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Fast Forward Bialystok Court Jails Four for Anti-Semitic Acts
A court in Bialystok, Poland sentenced four young men to a year in prison in part for racism and anti-Semitism. They were jailed for being active members of a group that promotes fascism, and public incitement to hatred on grounds of nationality and religion. “There is no indication that they have changed their views, which…
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Fast Forward U.S. Admits War Games With Israel Downsized
U.S. military officials admit that an upcoming joint U.S.-Israel military exercise has been downsized, but deny that it is because of mistrust of Israel. Time Magazine reported Aug. 31 that Austere Challenge 12, the ballistic missiles exercise scheduled for the end of October, was greatly downsized, with Washington cutting by more than two-thirds – to…
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Fast Forward Some Illegal Settlers Start To Move From Migron
Jewish families began evacuating the West Bank outpost of Migron. Families began moving out Sunday morning, as border police went door to door in the outpost handing out eviction notices. Some of the 50 families living on the hilltop reportedly left Saturday night. Israel’s Supreme Court ruled last week that the outpost must be evacuated…
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News Jewish in the Bible Belt
Sometimes, Benjamin Rosenthal thinks about leaving the small town of Indianola, Miss., pop. 11,000, where he spent most of his life. He wants to go somewhere bigger, with more Jews. “It’s very easy to lose your identity in the Bible Belt in a town when you are the religious minority,” said Rosenthal, 25. In the…
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Fast Forward Toronto Rabbi Accused of Abuse From ’70s
A 71-year-old rabbi in Toronto has been charged with indecent assault for allegedly sexually assaulting a student 40 years ago. Heshi Nussbaum appeared in court on Wednesday to face the charge, the Toronto Sun reported. Nussbaum allegedly sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy at a “private religious school” that he taught at and during a summer…
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News Mitt Romney Pushes Economy and Israel
Republicans spent three evenings at their convention hammering home their message: After four years of leadership failures, Mitt Romney will restore America to a position of strength, confidence and unity – at home and abroad. In his Thursday night speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Romney suggested that President Obama had shattered Americans’ sense of…
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Fast Forward Elementary School Named for Survivor Opens
A new public elementary school named after a Holocaust survivor opened in Silver Spring, Md. The Flora M. Singer Elementary School, whose name was unanimously approved by the Montgomery County Board of Education on May 8, opened its doors to students on Monday. Singer, who died in 2009 at the age of 79, spent three…
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Fast Forward Cardinal Martini, Built Ties With Jews, Dies
Italy’s Jewish leadership mourned the death of Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, 85, who was known in part for forging closer relations between Christians and Jews. Martini, the archbishop emeritus of Milan, died Friday in that city after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. In a statement, Renzo Gattegna, the President of the Union of Italian…
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