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Fast Forward Alleged Auschwitz Guard To Be Tried in Germany
Prosecutors in the Bavarian city of Weiden think they have a good chance of bringing an 87-year-old former Auschwitz guard to trial. An investigation of the man – whose name has not yet been released by the Central Office of the State Justice Administrations for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes – shows that he…
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Fast Forward NY Federation Awards $1M in Scholarships
The UJA-Federation of New York will award $1 million in college scholarships to more than 400 students at its 19th annual scholarship presentation. Scholarships from this year’s Rose Biller Endowment Fund range from $1,500 to $5,000 based on a student’s needs. The scholarships, for undergraduate and graduate students, will be awarded in conjunction with the…
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Fast Forward Vienna Jewish Leader Accused of Anti-Semitism
Heinz-Christian Strache, a rightist Austrian politician, has accused the leader of the country’s Jewish community of perpetuating anti-Semitic stereotypes. The accusation is the latest in an exchange that began after a caricature depicting a hook-nosed, obese banker with three stars on his sleeve appeared on the Facebook page of Strache, who heads the Freedom Party…
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Fast Forward College of Charleston Gets $1M For Jewish Life
The College of Charleston received $2 million to be split between Jewish life on campus and full tuition scholarships for the children of clergy and religious educators. The Samuel R. and Regina K. Shapiro Endowment Scholarship was announced Monday with an initial $1 million pledge dedicated to a four-year scholarship program for the children of…
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Fast Forward Mom In Custody Battle With Saudi Prince Dies
A Jewish mother from France locked in a custody battle with a Saudi prince fell to her death from an apartment window in Paris. Candice Cohen-Ahnine died last week, less than a month before she was to see her 11-year-old daughter for the first time in four years. It is unclear whether Cohen-Ahnine’s death was…
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Fast Forward White Supremacists Accused in Killing Spree Indicted
A white supremacist couple accused of four West Coast murders, including one because a name sounded Jewish, were indicted on federal racketeering charges. A grand jury in Portland, Ore., indicted David “Joey” Pedersen, 32, and Holly Ann Grigsby, 25, for racketeering activity in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act after an alleged…
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Fast Forward Israeli Universities File Against West Bank College
Israel’s seven universities have asked the country’s Supreme Court to reverse a decision to make the Ariel University Center in the West Bank a full-fledged university. The petition filed Monday claims that the decision-making process was flawed and that the Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria did not have the authority to make…
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Fast Forward ‘Israel and U.S. See Iran Threat Differently’
Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Israel is facing an “existential” threat from Iran that the United States does not view with the same urgency. Dempsey made the remarks to reporters late Sunday while on a flight to Afghanistan, and they were reported by the French news agency AFP….
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