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Fast Forward Greek Official Blames Germans and Jews for Prescription Drug Woes
A Greek official warned the country’s parliament that a pending bill to open up the Greek drug market to cheap generic drugs was the result of a conspiracy between Germany and Jewish groups. During Wednesday’s debate, Dimitris Giannakopoulos, the president of the Hellenic Association of Pharmaceutical Companies, said 11,000 Greek jobs would be lost and…
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Fast Forward Jewish Movements Unite for Israel Solidarity Sabbath
The major Jewish movements in the United States will observe a Sabbath of Solidarity with Israel. Rabbis and leaders of the Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and Reconstructionist movements in conjunction with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations have designated the Shabbat of Oct. 16 and Oct. 17 as a special Sabbath of Solidarity…
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Fast Forward Dutch Jews ‘Concerned’ About Refugee Center in Amsterdam Suburb
The main organization representing Dutch Jews expressed “grave concern” over the housing of Syrians and Iraqis at a refugee center in a heavily Jewish suburb of Amsterdam. The Central Jewish Board, or CJO, an umbrella of religious and secular Jewish groups, sent a statement to the media on Monday about the center in Amstelveen, just…
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Fast Forward Danny Cohen Steps Down From Top Post at BBC
The BBC’s director of television, Danny Cohen, is leaving the corporation. Cohen, 40, who spent eight years at the British Broadcasting Corp. and had been director of television since 2013, said he is considering new positions in the United States and the United Kingdom. “In the last few weeks I’ve been approached about a number…
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Fast Forward Detroit JCC Counsellor Won’t Face Local Charges for Kiddie Porn
A former counselor at a JCC day camp in suburban Detroit who is facing federal child pornography charges will not be charged locally. Matthew David Kuppe, 21, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was charged in federal court in August with possessing, producing and distributing child pornography after allegedly filming prepubescent boys in the JCC locker room…
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Fast Forward London Orthodox School Ordered To Stop Asking Parents About Sex Lives
An Orthodox Jewish public school in London must stop asking parents about their sex lives in order for their children to gain admission, a school watchdog ordered. The Hasmonean High School in Barnet in north London asks parents on its admission form whether they observe the laws of family purity, under which women abstain from…
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Fast Forward Portugal Issues First Passport Under Sephardic ‘Law of Return’
Officials in Lisbon approved the naturalization of a Panamanian national who applied for a Portuguese passport under recent legislation benefiting descendants of Sephardic Jews. Alfonso Paredes is the first applicant to obtain Portuguese nationality since new regulations for the naturalization of Sephardic Jews went into effect in March, according to the Jewish Community of Porto,…
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Fast Forward Temple Names Medical School for Lewis Katz
Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has officially named its medical school after the late Jewish-American businessman and philanthropist Lewis Katz. The Lewis Katz School of Medicine debuted Tuesday in a naming ceremony held at Temple University, the university said in a statement. Friends of the university, as well as friends and relatives of the Katz…
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