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Fast Forward French Teacher Quits Muslim School Over ‘Charlie Had It Coming’ Hate
A teacher who taught at a French private high school for Muslims resigned because of rampant anti-Semitism and radicalism among his pupils. Soufiane Zitouni, a former teacher of philosophy at the Averroes high school in the city of Lille in northern France, revealed his reasons for quitting five months after beginning to teach there in…
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Fast Forward Nazi Drum Made From Torah Scroll Is Preserved
A Holocaust commemoration group brought from Poland to Israel a drum that was made out of a Torah scroll and belonged to a Nazi sympathizer. The drum was found last month by volunteers of the From The Depths organization in the basement of a man who lived in a village near the central Polish city…
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Fast Forward University of California Student Association Passes Divestment Resolution
The University of California Student Association passed two resolutions urging the university to divest from several countries, including Israel, the United States and Mexico. On Sunday, the association’s board of directors cited human rights violations in several countries in backing measures that urged the University of California Board of Regents to divest its funds. One…
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Fast Forward Alan Parsons Will Play Tel Aviv, Despite Roger Waters’ Objections
Alan Parsons will be playing Tel Aviv over the objections of fellow British musician Roger Waters, a BDS supporter. The Alan Parsons Project is scheduled to perform Tuesday at Nokia Arena in Tel Aviv. “Very happy to be in Tel Aviv!” Parsons tweeted Sunday. Parsons is set to collaborate on an English-language album with popular…
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Fast Forward Belgium Teacher Makes ‘Freight Wagon’ Jibe at Jewish Student
A Brussels high school teacher was summoned to appear before a local school board for telling a Jewish student, “We should put you all on freight wagons.” The incident occurred at the Belgian capital’s Emile Jacqmain school and involved a 16-year-old female student and her mathematics teacher, the La Derniere Heure magazine reported Friday. The…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Launch Boycott of Israeli Goods
The Palestinian Authority said it will boycott products manufactured by six major Israeli companies. Mahmoud Al-Aloul, a member of the Fatah Central Committee, announced the boycott on Monday of products manufactured by the Strauss Group, Tnuva, Osem, Elite, Prigat and Jafora-Tabori, the Wafa-Palestine News Agency reported. The boycott will begin Wednesday. Al-Aloul told reporters that…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Gives $40M More to Birthright
Sheldon Adelson is donating another $40 million to Birthright Israel and the Azrieli Foundation will give $5 million. The gifts for the free 10-day educational trips to Israel for Jewish young adults were announced recently. The latest donation to the Birthright Israel Foundation from Dr. Miriam and Sheldon Adelson’s Adelson Family Foundation adds to the…
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Fast Forward Britain Must Take ‘Immediate Action’ to Quash Anti-Semitism, Report States
Instituting measures to deal with hate crimes on social media and a government fund to protect synagogues are among 35 recommendations offered by a British parliamentary inquiry into rising anti-Semitism. Britain must take immediate action to quash the rise in anti-Semitism in the country, the All-Party Parliamentary Inquiry said in its report, which was released…
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