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Fast Forward Far Right French Leader Fined for Gas Chamber ‘Detail’ Remark
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front party, was fined for repeating his view that the Nazi gas chambers were a “detail” of World War II. A court in Paris fined Le Pen some $34,000 after finding him guilty of denying crimes against humanity, the French news agency AFP reported. One year…
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Fast Forward Randi Zuckerberg Tells Entrepreneurs That Shabbat Helped Her Succeed
In a talk to hundreds of philanthropists and foundation representatives, former Facebook spokesperson and marketing director Randi Zuckerberg credited Shabbat and other Jewish concepts for some of her main pieces of business advice. Zuckerberg told the crowd that she was bemused by those who viewed her emphasis on life balance as an innovative idea. “People…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Museum Crowdsources Newspaper Reports of Nazi Era
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is crowdsourcing research on how local U.S. newspapers reported the Holocaust. The museum said in a statement issued Tuesday it had already received more than 900 submissions from researchers, including newspapers as far afield as the Bangor (Maine) Daily News and the Santa Cruz (California) Sentinel. “While scholars have extensively…
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Fast Forward PEN Writers Group Rebuffs Calls To Drop Israel Sponsorship Amid Outcry
The literary writers’ group PEN American Center is refusing to drop Israeli government sponsorship from its annual festival, despite calls by dozens of members to do so. According to a news release issued Tuesday by Adalah-NY, a group that supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel, more than 100 writers signed onto a…
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Fast Forward Florida Teen Accused of Killing Rabbi Allowed Bail, Judge Rules
A Florida teenager of killing a Brooklyn rabbi in Florida can remain out of jail on bail through the end of his murder trial, a judge ruled. Prosecutors did not provide enough evidence to keep Deandre Edwin Charles, 15, behind bars before the start of his trial, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Jason Bloch ruled last week….
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Fast Forward Adelson Suit Against Jewish Democratic Group Is Reheard
WASHINGTON – Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson’s bid to reinstate a defamation lawsuit against the National Jewish Democratic Council and two of its formal principals had a hearing in Nevada Supreme Court. The hearing Monday was the third legal venue for the case since Adelson first sued the NJDC in 2012. A federal appeals court directed the…
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Fast Forward Soldier Who Shot Downed Palestinian Terrorist: ‘I Feared Bomb Belt’
JERUSALEM — The Israeli soldier who shot and killed a downed Palestinian assailant reportedly told a military appeals court that he could have been dead rather than in court if the attacker had been wired with explosives. “My hands were full of my comrade’s blood. I was enraged. In a split second I decided to…
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Fast Forward Edinburgh Students Vote 62% for BDS
The Edinburgh University Students’ Association passed a motion backing a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions resolution against Israel. The nonbinding motion passed Thursday by a vote of 249 to 153, with 22 abstentions, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported. It calls on the university “to target products, companies and institutions that profit from or are implicated in,…
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