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Fast Forward Christians Join Thousands in Hungary’s March of the Living
Tens of thousands took part Sunday in the “March of the Living,” as well as Hungary’s largest anti-racist rally of the year. March of the Living, now in its 14th year, is held annually to commemorate the deportation of Hungarian Jewry to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The ghettoization of the Hungarian Jews started on April…
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Fast Forward Synagogue Bomb Plotter in Coma After Trying To Hang Himself in Prison
An Algerian immigrant to the United States who admitted to planning to blow up synagogues in New York City tried to hang himself in prison reportedly after being taunted by guards over his terror conviction. Ahmed Ferhani, 31, is in a medically induced coma after the attempt in Attica prison in New York, The Associated…
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Fast Forward Croatia Jews Hold Own Holocaust Commemoration — Shun Government
Croatian Jews held a Holocaust commemoration a week before the scheduled government event that the community said it would boycott. Some 300 Jewish residents of Croatia attended the ceremony held Friday at the Nazi death camp at Jasenovac, near Zagreb, The Associated Press reported. Earlier this month, the Coordinating Committee of the Jewish Communities of…
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Fast Forward Did Orthodox Fix Argentina Jewish Center Elections?
An Argentine judge halted elections at the Buenos Aires AMIA Jewish center on Sunday amid an investigation into irregularities in its electoral process for leadership. The ruling AMIA party, the Orthodox Religious United Front, was accused by the non-Orthodox parties Plural Jai and Together for AMIA of irregularities in the process of making the lists…
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Fast Forward UNESCO Ignores Jewish Ties to Jerusalem Holy Sites
A UNESCO resolution does not recognize a Jewish connection to the Western Wall and the Temple Mount and calls Israel an “occupying power.” The resolution was adopted Friday by the executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization resolution at a meeting in Paris. Six months after the organization decided not to…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Vows Israel Will Keep Golan Heights ‘Forever’
“The Golan Heights will forever remain in Israel’s hands,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting, being held for the first time on the land captured from Syria during the 1967 Six Day War. “I chose to hold this festive Cabinet meeting on the Golan Heights in order to…
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Fast Forward Rio School Named After Iconic Brazilian Holocaust Survivor
A Brazilian public school was named after Aleksander Henryk Laks, the late iconic president of the Brazilian Association of Holocaust Survivors who died in 2015. Rio de Janeiro’s Mayor Eduardo Paes led the inauguration solemnity on Thursday attended by Jewish and non-Jewish officials. “Mr. Laks’ dedication to preserve the memory of the Shoah is the…
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Fast Forward Caregiver Wins Australia Visa Fight To Stay With 103-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor
A Philippine woman who has looked after a 103-year-old Holocaust survivor in Sydney for eight years has been granted a special visa which will allow her to return to Australia to continue caring for him. Lenie Fernandez appealed to the authorities to allow her to leave Australia to return to the Philippines to celebrate her…
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