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Fast Forward Hasid Sues Florida County for Ordering Him To Shave Beard, Ditch Kippah
A Hasidic Jewish employee in a Florida sheriff’s office is suing the department for religious discrimination. Benjamin Newmark filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Fort Myers on Monday alleging that he was penalized for observing his religion and retaliated against for filing a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The American…
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Fast Forward South African Jews Blast Israel for Blocking Minister’s Trip to West Bank
Two South African Jewish organizations criticized Israel for refusing an entry visa to South Africa’s minister of higher education to visit the West Bank. In a news release Tuesday, the South African Jewish Board of Deputies and the South African Zionist Federation said Israel’s decision last week to deny Blade Nzimande a visa was “most…
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Fast Forward Republicans Slammed for Invitation to Anti-Islam Dutch Politician
The Anti-Defamation League and Jewish Democrats criticized two Republican congressmen for inviting Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician the groups decried as anti-Muslim, to speak on Capitol Hill. Wilders, who leads the Freedom Party, has said he will be a guest of Reps. Steve King, R-Iowa, and Louis Gohmert, R-Texas, on Wednesday. Think Progress, a liberal…
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Fast Forward Chabad Includes Woman in Delegation to President Obama
A Chabad delegation meeting with President Barack Obama included a veteran female educator, a nod to the president’s emphasis on the need for education for girls. The meeting at the White House Monday was led by Rabbi Abraham Shemtov, the chairman of Agudas Chassidei Chabad, the umbrella organization for the Lubavitch movement. Such delegations routinely…
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Fast Forward Racist JCC Gunman Plans Guilty Plea To ‘Put Jews on Trial’
Frazier Glenn Miller, the white supremacist charged with murdering three people outside two Kansas City-area Jewish institutions, said he will change his plea to guilty. Miller told the Associated Press by phone from jail that he wants to speak in court about why he committed the crimes and is concerned about a long trial due…
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Fast Forward Facebook Bans Ukrainian Slur for Jews
Facebook has taken down dozens of pages containing a Russian-language phrase that combines a Ukrainian pejorative for “Jew” with the name of a nationalist whose troops murdered Jews. The removal of pages containing the phrase “Zhidbanderovets” occurred on April 22 after it was deemed by Facebook to violate the social network’s community standards against offensive…
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Fast Forward Russia Rabbi Leads 500 Shoppers at Paris Rampage Kosher Supermarket
Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar is slated to lead a delegation of 500 young Jews to the Hyper Cacher supermarket near Paris where four Jewish shoppers were murdered. The delegation of 18-28 year olds from across Russia is scheduled to leave from Moscow on May 1 for Poland, Berlin and France, Lazar told JTA. In…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Orthodox Neighborhood Has Highest Birth Rate in New York City
A heavily haredi Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn boasts New York City’s highest birth rate. Boro Park, which is known for its sizable Orthodox Jewish population, has 27.9 births per 1,000 residents, making it “easily the city’s baby capital,” according to the New York Post. Citing 2013 data, the Post reported that the city’s overall birth…
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