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Fast Forward Jewish MP Threatens to Quit British Labour Party Over Anti-Semitism
A Jewish Parliament member in Britain threatened to quit the Labour Party unless it works harder to address anti-Semitism within its ranks. “Anti-Semitism in any political party cannot be tolerated, and it is for the leadership to make that absolutely clear,” Michael Abraham Levy, a member of the House of Lords, said Monday during an…
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Fast Forward Argentine President to Ask Obama to Declassify AMIA Jewish Center Attack Info
Argentine President Mauricio Macri of Argentina will ask President Barack Obama to declassify information held by U.S. agencies about the 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires following a request from a victim’s father. Macri will make the request during Obama’s visit to Argentina from Tuesday to Thursday, following his visit…
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Fast Forward Nazi Monster Josef Mengele’s Remains Go Under the Microscope
RIO DE JANEIRO — The cranium and bones of Nazi leader Dr. Josef Mengele, who died in Brazil decades after fleeing Auschwitz, will be available for study at a Brazilian university. The remains of Mengele, who was known as the “Angel of Death” for his torturous experiments on prisoners, will be available to students at…
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Fast Forward READ: The Letter Signed By 235 Columbia Professors Decrying BDS
More than 200 Columbia University faculty members have signed a petition supporting the university’s ties with Israel and opposing divestment from companies that do business with the Jewish state. The letter, which was posted online Sunday, is signed by some 235 professors and other faculty members. It comes in the wake of the establishment of…
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Fast Forward U.S. Bidder Pays $20,000 for Hitler’s Personal Copy of Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler’s personal copy of his autobiography “Mein Kampf” sold at auction for more than $20,000. An American was the top bidder for the red leather-bound book, which went on the block Friday at Alexander Historical Auctions at the Maryland Auction House in Chesapeake City, the French news agency AFP reported. The book sold for…
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Fast Forward Israeli Army Drafts Ultra-Orthodox Jew After Racy Posts On Facebook
JERUSALEM — The Israel Defense Forces will draft a man who claimed an exemption from military service because he is haredi Orthodox after his ex-girlfriend posted a photo on Facebook showing them kissing. The post also described a sexual relationship between the two of them, Israel’s Channel 10 reported Sunday. The army sent a draft…
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Fast Forward ISIS Terror Bomber Stalked His Israeli Tour Victims in Istanbul — Report
JERUSALEM — The reports published Monday run counter to those of intelligence assessments that said the Israelis were not deliberately targeted. On Monday, journalist Abdullah Bozkury of Today’s Zaman posted on Twitter that the bomber followed the Israeli tourists from their hotel and lurked outside the restaurant until they finished their breakfast and began to…
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Fast Forward READ: Letter From Orthodox Rabbis Urges Donald Trump To Repudiate Racism
Forty modern Orthodox rabbis in an open letter called on Donald Trump to repudiate racism during his speech to the AIPAC policy conference. The rabbis from throughout the United States, who said in the letter posted online Friday that they “care deeply not only about America’s relationship with Israel, but the values and character of…
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