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Fast Forward Rising Anti-Semitism Threatens Europe, Samantha Power Says
Rising anti-Semitism in Europe threatens not only Jews but overall European values, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, said at a conference on anti-Semitism in Berlin. The event, which concluded Thursday, was organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe to mark the 10th anniversary of the first OSCE conference…
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Fast Forward Anti-Israel Signs Vandalized at Cornell
Signs critical of Israel posted by Students for Justice in Palestine on the Cornell campus were torn down several times. SJP originally posted the signs on the school’s Arts Quad on the morning of Oct. 29, according to a report by Cornell’s student newspaper, the Daily Sun. Another student took down the signs later that…
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Food Kosher Sushi Place Firebombed in Paris
Courtesy of Zekaï Hours after the attempted arson of a Paris kosher restaurant, a group of French teenagers assaulted a Jewish adolescent outside a school. Unidentified vandals tried to burn down the Zekaï sushi restaurant in the 17th arrondissement located 4 miles west of the school, according to a report of the incident by the…
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Fast Forward Hungary Jewish Leader Charges Fraud at Historic Synagogue
The head of Budapest’s Jewish community said he filed a complaint with police alleging fraud and embezzlement at the historic Dohany Street Synagogue. David Schwezoff told the Hungarian media last week that the community was at least $400,000 short in ticket revenues from visitors to the synagogue, the Nepszava newspaper reported Monday. The president of…
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Fast Forward Portland Murder-Suicide Stuns Jewish Community
A Portland, Oregon, Jewish day school has brought in counselors for teachers and students after a Jewish father killed his wife and turned the gun on himself after fleeing with their two children. Portland police say that Ian Elias, 47, killed his ex-wife, Nicolette Elias, 46, at her home and then fled across town with…
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Fast Forward German Envoy Plans Visit to Nazi Graves in Holland
Germany’s ambassador to the Netherlands is slated to attend a commemoration at a cemetery where many SS soldiers are buried. Amb. Franz Josef Kremp is supposed to attend the commemoration on Nov. 16 at the Ysselsteyn cemetery near Eindhoven in the eastern Netherlands, a cemetery for victims of World War II. He is, according to…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Accuse Mahmoud Abbas of Incitement
U.S. Jewish groups condemned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for incitement. Several groups also expressed concern over the escalation of terror and tension in Jerusalem and throughout Israel. “Mahmoud Abbas and other Palestinian officials must end their inciteful comments,” said Robert Sugarman and Malcolm Hoenlein, chairman and executive vice chairman, respectively, of the Conference of…
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Fast Forward Reuven Rivlin Tells Reform Leaders ‘We’re One Family’
“We are all one family,” Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin told leaders of the Reform movement at his residence in Jerusalem. “I can say to all of you, we are one family and the connection between all Jews, all over the world, is very important to the State of Israel,” Rivlin said Tuesday while hosting over…
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