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Fast Forward French Jewish Politician Died of Asphyxiation
A French Jewish politician found dead in his home was killed by asphyxiation, the autopsy found. The body of Alain Ghozland, 73, a municipal councilor in the Paris suburb of Creteil, was also reportedly riddled with stab wounds when it was discovered in his apartment Tuesday morning. An unnamed judicial source told the French MetroNews…
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Fast Forward Israel Demands UN Boss Condemn Iran Holocaust Denial Cartoon Contest
JERUSALEM — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon must publicly condemn Iran’s Holocaust denial and a cartoon contest that promotes it, Israel’s Knesset speaker said. Yuli Edelstein in a letter dated Wednesday also called on Ban to take up the matter directly with Iran. The Holocaust denial cartoon contest is sponsored by the Tehran municipality, according…
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Fast Forward Poland Gives High Honor to a Top Palestinian Official
WARSAW, Poland – The Palestinian Authority’s Minister of Information, Mahmoud Khalifa, was awarded the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, one of the highest honors that can be given to a foreigner. Khalifa is a former activist of the Palestine Liberation Organization. For many years he lived in Poland and is a graduate…
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Fast Forward EU Official Has Plan to Battle Erupting Anti-Semitism
PRAGUE – Tackling online hate speech, implementing hate crime legislation and education are among the priorities of the European Union’s newly appointed coordinator for combating anti-Semitism. Katharina von Schnurbein presented her strategy for addressing growing levels of anti-Semitism in Europe in Prague on Tuesday, at her first meeting with special envoys from the United States,…
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The Schmooze El Chapo Wears Jewish Fashion Designers, and You Can Too
The Barabas advertisement. A schmatta, it’s not. Infamous Mexican cartel boss Joaquín Guzmán — better known as El Chapo — is in the news after a widely publicized interview with Sean Penn in magazine led to his capture (again). In the days that followed, photos of the actor and the drug kingpin circulated around the…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Digs In On Choice of Settler Leader as Brazil Envoy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said if Brazil won’t approve former settler leader Dani Dayan as its ambassador, Israel won’t offer another diplomat. Israel’s Channel 2 News reported Netanyahu’s comments Wednesday. According to i24news, Israel not having an ambassador in Brazil would represent a “de facto downgrade in relations” between the two countries. Netanyahu’s apparent…
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Fast Forward JFR Jacob, India’s Top Jewish General, Dies at 93
Lt. Gen. Jacob-Farj-Rafael “JFR” Jacob, an Indian Jew who had a storied career in India’s military, has died at 92. (Some reports said he was 93.) Jacob died Wednesday in New Delhi following a short illness, according to several Indian media outlets. The American Jewish Committee, which in 2013 awarded Jacob with its Global Leadership…
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Fast Forward It’s ‘Intolerable’ Jews Now Live In Fear, French President Says
Terror murders and attacks and an explosion in anti=Semitic attacks have Jews in France feeling the need to hide — and that’s ‘intolerable,’ says the country’s president, Francois Hollande. “It is intolerable that in our country citizens should feel so upset and under assault because of their religious choice that they would conclude that they…
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