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Fast Forward Half of Ted Cruz’s New York Fundraising Sponsors Are Jewish
WASHINGTON — About half of the sponsors of a New York fundraiser for Ted Cruz’s presidential candidacy are prominent pro-Israel and Republican Jewish figures, including Eliot Lauer, the longtime attorney for Jonathan Pollard. The fundraiser for the Republican Texas senator at New York City’s Harvard Club on Monday night takes place on the eve of…
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Fast Forward American Jewish Tourist Arrested for Praying on Temple Mount
An unnamed American Jewish tourist was detained for praying on the Temple Mount. Israel Police escorted the man from the site on Sunday after he was heard quoting in Hebrew from a psalm. He had been speaking in English about a biblical verse when he said in Hebrew “Please, God, save us, Please God, give…
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Fast Forward Swedish Minister Quits Over Remarks Comparing Israel to Nazis
Sweden’s housing minister tendered his resignation after comparing Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to the way Jews were treated by the Nazis. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven told a news conference in Stockholm on Monday that he had received and approved Mehmet Kaplan’s resignation letter. Kaplan, who was born in Turkey, made the remarks in…
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Fast Forward Venice Haggadah Gets Facelift for 500th Anniversary
The Beit Venezia Jewish culture center unveiled a series of 24 etchings created by eight international artists that will form part of a new, illustrated Venice Haggadah. The ceremony took place Sunday at the Venice Jewish Museum, where the prints will be exhibited until July 31 as part of initiatives kicked off at the end…
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Fast Forward Romania Mayor Hopeful Accused Jews of Exaggerating Holocaust
A Romanian watchdog group on anti-Semitism said it was worried by the mayoral candidacy of a Bucharest politician who said local Jews lied for money about the number of their brethren killed in the Holocaust. Marian Munteanu of the National Liberal Party, Romania’s second largest, made the accusation in a press statement he co-signed in…
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Fast Forward French Balladeer Releases Elegy to Kosher Market Terror Victims
A French singer-songwriter who compared Israel’s treatment of Palestinians to the Armenian Holocaust released a song about the murder of four Jews at a Paris kosher supermarket last year. Renaud Sechan, a gravel-voiced balladeer who has sold millions of copies from his 16 albums, released “Hyper Cacher,” the name of the store, on his latest…
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Fast Forward Russian Chief Rabbi Urges New Push Against Anti-Semitic Hate Speech
Following the dissemination of an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory by a politician from Russian President Vladimir Putin’s party, a chief rabbi of Russia called on the government to stamp out hate speech against Jews. Rabbi Berel Lazar’s appeal Friday to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was in reaction to the April 10 statement on Jews by Vladislav…
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Fast Forward Groundswell of Support Builds in Israel for Soldier Who Killed Helpless Palestinian Suspect
The Israeli soldier who was captured on video shooting in the head an already-downed Palestinian assailant was charged with manslaughter. The soldier was charged Monday in Jaffa Military Court. The soldier, whose name is under gag order, last month shot Abdel Fattah al-Sharif in Hebron, a West Bank city that has been a focal point…
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