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Fast Forward Hitler’s Personal Copy of Mein Kampf Hits Block
Adolf Hitler’s personal copy of his autobiography “Mein Kampf” is set to be auctioned off. The red leather-bound book will put be on the auction block by Alexander Historical Auctions at the Maryland Auction House in Chesapeake City on March 17 and 18. It is one of about 1,000 World War I and World War…
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Fast Forward University College London Students Vote 14-4 for BDS
The board of the student union at the prestigious University College London passed a nonbinding motion endorsing the anti-Israel boycott movement. Student union officers on Wednesday passed the motion supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or BDS, by a vote of 14-4, The Jewish News of London reported. There were three abstentions. The measure…
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Fast Forward 2,500-Year-Old Woman’s Seal Unearthed in Jerusalem
A First Temple-era stamp that is distinctive both for its age and the fact that it belonged to a woman, was recently discovered in excavations in Jerusalem. The 2,500-year-old personal seal, made of semi-precious stone and bearing the words in Hebrew “To Elihana bat Gael,” was uncovered at the City of David, the Israel Antiquities…
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Fast Forward Uruguay Jew Stabbed to Death in Suspected Anti-Semitic Murder
A Jewish businessman was killed while crossing a street in front of his office in the small Uruguayan town of Paysandu. The assailant stabbed David Fremd, 54, in the back ten times and reportedly called out “Allahu Akbar,” or “God is Great,” in Tuesday night’s attack. “There is no evidence that the attack has something…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Stuns Hillary Clinton With Win in Michigan
Bernie Sanders won Michigan’s Democratic primary, an upset that gave new life to his candidacy and edged him closer to a chance at being the first Jewish major party nominee. Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, trailed the Independent senator from Vermont by 2 percentage points in Michigan’s primary on Tuesday, 48 percent to…
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Fast Forward Arab-Americans Sue Sheldon Adelson for $34B Suit Over Settlements Support
Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and several other American philanthropists — as well as numerous corporations and nonprofit organizations — are being sued for $34.5 billion for their involvement with Israeli settlements in the West Bank. In a lawsuit filed Monday in the Federal District Court of the District of Columbia, a group of more than…
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Fast Forward BMW, Marking 100th Birthday, ‘Regrets’ Nazi Activities
While commemorating its 100th birthday, the German auto company BMW expressed regret for its actions during the Holocaust. In a statement on its website under the heading “Facing up to the past,” the car company said it “operated exclusively as a supplier to the German arms industry” under the Nazis, using “forced labourers, convicts and…
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Fast Forward Danish Teen Charged With Plotting To Bomb Jewish School
A 16-year-old Danish girl was charged with planning attacks on two schools, one of them Jewish. The girl, who was 15 when she was arrested in January, allegedly planned bombing attacks on a Jewish school in Copenhagen and another school in Denmark. She had acquired chemicals to create the explosives, according to Danish prosecutors. A…
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