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Fast Forward Henry Krystal, Survivor and Holocaust Trauma Expert, Dies at 90
Henry Krystal, a concentration camp survivor and Holocaust trauma expert, died on Oct. 8th at the age of 90. Krystal, a psychiatrist whose research focused on former concentration camp inmates, passed away at his home in Bloomfield, Michigan from complications caused by Parkinson’s disease, the New York Times reported. He is survived by his wife,…
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Fast Forward Russia Chief Rabbi Leads Solidarity Trip to Jerusalem
Dozens of Russian Jewish community leaders and businessmen arrived in Israel for a solidarity visit led by Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar. The approximately 50 visitors from across the Russian Federation landed in Israel earlier this week and are scheduled to return next week, Lazar said. The group was scheduled to leave for Israel after…
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Fast Forward American Ambassador Says Israel Response to Violence Not ‘Excessive’
The United States’ ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro, said Washington does not view Israel’s recent actions to curb Palestinian violence as excessive and supports Israel right to defend its citizens. Shapiro made the statement during an interview Friday on Israel Radio about indignation by Israeli officials at what they viewed as a suggestion by a…
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Fast Forward Religious Freedom Report Says Anti-Semitism Remains Global Problem
Anti-Semitism “continued to be a major problem around the globe,” the U.S. State Department’s annual International Religious Freedom Report for 2014 found. The 17th annual report, which was released Wednesday, noted that anti-Semitic incidents rose significantly in Western Europe during the 2014 Gaza War between Israel and Hamas as well as in eastern Ukrainian regions…
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Fast Forward Ex-Chief Rabbi Accused of Pocketing $2M in Bribes
Yona Metzger, a former Ashkenazi chief rabbi of Israel, was indicted for corruption. In the indictment filed Tuesday by the Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office, Metzger was charged with fraud, theft, conspiracy, breach of trust, money laundering, tax offenses and accepting bribes. The indictment followed a hearing in which Metzger’s attorney argued against the charges. It…
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Fast Forward Jewish Fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi Issues Security Alert to 185 Chapters
The Jewish fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi issued a warning about “rising anti-Israel and anti-Semitic activity” to its 185 chapters on U.S. college campuses. The AEPi warning, sent Thursday, was prompted by the surge of violence in Israel. Several prominent anti-Semitic incidents took place on college campuses after the Gaza war in 2014, and the AEPi…
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Fast Forward Dutch Cafe Owner Calls for Violence Against Israeli Tourists
A Dutch restaurant owner called for violence against Israeli tourists in response to the spike in violence in Israel. Dutch Jewry’s watchdog on anti-Semitism filed a complaint with police for incitement to violence on Thursday against Youness Ouaali, 30, pertaining to text he posted on Facebook two days earlier about a picture of a blood-covered…
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Fast Forward Israel Accuses Mahmoud Abbas of Incitement Over ‘Execution’ Claim
Israel accused Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of incitement after he accused Israel of “executing” a 13-year-old who took part in a stabbing attack. The 13-year-old boy, Ahmed Mansra of eastern Jerusalem, was seriously injured by a car as he attempted to flee from the scene of the stabbing of an Israeli teen who was…
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