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Fast Forward New Ukraine Office Will Help Immigrants Prove Jewishness
The office, which opened last week in Dnepropetrovsk, aims to facilitate the process for those seeking to immigrate to Israel under its Law of Return for Jews and their kin. It is a joint initiative of the Jewish Community of Dnepropetrovsk, the Israeli organizations Tzohar and Shorashim, and the Triguboff Institute of Australia. “It will…
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Fast Forward Four Israelis Injured In Palestinian Shooting
An Israeli man was in critical condition following a Palestinian drive-by shooting in the West Bank. Three others also were moderately wounded in the attack, which occurred late Monday night near the Shvut Rachel settlement located north of Ramallah. The victims, all in their 20s, were returning to their homes in the Kochav Hashahar settlement…
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Fast Forward $11M Jewish Center Set To Rise in Paris
An $11 million Jewish cultural institution will be built in Paris, the city’s mayor and the oldest existing Jewish organization in France announced. The European Center for Judaism will be built in the 17th arrondissement, or district, in northern Paris and is set to open in 2017, according to the announcement on Sunday by Mayor…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Attitudes Dip in France and Belgium
Anti-Semitic attitudes fell in two countries where Jews were attacked over the last year while rising significantly in Italy, Romania and the Netherlands, a new Anti-Defamation League poll found. The survey of 10,000 respondents in 19 countries in March and early April was a follow-up to the ADL’s first-ever global anti-Semitism poll released in May…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Was ‘Smuggled’ to Hospital Twice in Disguised Vans
(JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “smuggled” to medical appointments in disguised vans shortly before and after elections. Netanyahu, 65, in both cases had routine prostate examinations that found “nothing uncharacteristic for a man of his age.” In the first instance, shortly before the March 17 elections, he was transported to Mayanei Hayeshua…
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Fast Forward Alan Levine Named Chair of JTS Board
Alan Levine will take over as chair of the Board of Trustees of The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). Levine, a partner in the international firm of Cooley LLP, joined the JTS Board in 1998 and rose to vice chair in 2009. He replaces Abby Joseph Cohen, who served as chair for six years. “I am…
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Fast Forward Australian Money Man Launches Anti-Semitic Tirade at Official
A financial adviser in Australia unleashed a series of curse-laden anti-Semitic tweets at the country’s Jewish assistant treasurer. James Howarth, the head of Retirement Wealth Advisers based in Brisbane, ripped Josh Frydenberg on Sunday for his proposed law that would cut upfront commissions for financial advisers, news.com.au reported. Howarth was immediately reprimanded for his remarks,…
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Fast Forward N.Y. School District Pays $4.5M To Settle Anti-Semitism Suit
The Pine Bush Central School District in upstate New York has agreed to pay nearly $4.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging widespread anti-Semitic harassment. The 2012 lawsuit by five former and current students was due to go to trial next month. In the settlement, filed in court papers on Monday, according to The New…
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