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Fast Forward Swiss Hospitals Suspend Circumcision of Infants
Two hospitals in Switzerland decided to temporarily suspend circumcisions of infants unless it is medically required, following a German court ruling. According to Swiss media, a Zurich children’s hospital announced last week that it will abstain from performing the procedure, and this weekend St. Gall teaching hospital did the same. “We are in the process…
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Fast Forward Obama Would Visit Israel in a Second Term
President Obama would visit Israel in a second term, a top campaign surrogate said. “We can expect him to visit Israel in a second term, should he be reelected,” Colin Kahl, a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for the Middle East, who is now a campaign spokesman on the region, said Monday in a…
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Fast Forward Minister Vows To Keep Tourism Ties to Bulgaria
Israeli Minister of Tourism Stas Misezhnikov traveled to Bulgaria to shore up the relationship between the two countries in the wake of the deadly attack on a bus full of Israeli tourists. Accompanying Misezhnikov on Monday’s trip were senior representatives of the Israeli tourism industry. “After what happened in Burgas, we will continue to travel…
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Fast Forward Olympics Chief Holds Munich Moment of Silence
International Olympic Committee head Jacques Rogge held a moment of silence in the Olympic Village to remember the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics. The moment of silence held Monday, before brief remarks by Rogge, is the first time that the slain athletes have been memorialized inside in an Olympic…
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Fast Forward Jewish Graves Defaced in Hungary
Some 57 graves were vandalized at a Jewish cemetery in Hungary. The vandalism occurred early Sunday morning at a Jewish cemetery in the southwest Hungarian town of Kaposvar, the French news agency AFP reported. Kaposvar Mayor Karoly Szita told the Hungarian national MTI news agency that he was “upset and disgusted.” Laszlo Rona, head of…
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Fast Forward London Remembers Munich Massacre Victims
A ceremony to remember the 11 Israeli athletes and coaches murdered at the 1972 Munich Olympics was held in London near the Olympic village. London Mayor Boris Johnson unveiled a memorial plaque to the victims at the ceremony in Hackney. “It is entirely right this morning that we should remember those events,” Johnson said. “And…
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Fast Forward Opera Singer With Nazi Tattoos Quits Fest
Russian opera singer Evgeny Nikitin has withdrawn from the Bayreuth Opera Festival because of Nazi tattoos on his chest and arm. Nikitin, 39, withdrew days before he was supposed to sing the lead in Richard Wagner’s “The Flying Dutchman,” after archival images of him playing drums in a heavy metal band – chest bared and…
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Fast Forward Warsaw Remembers Nazi Ghetto Round-Up
A ceremony commemorating the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto was held in the city for the first time. Sunday’s ceremony marked the 70th anniversary of the day that the Germans began mass deportations of Jews to Treblinka, on July 22, 1942. More than 250,000 people were deported to the Nazi death camp. Israeli Deputy Minister…
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