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Fast Forward CNN’s Jim Clancy Blasted for ‘Cripple at Edge of Herd’ Tweet in Israel Feud
The Twitter account of veteran CNN anchor Jim Clancy appears to have been deleted following a series of tweets in which he mocked pro-Israel tweeters on a thread discussing the Charlie Hebdo massacre. Although Clancy’s Twitter account no longer exists as of Thursday, the tweets have been preserved on a number of websites, including Twitchy…
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Fast Forward French School Bigotry Forces Families To Leave
Rampant anti-Semitism in France’s public schools and threats against Jewish ones are giving a major push to Jewish emigration, a leader of French Jewry said. Roger Cukierman, president of the CRIF federation of French Jewish communities, discussed the choices facing parents from his community on Thursday, during a conference call with members of the Conference…
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The Schmooze Oxford Press Bans Pigs and Pork References
Oxford University Press has banned references to pigs and pork in its publications in order to avoid offending Jews and Muslims. “Many of the educational materials we publish in the UK are sold in more than 150 countries, and as such they need to consider a range of cultural differences and sensitivities,” a spokesman for…
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Fast Forward Pam Geller Group Launches New Anti-Islam Ad Blitz After Paris Terror Attacks
The anti-Islam group led by Pamela Geller is running advertisements on San Francisco public buses comparing the religion to Nazism. The ads, sponsored by the American Freedom Defense Initiative, features photos of Adolf Hitler and 20th-century Palestinian Muslim leader Haj Amin al-Husseini, who opposed Zionism, with the caption “Islamic Jew-Hatred: It’s In The Quran.” The…
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Fast Forward Should European Jews Be Armed?
A Jewish lobby group asked European governments to facilitate the issuing of weapons permits for guards from within Jewish communities. Rabbi Menachem Margolin, director of the Brussels-based European Jewish Association, or EJA, made the plea in a letter he sent Tuesday to the interior ministers of the European Union, he told JTA. “We hereby ask…
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Fast Forward U.N. ‘Alarmed’ by Downward Spiral in Mideast
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is alarmed that the Israelis and Palestinians are engaged in a downward spiral of actions and counter actions and calls on both sides not to exacerbate existing divisions, a senior U.N. official said on Thursday. Israel is withholding critical tax revenue and seeking ways to bring war crimes prosecutions against Palestinian leaders…
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Fast Forward Austria May Take Over Hitler’s Childhood Home
The Austrian government could expropriate Adolf Hitler’s childhood home in an effort to ensure the house is not turned into a neo-Nazi shrine. The country’s interior ministry is looking into expropriation if the home’s owner, who has not publicly been identified, refuses to sell it to the government, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. She reportedly…
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Fast Forward Michael Douglas Wins $1M Genesis Prize
Actor and peace activist Michael Douglas has been named winner of the 2015 Genesis Prize. The decision was announced on Wednesday night by the Genesis Prize Foundation. The $ 1 million prize will be awarded by human rights activist and Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky and the prime minister of Israel in Jerusalem on June…
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