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Fast Forward Would-Be Florida Synagogue Bomber Denied Bail, Ruled Danger to Community
The South Florida man accused of plotting to bomb a Miami-area synagogue was denied bail on Tuesday. At a bail hearing in U.S. District Court in Miami, the judge ruled that James Gonzalo Medina, 40, is a flight risk and a danger to the community. If convicted, he faces life in prison. His court-appointed attorney, Joaquin…
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Fast Forward Romania Passes Holocaust Restitution Law, as 40,000 Claims Not Yet Processed
Legislation making it easier for Holocaust survivors to press restitution claims passed in Romania’s Parliament on Tuesday. The law prioritizes the processing of claims belonging to Holocaust survivors, the World Jewish Restitution Organization, or WJRO, wrote in a statement applauding the legislation . Claimants who filed before 2003 have been waiting more than a decade…
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Fast Forward London Mayor Bombarded by Anti-Semitic Abuse After Attending Holocaust Event
London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s attendance at a Holocaust commemoration event last week inspired praise by many, but did not sit well with some in the Twittersphere, with some responding with virulently anti-Israel comments and even Holocaust denial. On Sunday, Mayor Khan, the London-born son of Pakistani immigrants and first Muslim mayor of London, tweeted: “So…
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Fast Forward New York ‘Worst’ Landlord Whose Son Berated Uber Driver in Viral Video Charged With Fraud
A Jewish New Yorker who regularly appeared on “worst landlords” lists — and whose son recently drew headlines for verbally abusing an Uber driver in a viral video — has been charged with 20 felonies. Steven Croman, who owns more than 140 apartment buildings in Manhattan, surrendered on multiple felony charges for his role in…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Asks Jared Kushner, His Jewish Son-in-Law, For Help on White House Transition
Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has asked his Jewish son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to plan for a possible White House transition team. Kushner, who is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka, would not be involved in the actual transition but will be asked to provide a “blueprint for a transition team” should Trump win the elected…
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Fast Forward Women of the Wall Defy State Ruling To Perform Priestly Blessing at Kotel
JERUSALEM — The Women of the Wall held a priestly blessing as part of its monthly service at the Western Wall, despite a by Israel’s attorney general forbidding the practice. The women also brought a Torah scroll to the Monday morning Rosh Chodesh prayer service, which they have been prohibited from in the past. Some…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Slams General for ‘Outrageous’ Criticism of Israel on Holocaust Day
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed remarks made last week by the Israel Defense Forces’ deputy chief of staff in which he appeared to compare Israel and its military to the rise of Nazism in Germany. “The remarks are fundamentally incorrect. They should not have been made at any time much less now. They do…
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Fast Forward Israeli Lawmaker: State Should Take Revenge on Palestinians So Jews Don’t
A right-wing Israeli lawmaker who last month drew condemnation for saying new Jewish mothers shouldn’t have to share hospital rooms with Arab ones, said Israel should conduct revenge attacks against Palestinians. Bezalel Smotrich, a Knesset member with the Jewish Home party, said Friday in a Holocaust Remembrance Day Facebook post that if Israel had taken appropriate…
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