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Fast Forward Hungary Flashmob Protests Anti-Semitism
About 120 Hungarians donned paper yellow stars with the word “Jude” (“Jew” in German) written on them and lined up on the bank of the Danube in downtown Budapest to protest recent anti-Semitic and racist incidents in Hungary. Local media said the demonstration Thursday afternoon was a Flashmob organized on Facebook. The protesters staged the…
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Fast Forward White House Hosts Peres at Official Dinner
President Obama will honor Israeli President Shimon Peres with a White House dinner after he awards him the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The dinner, to take place on June 13, will have 140 guests, including “former Presidents of the United of States of America, Secretaries of State, Prime Ministers and ministers, senior diplomats and senior…
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Fast Forward Auschwitz Begins $150 Million Restoration Project
A ceremony on the grounds of Auschwitz officially kicked off a multi-year, $150 million conservation project. The Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum on Wednesday officially opened its Global Conservation Plan, which will take many years of conservation work funded by the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation. Israeli Ambassador to Poland Zvi Rav-Ner during the ceremony called the initiative “a holy mission.”…
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Food Kosher Slaughter Escapes Ban in Netherlands
This story is cross-posted from JTA. Dutch Agriculture Minister Hans Bleker signed an agreement with Jewish and Muslim religious leaders and slaughterhouses that will prevent a ban on ritual slaughter. Under the agreement signed Tuesday, animals can continue to be ritually slaughtered as long as they lose consciousness within 40 seconds of their throats being…
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Fast Forward Jailing of Hasid in Bolivia Called State ‘Kidnapping’
A retired FBI official told a House subcommittee that the imprisonment of a New York Chasidic Jew in Bolivia is “state-sponsored kidnapping.” Along with the ex-official, Steve Moore, the U.S. House of Representatives human rights subcommittee on Wednesday heard testimony from the family of Jacob Ostreicher, who was arrested a year ago by Bolivian police…
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Fast Forward British Jews Urged To Dress as Holocaust Victims
A Jewish British couple was asked to consider dressing up as Holocaust victims to commemorate World War II during the annual Wartime Weekend event. Merton and Barbara Paul said that an organizer for the annual wartime weekend, which is run by the East Lancashire Railway, a preservation society, suggested that the couple wear a yellow…
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Fast Forward White House Slams Plan for More Settlements
The Obama administration “does not accept the legitimacy” of announced plans for up to 851 new housing units for West Bank settlements. “We’re very clear that continued Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank undermines peace efforts and contradicts Israeli commitments and obligations, including the 2003 Roadmap,” Mark Toner, the State Department spokesman, said Wednesday….
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Fast Forward Stop Controversial Circumcision Rite: Official
The New York City Health Commissioner has issued a strongly worded statement calling for an end to a controversial circumcision-related rite. Dr. Thomas Farley said that direct oral-genital suction, known as metzitzah b’peh, should not be performed during Jewish ritual circumcision, and announced that several hospitals, including those serving the haredi Orthodox Jewish community, have…
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