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Fast Forward Swastikas, Slurs Scrawled at John Jay College
Swastikas and anti-Semitic slurs were discovered drawn on the campus of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan. The hate messages discovered last week also included racist and homophobic messages, WCBS-TV in New York reported. The college’s vice president, Lynette Cook-Francis, met with representatives of the groups that were targeted in the hate…
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Fast Forward Malmo Jewish Funerals Get Protection After Threats
Swedish police posted officers at a Jewish cemetery in Malmo after mourners said they had been intimidated there by passers-by. The alleged intimidation occurred on March 10 at Malmo’s Ostra, or eastern, Jewish cemetery, the online edition of the Expressen daily reported Saturday. Two police officers stationed at the cemetery saw two cars speed off…
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Fast Forward Greek Jews Mark 72 Years Since Thessaloniki Round-Ups
The Greek city of Thessaloniki remembered its nearly 50,000 Jews sent to Nazi death camps during World War II. A memorial marking the 72nd anniversary of the roundup and deportation of Thessaloniki Jews was held Saturday. Participants placed flowers on train tracks where the Jews were taken away in cattle cars headed for Auschwitz-Birkenau, The…
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Fast Forward Yeshiva U. Board Backs Richard Joel Despite Faculty No-Confidence Vote
The Yeshiva University board of trustees issued a statement in support of President Richard Joel after the undergraduate faculty overwhelmingly passed a no-confidence resolution against him. Board chairman Dr. Henry Kressel, in a letter accompanying the board’s message issued Friday, called the vote that day of the faculty of Yeshiva College at Yeshiva University “an…
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Fast Forward Michael Douglas Says Son Suffered Anti-Semitic Attack in Europe
Actor Michael Douglas spoke out against anti-Semitism in an Op-Ed in the Los Angeles Times. Douglas recalled that last summer his son, Dylan, was verbally assaulted at a pool at a resort in southern Europe because he was wearing a Star of David necklace. “Afterward, I sat down with my son and said: ‘Dylan, you…
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Fast Forward Copenhagen Girl Whose Bat Mitzvah Was Marred by Terror Is Feted in Israel
The bat mitzvah girl whose celebration in Copenhagen ended abruptly after the shooting death of a volunteer synagogue guard was feted in Israel. Hannah Bentow, 13, on Sunday night in Jerusalem had a ceremony and a dance party for girls and women with a DJ. The party took place at the headquarters of the Matan…
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Fast Forward At Odds Over Iran, Netanyahu Tried To Nix Mossad Briefing for U.S. Senators
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly tried to cancel a Mossad briefing for visiting U.S. senators because of the Israeli security agency’s warnings on an Iran sanctions bill. Netanyahu removed the Jan. 19 briefing from the itinerary of six senators visiting Israel, led by Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Time…
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Fast Forward Security Costs ‘Bankrupt’ European Jewish Communities: U.S. Anti-Semitism Envoy
Jewish communities in Europe are “being bankrupted” by the need to provide security for their institutions, the U.S. special envoy on anti-Semitism said. “Every Jewish community in Western Europe certainly needs security support,” said Ira Forman, the State Department’s special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism, said Friday in Stockholm, the French news agency AFP…
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