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Fast Forward Minister Louis Farrakhan Blames 9/11 Attacks on ‘Zionist Jews’
The Anti-Defamation League condemned Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan as the “leading anti-Semite in America” after a speech in which he blamed “Israelis and Zionist Jews” for the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “At a time when anti-Semitic attitudes are at historic lows, Farrakhan’s unabashed promotion of anti-Semitism is a throwback to the…
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Fast Forward Empire Kosher Sold to Natural Foods Giant
The Hain Celestial Group has bought Empire Kosher Poultry, Inc., the largest kosher poultry producer in the United States. Hain Celestial, one of the country’s largest sellers of natural and organic foods, had owned roughly 20 percent of EK Holdings, Inc., Empire Kosher Poultry’s parent corporation, before announcing on Wednesday that it had purchased the…
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Fast Forward Dutch Muslim Students Resist Holocaust Education
A number of Dutch schools refrain from teaching about the Holocaust because of resistance from Muslim pupils, teachers told lawmakers. The centrist Christian Union party held a roundtable discussion about Holocaust education with teachers and other professionals Wednesday in parliament in The Hague, The Algemeen Dagblad daily reported. “Holocaust survivor Bloeme Evers does not dare…
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Fast Forward BBC Reporter Defends Tweet Claiming Benjamin Netanyahu Played ‘Holocaust Card’
A BBC journalist defended his claim that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exploited the Holocaust to further his agenda. Jeremy Bowen, the Middle East editor for the British Broadcasting Corporation, made the claim on Twitter on Tuesday, during Netanyahu’s speech to the U.S. Congress decrying nuclear talks with Iran. Netanyahu pointed to Holocaust memoirist and…
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Fast Forward Cardinal Edward Egan, Archbishop of New York Who Had ‘Cool’ Ties to Jews, Dies at 82
Cardinal Edward Egan, who served as the archbishop of New York from 2000 to 2009, has died at age 82. Egan died Thursday in Manhattan of cardiac arrest, according to a statement by the Archdiocese of New York. Egan’s position as the archbishop of New York placed him, de facto, in one of the country’s…
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Fast Forward Iran Says It ‘Saved Jews’ 3 Times in History
In an extensive interview, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Israel of supporting terrorism, said Iran does not want to produce a nuclear weapon and praised his country for protecting Jews. Speaking to NBC News’ Ann Curry Wednesday, Zarif said the current Israeli regime “should be annihilated” but insisted that Iran harbors no ill…
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Fast Forward Hungary Holocaust Museum Gives Collaborators a Free Pass
Hungarian Jewish leaders are criticizing a new Holocaust museum under construction in Budapest for omitting the culpability of Hungarians in the attempted genocide of the Jews. The museum in Budapest, called House of Fates, is nearly complete, but the planned exhibition focuses only on the last period of the Holocaust in Hungary, starting in 1944,…
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Fast Forward 2 Pre-World War II Polish Torah Scrolls Restored
The Foundation for the Preservation of Jewish Heritage in Poland will save two pre-World War II Torah scrolls using a grant received from the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland. The Torah scrolls are originally from Zamosc and Zwierzyniec. After restoration the Zamosc scroll will be exhibited in a display case in the…
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