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Fast Forward Will Australia Join Push for ‘Palestine’ State?
Jewish leaders in Australia scolded an attempt to recognize a Palestine state in federal parliament as “an exercise in empty symbolism.” Labor lawmaker Maria Vamvakinou, a co-convener of the Parliamentary Friends of Palestine group, tabled the private members’ bill in Canberra Monday calling on the Liberal government of Tony Abbott, one of Israel’s staunchest allies,…
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Fast Forward Croatia Jews Get $4M in Holocaust Restitution
Croatia will give land and an office building in Zagreb collectively valued at about $4 million to the city’s Jewish community as restitution for property expropriated during World War II. According to the World Jewish Restitution Organization, the community will receive a six-story building and a surrounding land parcel owned by the government in the…
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Fast Forward Paris Rape Suspect Borrowed Sugar From Jewish Victims
A suspect in the robbery and rape of a young couple in suburban Paris borrowed sugar from the victims days before the attack, a lawyer for the victims’ family told French media. The three suspects in the case, who reportedly are known to police, appeared in court on Wednesday and bond was set, LeMonde reported….
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Fast Forward Student Beaten With Brass Knuckles at Moscow Yeshiva
A student at the Torat Haim yeshiva near Moscow was badly beaten outside the yeshiva. Shlomo (Fyodor) Romanovsky of Belarus was in the hospital and unable to speak due to injuries suffered in the Tuesday attack, the Russian Interfax news agency reported, citing the Russian Jewish Congress. Three men who spoke a language that was…
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Fast Forward Is Alan Gross ‘At the End’ After 5 Years in Prison?
The wife of Alan Gross said “I am afraid that we are at the end” as the American-Jewish contractor marked the completion of his fifth year in a Cuban prison. Wednesday was the first day of Gross’ sixth year of a 15-year prison term for “crimes against the state.” Gross 65, of Potomac, Md., reportedly…
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The Schmooze Paris Hilton Threatened by Man Who Thinks She’s Jewish
American actress (using the term loosely here) and socialite Paris Hilton has been threatened on social media by a man who believes she is Jewish. “I know ur Jew family gives nothing” and “KILL JEWS FOR FUN” are among the threats that have been left on the Instagram account of Hilton and her father, Rick,…
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Fast Forward British Lawmakers Push Anti-Israel Sanctions
British lawmakers have called for economic sanctions and boycotts on Israel over its treatment of the Palestinians. The calls came during a three-hour debate in Parliament’s House of Commons, late on Monday, the London-based Jewish Chronicle reported. Some 30 lawmakers spoke during the session, most criticizing Israel and several comparing Israeli policies to apartheid in…
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Fast Forward U.S. Federal Guidelines Draft Recommends Male Circumcision
The benefits of male circumcision mean that the procedure should be recommended to parents of newborn boys, according to a draft of federal guidelines. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found according to the recommendations released on Tuesday that circumcision lowers the risk of getting HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, as well…
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