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Fast Forward Jewish Students’ Civil Rights Suit Dismissed
A lawsuit filed by two Jewish students against a California university, alleging that the university did not protect them from anti-Semitic attacks, has been dismissed. The plaintiffs said that they and other Jews were harassed during the annual Apartheid Week event at the University of California, Berkeley, held by Muslim student groups to protest Israeli…
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Fast Forward Teens Charged With Pelting Jews With Eggs
Five people were arrested in New Jersey for pelting Orthodox Jewish teens with eggs. Those arrested, three male adults and two juvenile boys, were charged with bias intimidation and harassment, the Asbury Park Press reported. The incident occurred late last week as the two teens, ages 15 and 17, were walking. The five assailants attacked…
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Fast Forward Congress Warns Palestinians on Statehood
A newly passed congressional appropriations bill maintains the level of assistance for Israel while conditioning funds for the Palestinians on them dropping their statehood recognition bid. An omnibus appropriations bill passed last week and awaiting President Obama’s signature funds assistance to Israel at $3.075 billion, consistent with a 2007 memorandum of understanding that averages such…
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Fast Forward Stolen Menorah Replaced With Bigger One
A menorah stolen from a New Jersey park was replaced with a larger one. The previous menorah, erected in a public park in Haddonfield, N.J., by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, disappeared late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. The menorah was replaced by the local Chabad in time for a planned Thursday night celebration. According to…
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Fast Forward Ron Paul Warned of Omnipotent Israel Lobby
A 1993 subscription letter appearing above Ron Paul’s signature said the “Israeli lobby plays Congress like a cheap harmonica,” warned of a “race war” and said there was a gay-led cover up of AIDS. The letter appealed for subscriptions to Paul’s newsletter at the time, which included similar incendiary language. Paul (R-Texas), a member of…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Unity Will Spur Mass Protests: Hamas
Palestinian unity will spur mass popular protests against Israel, Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said. “Now we have a common ground that we can work on – the popular resistance, which presents the power of people,” Meshaal said Thursday in an interview with the Associated Press in Cairo, where Hamas and Fatah agreed this week on…
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Fast Forward Exhibit Spotlights Cuban Jews in Holocaust
An exhibit focusing on the Cuban-Jewish experience of the Holocaust opened at a Havana synagogue. “We Remember: The Holocaust and the Creation of a Living Community,” which opened Sunday at the Hebrew Sephardic Center, also looks at the small Jewish communities that still reside in Cuba. Three Los Angeles-based organizations – the University of Southern…
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Fast Forward Partnership Gives to 27 Jewish Day Schools
The Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education has awarded $625,000 to North American Jewish day schools for implementing initiatives to keep day schools afloat. Some 127 day schools submitted applications for the $25,000 prizes. Two schools will share two of the prizes, bringing the number to 27 winning schools. Winning initiatives concentrated on raising annual…
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