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Fast Forward Belgian Lawmaker Says Jews Hassle Women
A female Belgian politician of Moroccan origin accused Jewish men in Antwerp of harassing females and “behaving like machos.” “In Brussels, women get harassed on the street and get called names,” local politician Fatima Bali, 46, told the paper Nieuwsblad. “Our city has the same problem, and it’s always Arabs and Jews who do this.”…
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Fast Forward Ankie Spitzer Leads N.Y. Moment of Silence
Ankie Spitzer led a minute of silence to honor the 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team killed in a terror attack at the 1972 Munich Games during the opening ceremonies of the JCC Maccabi Games. Spitzer, the widow of an Israeli coach who was killed at the 1972 Games, led the minute of silence…
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Fast Forward Warren Weinstein’s Wife Makes Plea for Release
The wife of Warren Weinstein, who was kidnapped in Pakistan by Al-Qaida gunmen, marked the first anniversary of his abduction with a plea for his return. Elaine Weinstein released a statement Monday saying she fears that his health will “deteriorate” since he suffers from several medical conditions, and that his grandchildren ask for him every…
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Fast Forward Gabby Giffords Moves Back Home to Tucson
Former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has moved home to Tucson. Giffords has spent the last nearly 18 months in Houston, where she has been undergoing rehabilitation after being shot during a constituent event in Tucson in January 2011. Giffords resigned from Congress in January 2012 to concentrate on her rehabilitation, she will continue her therapy…
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Fast Forward Man Jailed for Taking Barbed Wire at Auschwitz
An Italian man who stole a one-foot piece of barbed wire from Auschwitz was released from police custody a day after being arrested at the airport in Krakow. The man, 66, tried to leave the country Saturday night with the wire in his luggage. He explained he did it because his father died in Auschwitz….
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Fast Forward Widow of Slain Yemeni Arrives in Israel
The widow of a Hebrew teacher who was killed in an anti-Semitic attack in Yemen has made aliyah. Louza al-Nahari, the widow of Moshe al-Nahari, arrived in Israel on Sunday. Upon landing Nahari, a mother of nine, was reunited with five of her children who had made aliyah following the 2008 murder and whom she…
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Fast Forward Russian March Marks Nazi Atrocity
More than 1,000 people gathered at Rostov-on-Don, which 70 years ago witnessed the worst Holocaust atrocity in Russia. Wearing arm bands marked with a Star of David, the crowd on Sunday marched to the mass grave of approximately 27,000 people executed by German soldiers near the city in 1942. Most of the victims were Jewish,…
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Fast Forward Woman Sues El Al Over Gender Segregation
A Florida woman reportedly is suing El Al for gender discrimination after she was forced to change seats to accommodate a haredi Orthodox man. Debra Ryder charged that a flight steward moved her to a seat in the back without her prior consent, Israeli media reported. The haredi Orthodox man had refused to sit next…
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