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Fast Forward Mark Zuckerberg Is World’s Richest Jew
Mark Zuckerberg is the sixth richest person in the world, and the richest Jew, after accumulating more wealth than anyone else in the past year. Eleven of the 50 richest people in the world are Jewish, according to the 30th annual Forbes billionaires list released Tuesday. The list features five Jews in the top 15…
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Fast Forward Los Angeles Philanthropist Bram Goldsmith Dies at 93
Bram Goldsmith, who left a deep imprint on Los Angeles and its Jewish community, in his Beverly Hills home. Goldsmith died on Sunday at the age of 93. Born in Chicago in 1923, the son of Jewish immigrants from Poland, Goldsmith served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and then launched…
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Fast Forward U. of Missouri Hit With Third Anti-Semitic Incident
University of Missouri officials condemned an anti-Semitic incident at a campus residence hall, the second this school year and the third in less than a calendar year. A poster reading “Hitler rules” was hung Monday on a bulletin board in the Gateway Hall student residence on the university’s main campus in Columbia, according to the…
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Fast Forward German Jews Laud Effort To Ban Neo-Nazi Party
Germany’s top Jewish organization has applauded a new attempt to ban the country’s main neo-Nazi party. Three days of hearings began Tuesday in Germany’s top court – the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe – to examine the constitutionality of outlawing the far-right National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD). It would be the second attempt to…
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Fast Forward Charlie Hebdo Cartoonist Sues Bernard-Henri Levy Over ‘Anti-Semitic’ Jibe
A caricaturist who used to work for the Charlie Hebdo magazine said he has sued for libel the French-Jewish philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, who had accused him of anti-Semitism. Maurice Sinet, better known by his pen name Sine, announced the lawsuit on Monday on his website, urging readers to show their support in a petition and…
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Fast Forward Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Win Big — Bernie Snatches Consolation Prizes
Hillary Rodham Clinton won most of the Democratic and Donald Trump most of the Republican state presidential primaries on Super Tuesday. But Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took enough states Tuesday night to stay competitive in the respective races. Clinton, the former secretary of state, won seven states – Georgia, Virginia,…
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Fast Forward Father of 5 Fends Off Ax Attackers in West Bank Settlement
A father of five was attacked by two Palestinian teens brandishing clubs and axes as he left his home in the West Bank settlement of Eli. The attackers were waiting outside of the family’s home when Roi Harel left his house at 5 a.m. on Wednesday, wearing an IDF uniform, to head to reserve duty….
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Fast Forward 40 Columbia Professors Sign BDS Petition Led by Rashid Khalidi
Forty Columbia University faculty members have signed a petition urging the New York school to divest from companies that “supply, perpetuate, and profit from a system that has subjugated the Palestinian people.” The petition was released Monday morning to mark the first day of Israel Apartheid Week, the Columbia Spectator reported. According to the petition,…
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