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Fast Forward Jerry Lewis and Secret ‘Holocaust Clown’ Project Subject of BBC Documentary
The BBC has released a short documentary about Jewish comedian Jerry Lewis’ never-before-seen Holocaust film. “The Day the Clown Cried,” which Lewis wrote and directed at the height of his Hollywood career in 1971, has never been released. The BBC documentary released on Tuesday includes behind-the-scenes footage of production, stills from the film and narration…
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Fast Forward Florida University Fires Professor Who Claimed Sandy Hook Massacre Was Hoax
A Florida university has fired the professor who claims the Sandy Hook school shooting, after the parents of the Jewish boy killed massacre accused him of harassment. Florida Atlantic University on Tuesday sent a letter to James Tracy, a tenured associate professor of communications, informing him of his termination. His last official day at the…
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Fast Forward Jewish Passengers Demand Arabs Leave Greek Flight
Jewish Israeli passengers on a flight from Athens to Tel Aviv demanded the crew remove two Arab-Israelis from the plane before allowing it to take off. The incident, in which the Jewish travelers stopped an Aegean Airlines plane from taking off by standing in the aisles while the plane was on the tarmac, took place…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Home Vandalized With ‘Hitler Was a Hero’ Grafitti
A three-family Brooklyn house was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti, including swastikas and the words “Hitler was a hero” scrawled on the door. The building’s residents, all Hasidic Satmar Jews, discovered the graffiti on Saturday morning, JP Updates reported. The New York Police Department is investigating the incident as a hate crime. The vandalism occurred Friday…
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Fast Forward Robert Berger, Doctor Who Discredited Nazi Medical Research, Dies at 86
BOSTON — Dr. Robert Berger, an eminent cardiothoracic surgeon who discredited medical experiments conducted by the Nazis, has died. Berger, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary who risked his life fighting with the resistance, died Jan. 1 in Boston of complications from a heart attack. He was 86. The director of clinical research in The Beth…
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Fast Forward Israeli Soldier Sentenced To 4 Years For Sharing Secrets With Far Right
An Israeli soldier was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for sharing classified information with far-right Jewish extremists. Cpl. Elad Sela, a member of an Israel Defense Forces intelligence project involving haredi Orthodox recruits, was sentenced Tuesday for sharing military information with “price tag” vandals, the Times of Israel reported. “Price tag” attacks, conducted…
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Fast Forward Settler Leader May Be Yanked From Brazil Envoy Post
Israel is expected to withdraw the name of a former settler leader to be its ambassador to Brazil, ending a four-month diplomatic row. Dani Dayan will likely assume the Israeli consulate general position in Los Angeles or New York, according to reports in the Israeli and Brazilian media citing senior Israeli officials. An alternative envoy…
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Fast Forward Ceremonies at Kosher Market, Charlie Hebdo, Mark French Terror Anniversary
French President Francois Hollande unveiled a memorial plaque outside the Paris-area kosher supermarket where an Islamist killed four Jews last year. Hollande’s visit on Tuesday morning to the Hyper Cacher launched the official commemorations of the first anniversary of three terrorist attacks that rocked France last January. The plaque he unveiled listed the names of…
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