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Fast Forward Pope Francis Will Visit Auschwitz in July
ROME — Pope Francis will visit Auschwitz during a trip to Poland in late July. According to a schedule released over the weekend, the pontiff will visit the former Nazi death camp on July 29 during a five-day visit to Poland to mark the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day. Main Youth Day events are to…
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Fast Forward Angela Merkel Says Germany Must Fight Anti-Semitism Among Refugees
Anti-Semitism in Germany, whether from natives or refugees, must be confronted by the government and civil society together, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said. Speaking Monday to more than 100 legislators from some 40 countries gathered in Berlin for the third Inter-Parliamentary Coalition for Combating Anti-Semitism, Merkel also said that Jews must feel free to speak…
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Fast Forward Widow of Italian Jewish Artist Denies She Is Mysterious Author Elena Ferrante
The widow of a Jewish artist and doctor has denied reports that she is a mysterious Italian author who writes under the pen name Elena Ferrante. Italian novelist and professor, Marco Santagata suggested that ‘Ferrante’ could be Marcella Marmo in a lengthy article published over the weekend in the literary supplement of the daily Corriere…
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Fast Forward Israel Law To Ban Reform and Conservative Jews From Mikveh
A bill that would bar Conservative and Reform converts from using public Israeli ritual baths passed an initial Cabinet vote. The vote Sunday in the Ministerial Committee on Legislation, made up of 12 government ministers, obligates Israel’s governing coalition to support the bill when it reaches the Knesset floor, though subsequent votes will be delayed…
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Fast Forward Poland Pulls Plug on Probe Into Wartime Massacre of 70 Jews
The Institute of National Remembrance in Bialystok discontinued the investigation into the murder of at least 70 Jewish citizens in Wasosz in northeastern Poland in 1941. Prosecutors have not identified and additional perpetrators besides the two Polish men already sentenced for the act shortly after World War II. The murder in Wasosz occurred in July…
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Fast Forward Upscale Montreal Borough Bans Purim Treat Buses
Hasidic Jews in the tony Montreal borough of Outremont could get penalized again this Purim for driving through its streets with kids on buses handing out traditional mishloach manot treats. Since 2013, police have slapped tickets totaling hundreds of dollars on the bus company hired by the Hasidim, for breaking a borough bylaw barring buses…
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Fast Forward Israeli Tourism Minister Shuns Germany Due to Nazi Past
Israel’s tourism minister said he will not make an official visit to Germany due to its Nazi past. Yariv Levin of the ruling Likud party said Saturday night that the idea of a visit to Germany makes him “uneasy,” Israel Hayom reported Sunday. Levin missed a major international tourism fair last week in Berlin, where…
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Fast Forward American Grad Student Killed in Tel Aviv Terror ‘Loved Everyone’
Taylor Force, the American graduate student killed in a Tel Aviv stabbing spree, was remembered at a memorial service in Israel as someone “who loved everyone regardless of their race, religion and creed.” David Simpkins eulogized his friend and former West Point classmate in a ceremony Friday at Ben Gurion Airport before Force’s body was…
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