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Fast Forward My Election Proves No Anti-Semitism Here, Says Portuguese Mayor
PORTO, Portugal — Some 300 Jews from eight countries, including the chief rabbi of Turkey, celebrated the introduction of a new Torah scroll into Portugual’s Kadoorie Synagogue. The celebration on Jan. 29 in Porto, Portugal’s second largest city, in what is said to be the largest synagogue in the Iberian Peninsula, was the main event…
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Fast Forward 3 Jewish Teens Charged in Vandalism of Jerusalem Monastery
JERUSALEM — Three Jewish-Israeli teens were indicted in the vandalism of a Jerusalem monastery with anti-Christian graffiti. The indictment was filed Sunday in Jerusalem District Court in the Jan. 17 attack on the Dormition Abbey, located on Mount Zion just outside the Old City of Jerusalem. The graffiti, written in Hebrew, included “Christians to Hell,”…
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Fast Forward Court Adds To Prison Terms for Arsonists of Jewish-Arab School
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Supreme Court added to the prison sentences of two brothers who pleaded guilty to an arson attack on a Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem. On Sunday, the sentences for Nahman and Shalom Twitto, 18 and 22, respectively, were each increased by eight months in response to an state appeal of what the state…
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Fast Forward Oops: Canada’s Trudeau Omits Jews From Holocaust Day Statement
TORONTO — A Jewish advocacy group said it was satisfied that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s omission of Jews in a statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day was not deliberate. The Toronto Sun reported that the Jan. 27 statement, which caused a firestorm on news websites and social media for failing to mention Jews in…
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Fast Forward Fugitive Rabbi’s Followers Issue Death Threat Against South Africa’s Chief Rabbi
The followers of an Israeli rabbi who has been on the run to avoid extradition back to Israel on sex abuse charges reportedly made a death threat against the chief rabbi of South Africa. Followers of Rabbi Eliezer Berland believe the chief rabbi, Warren Goldstein, tipped off police to his Johannesburg location and have called…
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Fast Forward Palestinian Cop Shot Dead After Shooting 3 Israeli Soldiers
JERUSALEM — A Palestinian Authority police officer opened fire on Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, wounding three, before being shot dead by a soldier. One soldier was in serious condition following the attack Sunday near Beit El, another was in moderate to serious condition and another was lightly injured, according to reports. The Israeli…
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News Non-Orthodox, Diaspora Leaders — and Bibi — Praise Western Wall Deal
JERUSALEM — A chorus of non-Orthodox and Diaspora leaders praised the landmark interdenominational compromise on the Western Wall. The compromise will expand the wall’s egalitarian section and place it under the authority of a pluralist committee, while solidifying haredi Orthodox control over the site’s traditional, Orthodox section. Women of the Wall, the women’s prayer group…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic French Comedian Dieudonne Detained In Hong Kong
The French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala was detained as he tried to enter Hong Kong. Dieudonne was detained Thursday, Variety reported, and his two stand up shows scheduled for Hong Kong were cancelled. His two sons, one a minor, were detained with him. Dieudonne posted photos of the incident on his official Facebook page. In…
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