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Fast Forward Sheldon Silver Steps Down as New York Assembly Speaker
New York State Assemby Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is facing corruption charges, will resign from his position. Silver, 70, was arrested Jan. 22 for allegedly receiving payments from a law firm, Goldberg & Iryami, without properly disclosing them. The arrest stems from an anti-corruption investigation launched by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2013. Silver…
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Fast Forward Theresienstadt Survivors Mark Liberation Anniversary
Dozens of survivors of the Theresienstadt concentration camp near Prague returned to the site for a ceremony commemorating the 70th anniversary of their rescue. Tuesday’s commemoration took place on International Holocaust Memorial Day, which the United Nations set in 2005 for Jan. 27 because it was on that day in 1945 that Russian army troops…
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Fast Forward Greek Leader Who Said ‘Jews Don’t Pay Taxes’ Named Defense Minister
Panos Kammenos, a right-wing politician who said Jews don’t pay taxes, was appointed the defense minister of Greece. Kammenos, who heads the ultranationalist Independent Greeks, was appointed to the post in the new government on Tuesday after joining the coalition of the newly elected far-left Syriza party, which won handily in Sunday’s national elections. While…
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Fast Forward Bulgaria Keeps Lights On To Protest Anti-Semitism
The presidential palace in Bulgaria’s capital will remain lit throughout the night of International Holocaust Memorial Day to encourage actions against anti-Semitism. The symbolic act at the Sofia residence was announced Tuesday by Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev at a meeting organized by the European Jewish Congress in Prague on the 70th anniversary of the liberation…
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Fast Forward Jewish Visits to Temple Mount Rise by 28%
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem saw nearly 11,000 Israeli Jewish visitors last year, an increase of 28 percent over 2013. The figures were released by Israel Police through a freedom of information request to the Temple Institute, an organization that encourages Jewish visits to the site and aspires to rebuild the Jewish Temple there. According…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Incidents Double in France
Last year saw a doubling of anti-Semitic incidents recorded in France, and a 60 percent increase Belgium. In France, the Jewish community’s watchdog on anti-Semitism, SPCJ, recorded in 851 incidents in 2014 compared to 423 the previous year, the group reported on its Facebook page on Tuesday, International Holocaust Memorial Day. In Belgium, the number…
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Fast Forward Boston Jewish Schools Score $11M Grant
Five Jewish day schools in Greater Boston will receive a total of $11.25 million in a challenge grant to support long-term tuition assistance for middle-class families. The gift from George Krupp, chief executive of Berkshire Property Advisors, and his wife, Liz, will go to the Jewish Community Day School, Gann Academy, Maimonides School, the Rashi…
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Fast Forward Nazi War Criminal Loses Canada Citizenship
A Nazi-era war-crimes suspect has lost an appeal to keep his Canadian citizenship. In a ruling made public on Jan. 22, Canada’s Federal Court rejected the claim of Helmut Oberlander, 90, that he served Nazi Germany under duress. The court’s verdict upheld an earlier government decision. Oberlander failed to show that he had made any…
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