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Fast Forward Denmark Opens Health Probe Into Circumcision
Denmark’s government has commissioned an investigation into whether non-medical circumcision procedures violate its health code. Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt on Saturday told the Copenhagen-based Politiken daily: “We will examine the public health recommendations followed in this area.” The paper reported that the government has commissioned a study on this question. Last month Politiken published…
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Fast Forward Jewish Democrats Slam Ron Paul Tribute
Jewish Democrats slammed Republicans for planning a tribute to Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) at the Republican convention. In a press call Friday, a top aide to Rommey confirmed that there would be a prime time video tribute to Paul. “Paying tribute to this man who disparaged the U.S.-Israel relationship on Iranian television and empathized with…
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Fast Forward Egypt ‘Committed’ to Peace Deal
Egypt’s Defense Minister reportedly told his Israeli counterpart that Egypt is committed to its peace accord with Israel. The call between by Egypt’s Abdel Fattah el-Sissi and Israel’s Ehud Barak was initiated by el-Sissi, according to Al-Hayat, a London-based newspaper. The conversation between the two defense ministers is the highest-level direct contact between the neighboring…
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Fast Forward Disabled Children’s Group Wins UNESCO Status
The UN Economic and Social Council has named an Israeli NGO as a “special consultant” on assisting disabled children. The inclusion will allow Beit Issie Shapiro to “provide Israeli expertise in the field of disability rights and represent the innovations coming out of Israel,” according to the organization’s website. The Council has 54 member states,…
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Fast Forward Australian State Proposes Partial Circumcision Ban
An advisory governmental institution in an Australian state is recommending that it ban non-medical circumcision on boys “except for religious reasons.” The Tasmania Law Reform Institute – whose task is to modernize state laws – recommended “the enactment of a new and separate offence generally prohibiting the circumcision of incapable minors in Tasmania.” The state…
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Fast Forward Ex-Military Chief: Iran Threat Not Imminent
Gabi Ashkenazi, the former Israeli military chief of staff, said that the threat to Israel from a nuclear Iran was not imminent. Ashkenazi, who was chief of staff from 2007 until February 2011, was filmed saying at a recent lecture: “Anyone who thinks that there’ll be an Iranian nuclear weapon when we wake up tomorrow…
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Fast Forward Conservatives Blast Rabbi on Pro-Obama List
Two conservative groups called on the Obama campaign to sever ties with a “radical” on its newly-released list of more than 600 rabbis who support the president’s reelection. The campaign rejected the demand. The Republican Jewish Coalition on Thursday “expressed profound outrage” that Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, a Renewal rabbi from California that the RJC described…
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Fast Forward 150,000 Holocaust Property Claims Submitted
More than 150,000 applications have been submitted for restitution of Jewish owned property lost during the Holocaust. The number was reported by Project HEART – the Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Taskforce, which seeks to help individuals with restitution for property that was confiscated, looted, or forcibly sold during the Holocaust. It is a nonprofit initiative…
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