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Fast Forward British Muslims More Anti-Semitic Than General Population
A poll of British Muslims revealed that they are more anti-Semitic than the general population, and also differ from the larger community on numerous social issues. The poll was conducted for a television documentary that will air Wednesday called “What British Muslims Really Think.” According to reports in several British media outlets, the poll found…
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Fast Forward In Hasidic New Square, No Danger of Close Primary Election
Jewish voters are all over the map when it comes to their plans for voting in New York’s presidential primary on April 19. Except for New Square, the all-Hasidic village of 8,000 in Rockland County, about 30 miles north of Manhattan. In this insular haredi Orthodox community led by the Skverer rebbe, David Twersky, many…
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Fast Forward Uganda Jews Win ‘Recognition’ From Jewish Agency
A Jewish community in Africa has moved one step closer to gaining formal recognition from the Israeli government. The Jewish Agency said in a letter to Israel’s Conservative movement that the Abayudaya Jews of Uganda, a community whose members formally converted to Judaism under Conservative auspices, are a “recognized” community, Haaretz reported Tuesday. Such recognition…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton Says Disputes With Israel Should Be Handled ‘Respectfully’ — and Quietly
Hillary Clinton said that as president, she would handle disagreements with Israel “in a respectfully and preferably private way” — a rare dig at how President Barack Obama handled the relationship. “I think any disputes or disagreements should be handled in a respectfully and preferably private way, so we don’t give any aid and comfort…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump Spokeswoman Doubles Down on ‘Gestapo’ Attack on Cruz
A spokeswoman for Donald Trump adamantly refused to back down from the campaign’s claim that rival Ted Cruz was using “gestapo” tactics to win the high-stakes battle for Republican delegates. Katrina Pierson rebuffed CNN’s Wolf Blitzer when the news anchor pushed her on Monday to explain why the GOP political feud should be compared to…
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Fast Forward Colorado White Powder JCC Attacker Pleads Guilty
A Boulder man was arrested for sending letters containing white powder that turned out to be “benign” to two Jewish organizations in the Colorado city pleaded guilty to committing two felonies. Jeffery Thomas Klinkel, 34, pleaded guilty late last month to one count of felony menacing and one count of using a hoax chemical or…
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Fast Forward $25M Nazi-Looted Modigliani Masterpiece Seized Amid #PanamaPapers Scandal
A Nazi-looted painting by Jewish artist Amedeo Modigliani has been sequestered where it is being held in storage in Geneva. The ownership of the 1918 painting, “Seated Man with a Cane,” was disclosed earlier this month as part of the leak of the Panama Papers, some 11.5 million documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca…
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Fast Forward Just 3% of Israelis See Kotel Fight as ‘Most Important’ — Most Back Civil Marriage
Sixty percent of Israeli Jews support the work of American Jewish coalitions whose goal is to advance civil marriage in Israel, according to a new poll. The survey released Monday by Hiddush, an Israeli organization that aims to advance religious pluralism, found that nearly one-third of Israelis strongly support U.S. Jewish involvement in the marriage…
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