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Fast Forward 3 Australian Chabad Rabbis Resign After Damaging Testimony About Child Abuse
Three senior Orthodox rabbis have resigned from their posts in the wake of Australia’s Royal Commission into the child sex abuse scandal at two Chabad institutions. On Monday, Rabbi Meir Shlomo Kluwgant, president of the Organization of Rabbis of Australasia, resigned from several posts after a text message was revealed during the commission’s hearings last…
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Fast Forward Christian Idaho Woman Converts Jewish Neighbor — by Attacking Her
A Boise, Idaho woman harassed and physically attacked a Jewish neighbor in order to convince her to convert to Christianity. Marguerite Haragan, 58, harassed the Jewish woman identified in a court hearing on Feb. 12 as AG first by phone calls and then by showing up at her home in Ada County. Haragan, 58, has…
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Fast Forward 30 Wisconsin Homes Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Graffiti
Anti-Semitic and racial slurs and swastikas were spray painted on at least 30 homes in Madison, Wisc. The graffiti attack occurred late Friday night and early Saturday morning, Madison police told local media. The graffiti was found on homes, cars, garage doors, mailboxes, and driveways. Total damage is estimated at more than $10,000. One of…
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Fast Forward John Boehner Admits Keeping Netanyahu Speech Secret To Stop White House From ‘Interfering’
John Boehner, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said he kept the White House out of the loop when he invited Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress because he did not want it to interfere. “I wanted to make sure that there was no interference,” Rep. Boehner (R-Ohio), said Sunday in an interview…
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Fast Forward Muslim Teen Arrested for Emailing Death Threats to French Jewish Leaders
French police have arrested a Muslim teen for emailing death threats to two Jewish leaders in France. The teen, 19, identified only as Amin, according to reports, e-mailed videos of the decapitation of Islamic State hostages to Israel’s consul-general in Marseille Barnea Hasid, and Meir Habib, a Jewish member of France’s parliament. In the e-mail,…
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Fast Forward Over 100 British Artists Announce Cultural Boycott of Israel
More than 100 British artists announced that they have launched a cultural boycott of Israel. “We will not engage in business-as-usual cultural relations with Israel. We will accept neither professional invitations to Israel, nor funding, from any institutions linked to its government,” the artists said in a letter to The Guardian newspaper on Saturday. “Now…
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Fast Forward Scholarship Endowed in Memory of IDF Lone Soldier Max Steinberg
A scholarship endowment fund has been established in memory of Max Steinberg, an American lone soldier killed in Gaza during the summer’s Operation Protective Edge. The Max Steinberg Memorial Scholarship Endowment Fund was established by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in partnership with the fallen soldier’s parents, Stuart and Evelyn, and his siblings, Paige and…
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Fast Forward Israel Cabinet Approves $46 Million Europe Immigration Plan
Israel’s Cabinet approved a more than $46 million plan to encourage immigration and to adapt the absorption process to Jews from France, Belgium and Ukraine. The plan was approved Sunday, hours after a gunman killed a volunteer Jewish guard at a synagogue in Copenhagen. “We say to Jews, to our brothers and sisters: Israel is…
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