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Fast Forward Martin Gilbert, British Historian Who Wrote Biography of Winston Churchill, Dies at 78
British historian Sir Martin Gilbert, who studied the Holocaust and was the official biographer of Winston Churchill, has died. Gilbert died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 78. Gilbert, the author of 80 books, wrote on the subjects of the Holocaust, World War I and World War II, and Jewish history. Among his books…
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Fast Forward Right-Wing British Party Calls for Kosher Slaughter Ban
Britain’s right-wing UKIP party has come out in support of passing legislation that would ban the production of ritually slaughtered meat. The move by UKIP, or the United Kingdom Independence Party, came Tuesday in a statement sent to media, which made UKIP the first major political party in the country to call for a ban…
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Fast Forward Italian Premier Pays Tribute to 2-Year-Old 1982 Synagogue Terror Victim
New Italian President Sergio Mattarella, in his inaugural speech to Parliament, remembered a Jewish boy killed in a terrorist attack . Mattarella, who was elected Sunday by the parliament, in his first speech before parliament Tuesday during his inauguration, remembered Stefano Gaj Tache, a 2-year-old Jewish boy killed in an attack on the Great Synagogue…
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Fast Forward Republicans Ignored ADL Concerns Over Trip to Israel Led by ‘Hate Group’
The Anti-Defamation League asked the Republican National Committee to reconsider an Israel trip sponsored by a group associated with attacks on gays and minorities. “Groups promoting anti-Muslim, anti-LGBT, anti-Mormon hate from their platforms seem an inappropriate partner for what was meant to be a positive effort,” Politico in an article on Tuesday quoted ADL’s Washington…
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Fast Forward French Firm Blames Hackers for ‘If Possible Not Jewish’ Ad
A Paris graphic design company said that hackers were responsible for a job advertisement that called for applicants who are “if possible not Jewish.” NSL Studio tweeted Monday morning that it would never have posted an advertisement with that kind of “discriminatory message.” The ad called for someone “rigorous,” “well-organized,” “motivated” and, among other things,…
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Fast Forward Seattle Jewish Population Soars by 70%
A study found that Seattle’s Jewish population has increased by 70 percent since 2001. The newly released Greater Seattle Jewish Community Study, which was conducted by a research team from Brandeis University’s Cohen Center for Jewish Studies, tallied the region’s Jewish population at 63,400. It also found that 89 percent of Jews in the area…
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Fast Forward Debbie Wasserman Schultz Dials Back Intermarriage Criticism
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz rescinded comments she made about the problems that intermarriage poses for the Jewish community. “I do not oppose intermarriage; in fact, members of my family, including my husband, are a product of it,” Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the head of the Democratic National Committee, said in a statement issued Tuesday, according to…
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Fast Forward 3 French Soldiers Stabbed at Nice Jewish Center
Three French soldiers protecting a Jewish community center in the southern French city of Nice were attacked by a knife-wielding man. One soldier was stabbed in his arm and another was cut on his face in the Tuesday afternoon attack, the French news agency AFP reported. The soldiers were on anti-terror patrol outside the JCC,…
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