing anti-Semitic material on his website. Toben, who was born in Germany, was ordered last year to pay $56,000 in…
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Fast Forward Israel Bounced From World Baseball Classic
Israel lost to Spain and was eliminated from the World Baseball Classic Qualifier. Sunday night’s game at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla., ended with a score of 9-7 in 10 innings. Spain will advance to the World Baseball Classic, which will be held in March. Some 1,500 Jewish fans packed the stands for the…
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News Le Pen Says Yarmulke Ban Would Be Fair
French right-wing politician Marine Le Pen clarified her support of a ban on wearing kipahs in public. Le Pen, leader of the National Front, told French television on Saturday that “Jewish skullcaps are obviously not a problem in our country,” but France has to “ban them in the name of equality,” Haaretz reported. A day…
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Fast Forward World Told To Act on Jewish Refugees
The United Nations must act to right the “historic wrong” done to Jewish refugees expelled from Arab countries, said Israel’s U.N. ambassador to the world body, Ron Prosor. Prosor made his remarks last Friday at an Israel-hosted event at the United Nations highlighting the refugees’ plight that featured firsthand accounts by some refugees, as well…
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Fast Forward Israeli Clocks Fall Back Early — And Some Object
Israel moved back to Standard Time, bringing out demonstrators in protest of the early switch due to Yom Kippur. Dozens of protesters demonstrated Saturday night in Tel Aviv against the decision of Interior Minister Eli Yishai of the haredi Orthodox Shas Party to turn back the clock in mid-September in order to accommodate an early…
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Fast Forward Sinai Group Claims Responsibility for Attack
An Islamic terrorist group based in the Sinai has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed an Israeli soldier, saying it was in response to an anti-Muslim film. The group Ansar Jerusalem, also identified as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdes or “supporters of the holy place,” which has previously taken responsibility for blowing up an Egyptian gas…
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Fast Forward Australian Jew Wins Office Anti-Semitism Fight
A Jewish Australian man who claimed he was the victim of anti-Semitic abuse at work at a government agency won a compensation claim after a two-year battle. Stephen Strelecky was an employee at the Australian Taxation Office in 2009 when he claimed he was racially vilified by a colleague. “The causes of my illness were…
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Fast Forward Greek Neo-Nazis Open New York Office
The Greek neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party has set up an office in New York City in a bid to bolster its support among expatriate Greek communities, Greek media is reporting. The populist ultra-nationalist party has been collecting food and medicine at drives in New York for Greeks left destitute by the country’s massive financial crisis…
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