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Fast Forward Spanish Street Sign Honoring Jew Vandalized Over Hanukkah
A street name sign honoring a Spanish Jew was damaged in the southern Spanish city of Torremolinos amid a debate over the municipality’s decision to celebrate Hanukkah. The sign named for David Haim Melul, the founder of the local Jewish community, was knocked down last week, two months after it was put up, the online…
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Fast Forward Bibi Calls for Concrete Safety Barriers at Jerusalem Bus Stops
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for concrete safety barriers to be installed at hundreds of Jerusalem bus stops after a Palestinian terrorist ranmmed his card into a crowd of Israelis lined up at one. Netanyahu on Monday announced the plan, proposed by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, the Times of Israel reported. Under the plan, expected…
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Fast Forward N.Y. Rabbi in Jewish Divorce Torture Ring Gets 3 Years in Prison
A New York rabbi who participated in a ring that violently attempted to coerce Jewish men to grant their wives religious divorces has been sentenced to 38 months in prison. Martin Wolmark, 57, of Monsey, was sentenced Monday in a U.S. District Court in Trenton, New Jersey, The Associated Press reported. Wolmark was one of…
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Fast Forward Hasid Busted for Beating Cross-Dresser Outside Chabad Headquarters
A Hasidic man has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault as a hate crime after allegedly beating up a cross-dressing man outside the Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters in Brooklyn. Nehoray Shabbot, 20, of Worcester, Massachusetts, allegedly kicked and punched Elliot Offen, who has made numerous guest appearances on Howard Stern’s radio and television shows, the New…
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Fast Forward Growing Majority of Palestinians Support Uprising and Oppose 2 States
A growing majority of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza support an armed uprising against Israel, reject a two-state solution and want Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to resign. According to a poll conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research and released Monday, two-thirds of Palestinians back violence against Israel, including…
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Fast Forward Israeli Reservist Held by Britain on War Crimes Allegations
An Israeli reserve military officer was detained in the United Kingdom over accusations of war crimes. The officer, who fought in the 2014 Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, was detained several weeks ago after landing in Britain on a business trip, Ynet reported over the weekend. He was released several hours later with the assistance…
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The Schmooze Taylor Swift is No ‘Nazi Barbie,’ Jewish Group Tells Camille Paglia
An Australian Jewish group has criticized author Camille Paglia for referring to Taylor Swift as an “obnoxious Nazi Barbie.” The chairman of the Australian B’nai B’rith Anti-Defamation Commission called Paglia’s comments, which she published in an article for the Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, “obscene.” “While Paglia is entitled to her views about Taylor Swift’s music…
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Fast Forward Grandma of Newtown Victim Noah Pozner Demands Gun Control
The grandmother of the 6-year-old Jewish boy who was killed in the mass school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, criticized opponents of gun control legislation in a Washington Post Op-Ed on the event’s third anniversary. “Guns don’t kill; people do. Yes, that’s true. An open society can never protect itself completely from evil or insanity,” Marie-Claude…
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