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Fast Forward Fossil Found In Israel Suggests Human Left Africa Earlier Than We Thought
(JTA) — A fossil found in Israel indicates modern humans may have left Africa as much as 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. Scientists say that an ancient upper jawbone and associated stone tools could also mean that Homo sapiens, modern humans, arose in Africa far earlier than fossils now show, according to a study…
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Fast Forward Italian Soccer Team Fined For Taunting Rivals With Anne Frank Stickers
(JTA) — A soccer team in Rome that plastered a stadium with stickers showing Anne Frank wearing the uniform of a rival city club has been fined. The Lazio FC team will pay a fine of $61,000, but will not have to play two games without fans as requested by the Italian football federation prosecutor….
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Fast Forward Temples In Boston And Philly Make Super Bowl Wager – With A Jewish Twist
(JTA) — A temple in Boston and a temple in Philadelphia are making a friendly bet on next week’s Super Bowl, with charity being the winner. Congregation Rodeph Shalom of Philadelphia and Temple Israel of Boston have agreed to a Tzedakah Super Bowl Wager over the results of the big game. The synagogues announced the…
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Fast Forward Catholic School Principal Resigns Over Video Showing Him Disparaging Jews And Blacks
(JTA) — The principal of a Catholic high school in Rhode Island resigned after a short video surfaced showing him slurring black and Jewish people. Jay Brennan, the longtime principal of Bishop Hendricken High School, resigned Friday over the video. The all-boys school is 13 percent minority, WPRI TV reported, citing statistics released by a…
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Fast Forward French Lawmakers Banned From Wearing Religious Symbols In Parliament
French lawmakers have been banned from wearing religious symbols in parliament under a proposal submitted by a member of President Emmanuel Macron’s party. On Wednesday, the National Assembly’s administrative office adopted the proposal of En Marche’s François de Rugy, which states that in an effort to “maintain an atmosphere of neutrality” in the parliament does…
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Fast Forward 2 Torah Scrolls Stolen From Hawaiian Synagogue
Torah scrolls valued at about $50,000 each were stolen from a synagogue on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The scrolls were taken over the weekend from the sanctuary of the Chabad of Hawaii, located in the Ala Moana Hotel, according to local reports. One was written in the 1850s in Lithuania and survived the Holocaust….
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Fast Forward Major Hungarian Pol Will Honor Nazi Collaborator On International Holocaust Day
(JTA) — Churchgoers in Budapest said a senior lawmaker will attend a ceremony honoring the Nazi collaborator Miklos Horthy that they are organizing on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The KESZ group, a Christian organization, said this in an invitation for the Jan. 27 event at Budapest’s Main Parish Church of the Assumption, noting it will…
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Fast Forward Trump, Netanyahu To Meet In Davos
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet at the economic summit in Davos, Switzerland. An email from the Israeli government office said the leaders would meet Thursday. Davos each year hosts the World Economic Forum, where leaders discuss economic policy. Netanyahu and Trump have formed a close…
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