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Fast Forward Ben Carson Compares U.S. to Nazi Germany
Dr. Ben Carson, who is considering a 2016 Republican presidential run, reiterated his provocative opinion that the United States is comparable to Nazi Germany. Carson, asked Wednesday in an interview Wednesday with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer whether he would like to qualify or retract his comparison, said “absolutely not.” In March, the prominent retired neurosurgeon and…
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Fast Forward Eric Cantor’s Son Belongs to University of Virginia Fraternity in Rape Scandal
A son of the former congressman Eric Cantor is a member of the University of Virginia fraternity at the center of a high-profile rape scandal. Michael “Mikey” Cantor, whose father until recently was the sole Jewish Republican in Congress, belongs to Phi Kappa Psi at the Charlottesville school, according to The Daily Caller website. The…
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Fast Forward New York Rabbis Join Protest of Eric Garner Decision
Several high-profile New York rabbis are scheduled to join a Manhattan protest of a grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer who killed Eric Garner, an unarmed black man. The march set for Thursday night on the heavily Jewish Upper West Side neighborhood is being coordinated by the Jews for Racial & Economic…
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Fast Forward Arab-Israeli Man Indicted For Attempted Lynching of Jewish Motorist
An Arab-Israeli man was indicted for the attempted lynching of a Jewish man who drove past the village of Taibe. Muhammed Haj-Yihyeh, 21, was indicted Thursday on charges of aggravated assault, vandalism, and mayhem for the Nov. 9 incident in which the Jewish driver attempted to avoid burning tires on a major highway during Arab…
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Fast Forward Ukraine Jews Wait in Cold for Aid Packages
Several hundred Jews braved sub-freezing temperatures to receive aid packages at the synagogue of the besieged city of Lugansk. The distribution of basic necessities on Wednesday by administrators from the east Ukrainian city’s Jewish community drew approximately 300 recipients, who stood in line for over an hour in sub-freezing temperatures, the community’s rabbi and Chabad…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Museum Gets Biggest-Ever $25M Gift
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will increase its educational programming in the U.S. and abroad with a $25 million gift, the largest in the museum’s history. The gift, from the William Levine family of Phoenix, will be used to expand and diversify its reach, especially to young people, according to the museum. The museum’s…
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Fast Forward French Prime Minister Cites Anti-Semitism in Paris Rape
French Prime Minister Manuel Vals said that the suspected rape and robbery of a young Jewish woman near Paris shows the need to combat anti-Semitism. Vals made the statement Thursday on Twitter in reaction to a suspected break-in in the Paris suburb of Creteil, which prosecutors said was carried out by three men who selected…
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Fast Forward Oil Spill Damages Israel Desert Nature Reserve
An oil spill from a pipeline into a desert nature reserve near Eilat is being called one of Israel’s worst environmental disasters. The Eilat –Ashkelon pipeline ruptured Wednesday night next to the Evrona reserve, on the border with Jordan. The break occurred during maintenance work on the pipeline that runs between the Mediterranean and Red…
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