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Fast Forward BDS Target Ahava Dead Sea Cosmetics Bought by Chinese for $77M
The Israeli cosmetics firm Ahava will be fully acquired by a Chinese investment group for $77 million. The Fosun Group on Sunday night in Jerusalem signed an agreement to purchase the Dead Sea skin care products company, the Israeli business daily Globes reported. Ahava has been a target of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement…
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Fast Forward Argentina Lesbians Tie Knot in First for Latin America Jews
The first Jewish same-sex wedding ceremony in Latin America was celebrated in Buenos Aires. The ceremony took place on Sunday evening at NCI Emanu El Temple of Buenos Aires. It was officiated by a female rabbi, Rabbi Karina Finkielstein. Victoria Escobar, 36, who is a convert to Judaism, and Romina Charur, 35, together entered the…
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Fast Forward 2 Suburban Boston Conservative Synagogues Agree To Join Forces
Two historic Boston-area Conservative synagogues are planning to join forces and cohabit on a shared campus, following votes by the leaders of both institutions. In a joint meeting on April 6, the Board of Directors and Trustees of Congregation Mishkan Tefila voted to sign a memorandum of understanding with Congregation Kehillath Israel, paving the way…
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Fast Forward British City Councillor Ousted by Labour Party for ‘Hitler Was Greatest’ Tweets
Britain’s Labour Party has suspended a municipal lawmaker over anti-Semitic tweets written before she was elected, including one praising Adolf Hitler as the “greatest man in history.” Aysegul Gurbuz, 20, a councillor in Luton, located about 30 miles northwest of London, denied that she had written the tweets, saying her sister had posted them on…
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Fast Forward Jewish Parents Heckle Black Mom Whose Son Was Racially Abused in Boston Suburb
A meeting called by the mayor of a Boston suburb to discuss prejudice, including anti-Semitism and racism, degenerated into name calling and accusations. Newton Mayor Setti Warren said he called the April 7 meeting in the wake of several anti-Semitic and racist incidents in the community, especially in the local schools. Many who attended the…
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Fast Forward 49% of Israelis Wouldn’t Live in Building With Arabs
While most Israelis oppose separation of Jews and Arabs in hospitals, nearly half of Israeli Jews would not live in the same apartment building as an Arab family, a survey found. Some 49 percent of Israeli Jews told Israel’s Channel 2 that they would not live in the same building as Arab families, compared to…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Doubles Down on ‘Disproportionate’ Critique of Israel
The day after his victory in the Wyoming Democratic caucus, Bernie Sanders doubled down on his assertion that Israel’s response in the 2014 Gaza war was “disproportionate.” “Was Israel’s response disproportionate? I think it was,” Sanders, an Independent senator from Vermont, told CNN’s Jake Tapper in an interview that aired Sunday on “State of the…
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Fast Forward 2 Hasidic Girls Found Unhurt After Going Missing on Orlando Trip
Two 16-year-old girls from the Chabad-Lubavitch community who went missing during a Shabbat afternoon walk while on a class trip in Orlando, Florida, were found in a nearby area of densely wooded swampland. The girls, identified as Rivka Moshe and Brocha Katz, both students of Bais Chana High School in Miami, left a resort in…
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