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Fast Forward British Town Marks Old Jewish Cemetery
A Jewish heritage committee in Oxford marked an medieval Jewish cemetery in the university town. The burial site, not in use since the 1290 expulsion of the Jews from Britain, is located at the city’s Rose Garden, and was identified by Pam Manix, a historian and a member of Oxford Jewish Heritage. The Jewish Chronicle…
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Fast Forward Vienna Removes Anti-Semitic Mayor’s Name
Vienna city councillors removed the name of a notoriously anti-Semitic mayor from a section of the elegant Ring boulevard that encircles the heart of the city. City Councilor Andreas Mailath Pokorny on Wednesday formally exchanged the street sign “Dr. Karl-Lueger-Ring” for one named Universitaetsring (University Ring) in honor of the university located there, the Associated…
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Fast Forward ‘No Women on Sidewalk’ Signs Removed in Town
A sign calling for women to avoid using sidewalks in order to avoid contact with men was removed from a neighborhood in Beit Shemesh. The sign was removed Wednesday night after a complaint from a female city resident, Nili Phillip, who told the Ynet news site that she has been the victim of an attack…
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Fast Forward Pesach Lerner Quits as Head of Young Israel
Rabbi Pesach Lerner will step down as head of the National Council of Young Israel, the organization said. Lerner decided not to resume his role as executive vice president of the organization – a position he has held for more than 20 years – following a six-month working sabbatical, Young Israel said in a statement…
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Fast Forward Democrat Resigns Over Criticism of Israel
A Democratic National Committee member who likened Israeli West Bank policies to apartheid and slavery has apologized and resigned. Emails sent in 2011 by Evelyn Garcia that were made public after they were passed on this week to South Florida Democrats included the claim that “Slavery was ended, apartheid was ended and so this occupation…
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Fast Forward Canada Lawmakers Warn Church Against Divestment
In a rare move, nine Canadian senators have warned the United Church of Canada that its proposed boycott of goods from Israeli settlements would harm already tense relations with the Jewish community. The nine senators, all United Church members and representing the Conservative and Liberal parties, wrote in a June 27 letter to UCC Moderator…
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Fast Forward South African Groups Back Stepped-Up Israel Boycott
Pro-Palestinian groups have issued a joint statement supporting the African National Congress’ call to intensify a boycott of Israeli products because of its “Zionist policies,” which it has compared to apartheid. The South African Council of Churches, Open Shuhada Street, the Congress of South African Trade Unions, Kairos Southern Africa and the Media Review Network…
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Fast Forward Student at Toulouse Massacre School Attacked
A French Jewish teenager was the victim of a violent anti-Semitic attack on a train travelling between Toulouse and Lyon. The victim, 17, reportedly is a student at Ozar Hatorah school in Toulouse, where an Islamist gunman shot and killed three students and a teacher in March. The teen was wearing what the French Interior…
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