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Fast Forward Polish ‘Righeous’ Get New Office — Thanks to Jewish Group
An organization promoting Holocaust commemoration in Central Europe pledged to provide new offices to an association of Poles who jeopardized their lives to save Jews during the Nazi genocide. Jonny Daniels, founder of the From the Depths group, on Sunday said his organization had decided to allocate an open-ended subsidy of approximately $15,000 annually for…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Says Being Jewish Is ‘Essential’
Bernie Sanders said being Jewish is “essential” to who he is. Sanders was asked during the Democratic presidential debate in Flint, Michigan, on Sunday evening about reports that Jews were disappointed that he appeared to be have downplayed his Jewishness during his campaign. “I am very proud to be Jewish, and being Jewish is so…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Party Wins Seats in Slovakia Parliament in First
In the results of Saturday’s national elections announced Sunday, the People’s Party-Our Slovakia garnered 8 percent of the vote, three times more than expected, which is equal to 14 seats. The country’s parliament, the National Council, has 150 members. Party chairman Marian Kotleba had led the neo-Nazi Slovak Togetherness-National Party, a banned party that organized…
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Fast Forward Chief Rabbinate to Offer Own Plan for Egalitarian Prayer at Western Wall
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Chief Rabbinate canceled a meeting with the prime minister over the government’s plan to expand the egalitarian prayer section at the Western Wall a day after the Rabbinate said it would create its own plan. The meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set for Sunday. Hours after the meeting was…
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Fast Forward Former Auschwitz Medic Declared Unfit to Stand Trial
(JTA) — A former Auschwitz medic, now 95, has been found unfit to stand trial for his role in the murder of more than 3,600 people at the Nazi death camp. A court appointed physician determined that Hubert Zafke’s health is too poor to go on trial, Neubrandenburg state court told the dpa news agency…
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Fast Forward 10 Indicted for Illegally Employing Israelis at Dead Sea Product Mall Kiosks
(JTA) — An Israeli-American man who owns kiosks in shopping malls in several states was among ten Israelis indicted for illegally employing 140 Israeli nationals to sell Dead Sea beauty products. Omer Gur Geiger, a resident of Raliegh, North Carolina, and nine other men and women were arrested last week and indicted in federal court…
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Fast Forward Robert Levinson’s Family Rallies For His Release from Iran
(JTA) — The family of Robert Levinson, a Jewish-American man who disappeared from Iran in 2007, held a rally, calling on the U.S. and Iran to work together to get him released. Levinson, 68, of Coral Springs, Florida, a private detective and a former FBI agent, has been missing since disappearing from Iran’s Kish Island…
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Fast Forward Lena Dunham Hospitalized
(JTA) — Actress Lena Dunham has been hospitalized and will undergo surgery. A spokesperson for Dunham said in a statement that the “Girls” creator and star was taken to the hospital Saturday morning. She reportedly suffered the rupture of an ovarian cyst, part of her ongoing battle with endometriosis. Dunham, 29, has been public about…
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