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Fast Forward Ex-FEGS Chief Sues Bankrupt Charity for $1.3M
The former chief executive of FEGS is suing the bankrupt Jewish social service agency for $1.2 million in deferred compensation. Gail Magaliff retired in late 2014, shortly before FEGS Health and Human Services — one of the largest social service providers in the United States — discovered a $19.4 million shortfall. Soon after, in late…
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Fast Forward Florida Prisons Ordered To Provide Kosher Meals to Inmates
Inmates in Florida’s prisons who request kosher meals must receive them, a federal judge in Miami ruled. U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz issued the order late last week after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections on behalf of 13 inmates. The decision is the latest following years of legal…
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Fast Forward Czech Anti-Semitic Incidents Triple in 2014
The number of anti-Semitic incidents in the Czech Republic rose by more than 200 percent last year, according to an annual report on anti-Semitism. Prague’s Jewish community released the report on Monday. In 2014, 46 such incidents were registered across the country, compared to 13 incidents the previous year. An escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict,…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Embraces Beaten Ethiopian Soldier
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the Ethiopian-Israeli soldier who was beaten by police officers for coming out against violence, calling it “true leadership.” On Monday, Netanyahu met with Damas Pakada, whose beating last week was captured on videotape. The attack spurred violent demonstrations in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Netanyahu told Pakada that he was…
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Fast Forward Rabbi’s Speech Sparks Vandalism at Copenhagen Church in Gunman’s Neighborhood
A Copenhagen church was vandalized in an anti-Semitic event hours before a rabbi was scheduled to speak there. “Free Gaza” and “Close the Death Camps” was spray-painted on the door of the Anna Church in the Copenhagen district of Nørrebro overnight Sunday, the Local reported. Bricks also were thrown through some of the church’s windows….
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Fast Forward Angela Merkel Condemns Hate at Dachau Anniversary
German Chancellor Angela Merkel condemned anti-Semitism during a ceremony to make 70 years since the liberation of the Nazis’ Dachau concentration camp. “We are all forever called upon, to never close our eyes and ears to those who today accost, threaten and attack people when they identify themselves somehow as Jews or also when they…
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Fast Forward Ilan Halimi Memorial Plaque Vandalized in Paris
A memorial plaque honoring Ilan Halimi, a young Jewish man who was kidnapped and tortured to death nearly a decade ago, was vandalized in suburban Paris. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Sunday that the plaque in Bagneux was damaged and an investigation was launched, The Associated Press reported. The plaque was erected in 2011,…
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Fast Forward Ethiopian-Israeli Protesters, Supporters Block Off Tel Aviv Roads
Major roads in central Tel Aviv were blocked off by at least 1,000 Ethiopian demonstrators and their supporters protesting police brutality against Ethiopian Israelis. The demonstration which began on Sunday afternoon comes after a Thursday night demonstration in Jerusalem which became violent. Some 5,000 demonstrators are expected in Tel Aviv by Sunday evening. Organizers have…
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