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Fast Forward London Mayor Dumped by Palestinians After Anti-Boycott Remarks
London Mayor Boris Johnson had two of his planned meetings in the West Bank cancelled after he criticized boycotts of Israel. Johnson was due to meet Wednesday in the West Bank with the Palestine Business Women’s Forum and a Palestinian youth group. Both meetings were cancelled after Johnson, who is on a three-day trade mission…
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Fast Forward Los Angeles Jewish Camp Denies Exposing Children to Radiation
The organization that oversees a popular Jewish summer camp near Los Angeles denied reports that it knowingly may have exposed tens of thousands of its campers to radioactive waste and toxic chemicals — calling reports to that effect “deeply flawed and entirely misleading.” Dr. Robert Wexler, the president of American Jewish University, made the statement…
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Fast Forward Ultra-Orthodox Lawmaker Says Reform Are ‘Not Jews’
A haredi Orthodox Israeli lawmaker accused Reform Jews of destroying Judaism, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to address non-Orthodox denominations’ concerns in Israel. United Torah Judaism lawmaker Yisrael Eichler, also accused America’s Jewish community federations of corruption and of funneling money to anti-Israel groups. “They’re not Jews because 80 percent of their kids are…
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Fast Forward Oregon Student Charged for Anti-Semitic Rant Outside Jewish Fraternity
A University of Oregon student has been arrested and charged with intimidation for allegedly shouting anti-Semitic slurs at another student outside of a Jewish fraternity. The student was identified as Damien Leon Ramirez, 23, a cinema studies major, the university told the local newspaper, The Register-Guard. The university is located in Eugene, Ore. A 20-year…
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Fast Forward Mexico President Praises Jews for Giving ‘Their Best’ for Nation
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto declared that the Jewish community gives its best for the development of Mexico. Peña Neto was the keynote speaker at a dinner on Monday to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs Institute of the American Jewish Committee. “I am pleased to be…
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Fast Forward Florida Home Vandalized With Swastika
A Nazi swastika was painted on the garage door of a Florida homeowner whose wife is Jewish. A homeowner in Seminole County, Florida, on Tuesday morning discovered a large swastika and the word “Surprise!” spray painted in black on his garage door, local news channel WFTV reported. A swastika also was spray painted on the…
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Fast Forward Democratic Senators Push President Obama To Raise Aid to Israel
Democratic senators in a letter called on President Barack Obama to write a new and strengthened “Memorandum of Understanding” on security assistance to Israel. The 16 senators, led by Michael Bennet, D-Colo., Richard Blumenthal, D–Conn., and Ben Cardin, D-Md., — the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sent the letter to the president…
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Fast Forward U. Missouri Jewish Groups Demand Action After Swastika Incident
Thirty-six organizations wrote a letter to University of Missouri Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin calling for protection of the campus Jewish community days before he announced his resignation over questions about his leadership in the wake of racial tensions on campus. The letter by the Jewish and pro-Israel organizations expressed concern over reports of a swastika…
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