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Fast Forward Brazil’s Only Jewish Congressman Accused Of Apologizing For Nazism
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A Brazilian Jewish congressman was accused by one of his party’s colleagues of Nazi behavior for recommending criminal charges against Brazil’s president. “I will never bow to anyone when the offense pleaded against me is a racist atrocity alluding to my religion, though concealed by a play on words. I…
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Fast Forward Rio Mayor Lays Cornerstone For Holocaust Memorial
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The mayor of Rio de Janeiro laid the cornerstone of a long-awaited Holocaust memorial in Brazil’s second-largest city. “The greatest homage we can render to the six million victims of the Nazis is to shout to the world: Holocaust, never again!” said Rio Mayor Marcelo Crivella during Friday’s ceremony, quoting…
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Fast Forward French, British Jewish Leaders Make Divergent Statements On Kotel Controversy
(JTA) — Leaders of British and French Jews issued divergent statements about the controversy over egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall. In London, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, Jonathan Arkush, recently condemned the decision of the Israeli government not to implement a plan to expand separate spaces for mixed prayer at the Western Wall. The…
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Fast Forward Report: Kushner Did Not Include Israel Bonds In Initial Financial Disclosure
(JTA) — Jared Kushner reportedly is disclosing up to $250,000 in Israel Bonds that he previously owned but did not include on his initial financial disclosure in March. Kushner, who serves as senior adviser to President Trump and is married to his daughter Ivanka, has reported the Israel bond holdings in an amended financial disclosure…
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Fast Forward 11-Year-Old Boy Who Died At Jewish Camp Had Meningitis
(JTA) — An 11-year-old camper at a Jewish summer camp in Pennsylvania who died Monday had contracted meningitis. The Pennsylvania Department of Health informed Camp Nah-Jee-Wah in Milford, Pa, late on Thursday that Daniel Beer had tested positive for a bacterial form of meningitis, the camp said on Friday in a statement. The disease leads to…
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Fast Forward Jon Stewart Asks Bar Mitzvah Boy: Why Did You Diss Me?
(JTA) — Will Rubin of Media, Penn., is a major Jimmy Kimmel fan. So major, in fact, that the theme of his recent bar mitzvah party was “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” Kimmel, naturally, invited Rubin onto the show to talk about his big day — but, in a hilarious move, former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart…
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Fast Forward Settlement Wine Labeling Push Is Reversed By Canada
(JTA) — Canadian authorities withdrew a guideline that prevented goods produced in the West Bank from being labeled “Made in Israel.” In a statement released Thursday, the Canadian Food and Inspection Agency said that two wines that had fallen under the labeling ban did in fact “adhere” to the Canada-Israel Free Trade Agreement and could…
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Fast Forward No Hate Crime Charge For Paris Jewish Woman’s Confessed Killer
PARIS (JTA) — Leaders of French Jewry strong criticized the absence of a mention of hate crime in the indictment of a man from Paris who in Aprilallegedly killed his Jewish neighbor while shouting about Allah. CRIF, the umbrella group of French Jewish community, used uncharacteristically harsh language in criticizing the indictment for murder filed…
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