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Fast Forward French Jews: Paris Photo Exhibit Glorifies Palestinian Terror
French Jews accused the medical group Doctors without Borders of glorifying Palestinian terrorism in a photo exhibition on militants, which opened with municipal assistance. Roger Cukierman, president of the CRIF umbrella group of French Jewish communities, last week asked the municipality of Paris to deny its facilities for the group’s exhibition titled “In Between Wars.”…
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Fast Forward Russian Rabbi Accuses Ukrainian President of Playing ‘Jewish Card’
A senior Russian rabbi accused the president of Ukraine of glossing over his country’s Holocaust record and lying about Russia’s treatment of Jews. Rabbi Boruch Gorin, spokesman for Rabbi Berel Lazar, one of Russia’s chief rabbis, made the accusation in an Op-Ed published Friday on the news site Jewish.ru following President Petro Poroshenko’s Dec. 22-24…
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Fast Forward French Jews Condemn Violent Rioting at Corsica Mosque
The umbrella group of French Jewish communities condemned rioting at a mosque on the French island of Corsica, which occurred following an assault on two firemen there. The events referenced in the statement by the CRIF umbrella group Saturday occurred in the Corsican municipality of Ajaccio on Christmas Day. Demonstrators ransacked a Muslim prayer hall…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Says ‘No Comparison’ Between Jewish and Palestinian Terror
JERUSALEM — The group of right-wing extremists captured on a wedding video showing support for the suspected assailants in the deadly firebombing of a Palestinian family’s home “certainly does not represent religious Zionism,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said. But at the beginning of Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting, Netanyahu also drew a distinction between Jewish and…
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Fast Forward Islamic State Despot Threatens Israel, Jews
The leader of the Islamic State threatened Israel and Jews in a taped message that is said to be from him. “The Jews thought we forgot Palestine and that they had distracted us from it. Not at all, Jews. We did not forget Palestine for a moment. With the help of Allah, we will not…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Slam Revelers Caught Celebrating Palestinian Murders
The main modern Orthodox rabbinical group in the United States expressed its “outrage” over a video that shows Jewish revelers at a wedding celebrating the murder of three Palestinians in a West Bank firebombing. “The vigilante and lawless calls for revenge and dancing with machine guns and knives are anathema to Jewish morality and religious…
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The Schmooze Sacha Baron Cohen, Isla Fisher Donate $1M To Help Syrian Kids
Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife, actress Isla Fisher. British actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen and his wife, actress Isla Fisher, have donated some $1 million to help Syrian children. The couple is giving about half the sum to the Save the Children charity to pay for measles vaccinations for children in northern Syria…
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Fast Forward Top British Muslim Education Official Calls for Teaching of Judaism
The head of Muslim faith schools in Britain has called for the teaching of Judaism in those schools, echoing a call by Britain’s chief rabbi to teach Islam in Jewish schools. Ashfaque Chowdhury, chairman of Britain’s Association of Muslim Schools, said he will encourage member schools to teach its students about Judaism, the JewishNews.co.uk website…
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