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Fast Forward Holocaust Archive, Letter by Einstein’s Wife To Go on Sale in Jerusalem
A Jerusalem auction house announced the sale of a collection of documents that chronicle the rescue of several thousand Jews from Nazi-occupied Europe. Known as the Hilel Storch archive, it contains over 100 pieces of correspondence connected to Storch, a Jewish refugee from Riga who settled in neutral Sweden in 1940, and represented the World…
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Fast Forward Venezuela Town Unveils Yasser Arafat Bust
The mayor of a Venezuelan municipality unveiled a bust of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, celebrating him as a fighter for peace and freedom. Libertador Mayor Jorge Rodriguez emphasized during a speech at the unveiling Wednesday that the bust was meant “to honor the hero that fought for peace, freedom and sovereignty.” The state-owned…
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Fast Forward 17-Year-Old Settler Charged With Assaulting Rabbis for Human Rights Leader
Israeli prosecutors indicted a 17-year-old settler of assaulting Rabbi Arik Ascherman, founder of the Rabbis for Human Rights group, which advocates for the rights of Palestinians. The indictment submitted Friday alleges the youth, whose name was not reported to media because of his age, hurling rocks and beating Ascherman, as well as threatening him with…
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Fast Forward Israeli Father and Son Killed in West Bank Shooting Attack
Two Israelis, a father and his son, were killed near a West Bank settlement in a shooting attack. The incident occurred Friday afternoon near Otniel, which is located 10 miles southwest of Hebron, as unidentified individuals opened fire on a grey Hyundai family van with seven passengers from the same family and another vehicle, Haaretz…
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Fast Forward German Protestant Church Denounces Anti-Semitism of Founder Martin Luther
Germany’s main Protestant body distanced itself from the anti-Semitism of its founder, Martin Luther, and pledged to confront the dark side of its roots. In a unanimous decision Wednesday by its 120 members, the EKD Synod, the decision making body of the Evangelical Church in Germany, renounced the 16th century theologian’s calls to persecute and…
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Fast Forward Steven Sotloff Killer ‘Jihadi John’ Reportedly Killed in US Airstrike
A British jihadist who killed the American Jewish journalist Steven Sotloff and other Westerners in Syria is said to have been killed in a U.S. Airforce strike. Unnamed U.S. and British officials and military sources indicated with certainty that Mohammed Emwazi, whom the British media dubbed “Jihadi John,” was killed in a drone strike in…
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Fast Forward US State Dept Says EU Labeling of Settlement Goods Not a Boycott
The U.S. State Department says European Union guidelines requiring the labeling of settlement goods is not tantamount to a boycott. Edgar Vasquez, a State Department spokesman, outlined the U.S. position on separate labeling for goods from the West Bank, the Golan Heights and east Jerusalem to The Jerusalem Post on Thursday. “We do not believe…
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Fast Forward JFNA Distances Itself from Dem Who Questioned Motives of GOP Evangelicals
The Jewish Federations of North America distanced itself from a representative of the Democratic Party who said at its annual General Assembly that some Evangelical Christian Republicans support Israel to hasten the End of Days. “Federations work closely with pro-Israel churches and church leaders across the continent,” Rebecca Dinar, the JFNA spokeswoman, said Thursday when…
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