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Fast Forward German Finds $50K Trove of Gold Coins Buried in Nazi Era
An amateur archaeologist in Germany has found a historic collection of gold coins worth around 45,000 euros, probably buried during the Nazi era or shortly after World War Two, experts said on Wednesday. Armed with a metal detector, Florian Bautsch found 10 coins in a hollow under a tree near the northern town of Lueneburg…
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Fast Forward French Family Robbed in Creteil-Style Home Invasion
A Jewish family from the Paris region was assaulted and robbed at their home by men who may have targeted them because they are Jews, a watchdog group reported. The report Wednesday by the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, was about an aggravated robbery that occurred earlier in the day in the…
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Fast Forward South African Minister Blasts Students for Visiting Israel
Jewish groups in South Africa condemned an attack by Deputy Minister Obed Bapela against students who visited Israel. Bapela, a deputy minister in President Jacob Zuma’s office, charged the students, who visited Israel recently under the auspices of the South Africa Israel Forum, with bringing the ruling African National Congress into “disrepute” and said that…
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Fast Forward South African Student Let Off Hook for ‘Hitler’ Remark
The University of the Witwatersrand said in a statement Tuesday that its legal office “found that Mr. [Mcebo] Dlamini’s utterances did not breach the exceptions to the Constitution regarding freedom of speech.” Although there were grounds for him to be charged for failing to meet his fiduciary requirements as president of the Students’ Representative Council,…
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Fast Forward NFL Hopeful Sorry for ‘Jews Killed Jesus’ Tweet
Jarryd Hayne, a former Australian rugby star trying out for the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers apologized for his “hurtful” tweet, in which he suggested that the Jewish people killed Jesus. In a tweet addressed to the Jewish community and using the hashtag #WeAreAllOne, Hayne on Wednesday “sincerely” apologized for the tweets, and said: “I have…
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Fast Forward UMass Gets $5M Gift for Hillel and Jewish Studies
A $5 million bequest to the University of Massachusetts Amherst will go toward Judaic studies as well as the Hillel. The gift from alumni Pamela and Robert Jacobs will establish an endowed faculty chair in the Judaic and Near Eastern studies program, the university announced Monday. It is the largest single gift to the department…
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Fast Forward Ellen Hershkin Named New Hadassah Chief
Hadassah: The Women’s Zionist Organization of America has elected Ellen Hershkin, currently a national board member, as its new national president. Hershkin, of Dix Hills, N.Y., was elected the group’s 26th president on Monday at its annual meeting in Philadelphia. She will succeed Marcie Natan, the president since 2011 whose term ends Dec. 31. Under…
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Fast Forward Lithuanian Rabbi Pushes Back Against Excavation of Mass Grave
The chief rabbi of Lithuania appealed to authorities to prevent the excavation of a mass grave of Holocaust victims in the country’s north. Rabbi Chaim Burshtein issued the statement Tuesday about the mass grave discovered this week during road construction work in Siauliai, a city located 120 miles northwest of Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital. “Please halt…
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