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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivor Sparks Anger by Embracing Auschwitz Accountant
A Holocaust survivor who publicly forgave and embraced a 93-year-old former Nazi officer on trial has angered plaintiffs in the case after saying the government should stop the prosecution. Eva Mozes Kor, who had been one of 50 Auschwitz survivors bringing charges against Oskar Groening, a concentration camp guard who has been described as the…
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Fast Forward Berlin Police Order Soccer Fans Not To Display Israel Flag
Police in Berlin have apologized to German fans of the Ingolstadt Soccer Club for making them roll up the Israeli flag they were displaying during a match in the city. Almog Cohen, an Israeli who plays for Ingolstadt, reportedly tweeted in Hebrew after Sunday’s incident in the game against Union Berlin that a stadium marshal…
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Fast Forward Disgruntled Worker Stabs Ex-Colleague at Philadelphia Day School
A former employee at the Barrack Hebrew Academy stabbed a worker and threw bleach in his face at the suburban Philadelphia day school. The incident in the kitchen at the nondenominational Jewish high school in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, occurred Monday just before 10 a.m., Philly.com reported, citing the Radnor Township Police. The victim, who was…
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Fast Forward George W. Bush Says Sanctions on Iran Should Stay
Former President George W. Bush said a deal with Iran should not have sanctions rollbacks. “It’s ridiculous to think once you end sanctions they’re gone,” Bush said at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual spring forum in Las Vegas on Saturday night. The session was off the record, but attendees shared parts of the Bush’s question-and-answer…
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Fast Forward American Diplomat Says Defending Israel Tougher Without 2-State Commitment
A new Israeli government that does not back a two-state solution will make the U.S. job of defending Israel “a lot tougher,” according to a top State Department official. Wendy Sherman, the undersecretary of state leading Iran talks, on Monday addressed the biennial of the Reform movement’s Religious Action Center. “We have always had Israel’s…
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Fast Forward Moscow Limmud Is Second-Largest in World
The Limmud Jewish learning conference in Moscow attracted nearly 1,500 participants, making it the second-largest event of its kind worldwide. The three-day event, which closed Sunday at a resort just outside the Russian capital, was the largest Limmud event ever held outside Britain, Limmud International confirmed. “It’s an amazing achievement considering that nine years ago…
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Fast Forward French Jew Beaten After Leaving Synagogue
A French Jewish man from suburban Paris area told police he was assaulted by younger Arabs outside his synagogue. The complainant, identified as Salomon Z., 53, in a report about the incident by the National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, said he was assaulted on Saturday after attending Sabbath morning services at the…
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Fast Forward Stanford Jewish Fraternity Hit by Swastika Vandals
Swastikas along with personal slurs and epithets were painted on a fraternity house on the Stanford University campus. The graffiti was discovered on the Sigma Alpha Epsilon house on Saturday night by fraternity members, the Stanford Daily reported on its website Sunday. “I am deeply troubled by the act of vandalism, including symbols of hate,…
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