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Fast Forward Jewish Teenager Assaulted Near Paris, Called ‘Dirty Jew’
A Jewish young man reported being assaulted near Paris by three black men, who hit him and called him a “dirty Jew.” The incident occurred on Tuesday in Montreuil, an eastern suburb of Paris, according to a report published Thursday by the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism — a French watchdog group known locally…
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Fast Forward Dutch Schoolbook Says Rich Jews Won Britain’s Support for Zionism
A Dutch publisher defended an assertion in a history textbook for high school students that said that cash-strapped Britain’s support for Zionism owed to its desire to woe rich Jewish bankers. The book “Theme Workbook – The Middle East,” published by ThiemeMeulenhoff and intended for students attending pre-university secondary education — the highest scholastic track…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Backs Controversial Lithuania Cemetery Construction
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his blessing to controversial construction planned atop a former Jewish cemetery in Lithuania, that country’s leader said. Lithuanian Prime Minister Algirdas Butkevicius spoke of Netanyahu’s consent for the planned renovation at the Concert and Sports Palace in central Vilnius in an interview Wednesday with the Baltic News Service. “He…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva U. Finalizes Deal to Offload Einstein Medical School
Yeshiva University has finalized an agreement to transfer the operations and finances of its medical school to the Montefiore Health System. Under the agreement, Montefiore will assume operational authority and responsibilty for Y.U.’s Albert Einstein College of Medicine, while Y.U. remains responsible for academic oversight, including the granting of degrees, the two institutions said in…
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Fast Forward Jewish Tally on Iran Vote Is 19-9 as Alan Grayson Says Yes
Two thirds of Congress’ Jewish lawmakers back the Iran nuclear deal in a tally finalized when Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., announced his backing. Grayson’s announcement late Wednesday, the day deliberations began in Congress, brings the total number of backers among the 28 Jews in Congress to 19, with nine opposed. Grayson, who is running for…
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Fast Forward Barry Freundel Issues High Holidays Apology for Mikveh-Peeping
Barry Freundel, the disgraced Orthodox rabbi who went to jail for installing secret cameras in the mikvah ritual bath adjacent to his Washington synagogue, has issued a public apology. “No matter how many times I attempt to apologize, it will never be enough,” Freundel wrote in his Sept. 8 letter of apology, which was posted…
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Fast Forward New York Backs Down on Consent Forms for Circumcision Rite
The New York City Board of Health repealed a consent form for a controversial circumcision rite. The vote Wednesday to repeal the consent form to allow the metzitzah b’peh rite was 9-1,with one abstention. A law requiring parents to sign a consent form for metzitzah b’peh was enacted in 2012 under Mayor Michael Bloomberg after…
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Fast Forward Were Hebrew Union College Rabbi’s Grandchildren Snatched by Mother?
Los Angeles police are searching for two Jewish brothers who disappeared nearly two weeks ago and are believed to have been abducted by their Taiwanese-American mother. The children’s parents are divorced and live in different cities. The two brothers, Sage Cook, 14, and Isaac Cook, 9, flew on Aug. 28 from their father’s home in…
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