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Fast Forward Tufts Hit by Swastika Vandals for Third Time
Swastikas were found spray-painted on a Tufts University building for the third time in nearly two years. The latest swastikas were found Saturday morning on the back wall of the Lewis Hall dormitory on the Somerville, Mass., campus, Boston.com reported. In June, swastikas were found on the university’s Granoff Family Hillel Center. In April 2013,…
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Fast Forward Ireland Holocaust Ceremony Will Mention Israel After All
Despite initial guidelines banning the mention of Israel, speakers at a Holocaust commemoration ceremony in Ireland in January will refer to the Jewish state. The Holocaust Education Trust Ireland, responding to complaints after a website published a letter indicating that the event’s longtime master of ceremonies should “not refer to the Jewish state or the…
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Fast Forward Claims Conference Boost Holocaust Grants by 21%
The Claims Conference will increase its allocations to social service organizations serving Jewish Holocaust survivors by 21 percent over last year. The allocations for 2015 will total $365 million, a raise of $80 million over 2014, the president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Julius Berman, announced in a statement. Additional allocations…
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Fast Forward Phil Stern, Photographer to Stars, Dies at 95
Photographer Phil Stern, known for his candid shots of Hollywood stars and jazz musicians, has died. Stern died Saturday in Los Angeles at the age of 95 after an extended hospital stay. Stern worked as a combat photographer for the Army newspaper “Stars and Stripes” during World War II, where he served as a U.S….
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Fast Forward Jewish Singer Left Sydney Cafe Moments Before Hostage Drama
Jewish communities in Australia remained under lockdown as a hostage crisis continued at a café in Sydney. The Community Security Group, which handles security for the Jewish communities of Australia, raised the threat level to severe on Monday after an apparent Islamist gunman entered a café in downtown Sydney and took dozens of hostages, the…
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Fast Forward Steven Sotloff’s Parents To Light Miami Menorah
The parents of Steven Sotloff, the Jewish journalist who was beheaded by a member of ISIS, will light a public menorah in Miami in his memory. Arthur and Shirley Sotloff will light the first candle of Hanukkah Tuesday night at the Chabad center in Miami. “Steve was a proud Jew who always enjoyed the holidays,”…
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Fast Forward Women of the Wall Won’t Get Hanukkah Candle-Lighting at Kotel
A request by Women of the Wall to hold a Hanukkah candle-lighting ceremony in the women’s section of the holy site was denied. Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz, the rabbinic authority of the Western Wall and holy places, denied its request, Women of the Wall said in a statement Sunday. According to the group, Rabinowitz said the…
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Fast Forward Eli Yishai Leaving Shas, Launching New Party for Elections
Eli Yishai will leave the Shas party he once headed and has registered to run in the March elections with a new party. The new party is called Maran, the title used to refer to Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, the late spiritual leader of Shas, the Times of Israel reported. On Sunday, nine of Shas’ 11…
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