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Fast Forward Chicago Hadassah Leader Gets Probation for $21K Fraud
A suburban Chicago woman who stole $21,000 from a Hadassah chapter she served as treasurer was sentenced to two years of probation. Rozann Morowitz, 68, of Wheeling, Illinois, paid back the money she took from the Buffalo Grove Hadassah chapter when she was treasurer from 2011 to 2013. She paid $16,000 in restitution when she…
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Fast Forward Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam Steps Down
The chief rabbi of Amsterdam, who has seen his authority diminished in recent years, said he will resign in September. Aryeh Ralbag, a New York native who has held the nonsalaried position since 2005, cited his “inability to combine other work in the United States and Israel with tasks in Amsterdam,” according to a report…
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Fast Forward White House Vows To Ignore Anti-BDS Provision on Settlements
The Obama administration will ignore a provision in a new law targeting Israel boycotters that includes entities that boycott businesses in the West Bank settlements. “By conflating Israel and ‘Israeli-controlled territories,’ a provision of the Trade Promotion Authority legislation runs counter to longstanding U.S. policy towards the occupied territories, including with regard to settlement activity,”…
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Fast Forward Israeli Settler Hit by 15-Shot West Bank Ambush Dies
The young Israeli man critically injured in a drive-by shooting by Palestinians in the West Bank has died. Malachi Moshe Rosenfeld died Tuesday afternoon, less than a day after the car he was riding in with three other men came under attack on a major West Bank road near the Shvut Rachel and Shiloh settlements….
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Fast Forward Jerusalem Arab-Jewish School Vandalized — Again
A joint Arab-Jewish school in Jerusalem was attacked for the second time in eight months. Swastikas and anti-Arab graffiti were spray-painted on the walls of the Max Rayne Hand in Hand Jerusalem School overnight Tuesday, coinciding with the last day of school. Some of the graffiti read “Arabs to slaughter” and “Arab blood is cheap.”…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi March Ordered Moved From Jewish North London
Police ordered a neo-Nazi demonstration planned for a London suburb with a large Jewish population to be moved. The decision to relocate Saturday’s demonstration from the Golders Green neighborhood of the Barnet borough to central London followed weeks of intense conversations with Barnet and British officials and law enforcement, according to Britain’s security watchdog, Community…
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Fast Forward Orange Telecom Affiliate WIll Stop Using Name in Israel
Orange announced the framework agreement on Tuesday less than a month after its CEO, Stephan Richard, said at a news conference in Cairo that his company would abandon its Israeli affiliate Partner “tomorrow morning” if not for contractual penalties, raising questions about a company boycott of Israel. Under the new agreement, Orange will pay Partner…
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Fast Forward Graffiti Found on Jewish Museum in Munich
Police in Munich are investigating a graffiti attack on an outdoor exhibit about local Jewish history. The exhibit is located in front of the Jewish museum and community center on Jakobsplatz, called the new Jewish center, in central Munich. The graffiti, which was discovered Monday, includes Hitler mustaches burned on photographs of rabbis and politicians….
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