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Fast Forward 3 European Human Rights Activists Push Against Anti-Semitism
Three young Europeans – two Muslims and a Jew – met with Obama administration and congressional officials to press for action against anti-Semitism in Europe. The three activists were in Washington this week to receive this year’s Human Rights First Award, bestowed by the group of the same name. The activists are: Jane Braden-Golay, a…
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Fast Forward Jewish Day School Heads Have Little Time on Job
Most heads of Jewish community day schools are not themselves day school alumni, and most have been in the job for five years or less. Those are among the findings of a new survey of heads of schools by Ravsak, the network of Jewish community day schools that are not affiliated with a specific Jewish…
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Fast Forward Maryland Teen Gets 3 Years Probation for Synagogue Vandalism
A Maryland teenager who spray-painted swastikas on a local synagogue was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to perform 80 hours of community service. Sebastian Espinoza-Carranza, 18, could have been sentenced on Tuesday to nine years in prison for his part in the April incident at Shaare Torah Congregation in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The…
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Fast Forward Electrical Union Sued Over Pro-BDS Stand
A Tel Aviv-based human rights organization has filed a charge with a national labor organization against an American union that endorses boycotts of the Jewish state. Shurat HaDin – Israel Law Center filed a charge, signed by its president Nitsana Darshan-Leitner and attorney David Abrams, with the National Labor Relations Board accusing the United Electrical,…
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Fast Forward MSNBC Apologizes for Incorrect Maps of Israel
MSNBC apologized for using “not factually accurate” maps in a segment discussing the violence that has erupted across Israel in recent weeks. “MSNBC Live” host Kate Snow acknowledged Monday that her show displayed maps describing present-day Israel as a Palestinian state in 1946, when the area was under British mandate rule. The series of maps…
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Fast Forward UNESCO Chief Slams Plan To Name Western Wall ‘Muslim’ Site
The head of the United Nations cultural agency said she “deplores” a proposal under discussion by the agency’s executive board that would declare the Western Wall a Muslim holy site. Irina Bokova, the director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO, called on the board to “take decisions that do not…
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Fast Forward Swedish Demonstrators Chant ‘Slaughter the Jews’
Hundreds of protesters in the Swedish city of Malmo were filmed chanting in Arabic about slaughtering Jews and stabbing soldiers. Pro-Palestinian groups organized a rally Monday in the city center against what they consider Israeli violence and to show solidarity with Palestinians amid deadly measures taken by Israeli authorities to stop the recent spate of…
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Fast Forward 20 Tombstones Toppled at Czech Jewish Cemetery
Some 20 tombstones were knocked over at a Jewish cemetery in a southern Czech town. The vandalism discovered earlier this month occurred in Safov, about 120 miles southeast of Prague, the local media reported. The estimated cost of the damage is about $2,500, according to Jaroslav Klenovsky of the Brno Jewish community, which administers the…
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