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News Queens Polling Place Moved Out of Church
A polling site in a Queens, N.Y., neighborhood has been moved after some Jewish voters raised concerns about violating their religious beliefs by having to enter the building. Kew Gardens Hills residents will now not have to vote at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church because their voting venue is being switched to the Kew Gardens…
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News Italian Fisherman Who Saved Jews Dies at 87
A fisherman who took part in the dramatic rescue of about 30 Jews during World War II died this week. Agostino Piazzesi, 87, was the last survivor of 15 fishermen who during the night of June 19-20, 1944 rescued the Jews, who were held by the Germans in a castle on Isola Maggiore in the…
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Fast Forward Los Angeles Shul Start Russian-Language Program
A Conservative synagogue in the Los Angeles area is starting a Russian-language religious school program. Congregation Beth Meier will start the program on Sept. 9 for children ages 6 to 8, at its at Studio City campus, according to the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. The program is designed to help the children build…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Activist Calls Nazis ‘Small Fries’
The president of Chile’s Palestine Federation, Mauricio Abu Ghosh, told the radio station Cooperativa that “the Nazis were small fry compared to today’s Zionists, who make up the State of Israel.” He also said, “There were never warm relations between Chilean Jews and Palestinians living in Chile.” The Israel embassy stated its “concern” about the…
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Fast Forward Charges Dropped Over Berlin Circumcision
Prosecutors in Berlin dismissed a criminal complaint lodged against a rabbi for performing circumcisions. The Jerusalem Post reported on Thursday that the complaint for “causing bodily harm” against Rabbi Yitshak Ehrenberg was dropped on August 15 as “unfounded.” An opponent of circumcision lodged the complaint last month after Ehrenberg defended the practice on a television…
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Fast Forward Brazilian Jewish Lawmaker Sues Over ‘Nazi’ Jibe
A Jewish politician from Brazil said he would sue a colleague for suggesting he was a Nazi. Isaac Tayah, president of the city council of Manaus, said he would file charges in a federal court for racism, libel and defamation, according to A Crtitica, a Brazilian news site. Earlier this month, councilman Mario Frota published…
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Fast Forward On Iran Strike, U.S. Should Not Be ‘Complicit’: General
General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of U.S. armed forces, does not wish to be “complicit” in a unilateral Israeli strike on Iran. The Guardian reported that Dempsey said in London that such an attack would “clearly delay but probably not destroy Iran’s nuclear program.” He added, “I don’t want to…
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Fast Forward Mitt Romney Blasts Obama on Israel and Iran
President Obama’s approach to Iran has made Americans “less secure,” Mitt Romney said in his speech accepting the Republican presidential nomination. “Every American was relieved the day President Obama gave the order, and Seal Team Six took out Osama bin Laden,” Romney said Thursday evening at the Republican National Convention. “On another front, every American…
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