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Fast Forward Trial Starts in L.A. Hotel Anti-Semitism Case
A trial began this week involving a group of young Los Angeles-area Jews accusing a hotel of discrimination. The plaintiffs, including more than a dozen young adults affiliated with the nonprofit Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, say Tehmina Adaya, the owner of the Hotel Shangri-La in Santa Monica, Calif., discriminated against them when, on…
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Fast Forward 20,000 Gather for London Moment of Silence
More than 20,000 people in various venues in London attended the British Zionist Federation’s “Minute for Munich” program that was promoted via social media. A short memorial service at the Israeli Embassy that was organized by the Zionist Federation was streamed live online Friday, according to the London Jewish Chronicle. About 200 people marked the…
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Fast Forward Rahm Emanuel Welcomes Farrakhan’s Push
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel welcomed the help of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan to help stop the violence in Chicago neighborhoods. Farrakhan has a history of making anti-Semitic statements. In welcoming Farrakhan’s help, Emanuel said Wednesday that he was more concerned with reducing a 40 percent surge in Chicago homicides. “People of faith have…
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Fast Forward Summer Campers ‘Terrorized’ by Thugs
Three adults and two juveniles are under arrest for allegedly for making children at a Jewish summer camp feel “terrorized and in fear of for their lives.” The five were arrested in Wayne County, Pa., ABC News reported. They face felony and misdemeanor charges, including “assault, vandalism and terroristic threats.” Allegations include shouting anti-Semitic epithets…
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Fast Forward Jewish Democrats Push Back in Swing States
The National Jewish Democratic Council is launching a bid to push back against GOP attacks on President Obama in Jewish communities in swing states. “The Republicans are going to spend a boatload of money trying to swiftboat the president and we will amass whatever resources we can get to rebut these lies and distortions of…
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Fast Forward House GOP Blocks Vote on Munich Resolution
The House Republican leadership blocked a vote calling for a moment of silence to memorialize Israeli athletes and coaches slain at the 1972 Olympics. Resolution 663 was not voted on this week in the U.S. House of Representatives because the body’s leadership does not allow what it calls commemorative resolutions to come to the floor…
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Fast Forward Groups Float Dueling Presidential Ads on Israel
Liberal and conservative pro-Israel advocacy groups released ads targeting the presidential candidates. An ad released Thursday by the Emergency Committee for Israel that will appear in 23 Jewish newspapers includes quotes from Israeli, Palestinian and Jewish American officials saying that President Obama has been emotionally aloof from Israel. A web video released the same day…
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Fast Forward Barak: Strike Less Costly Than Nuclear Iran
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said that a preemptive military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be less costly for Israel than Iran’s possession of a nuclear weapon. In an address Wednesday to the Israeli army’s National Security College, Barak said the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran “would be many times more complex, dangerous and…
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