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Fast Forward Israel President Hitches Ride to Polish Museum Opening
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin is set to leave on his first official visit abroad on the plane of his Polish counterpart. Rivlin earlier this week accepted Bronislaw Komorowski’s offer to give him a ride on his plane to the unveiling of the core display of Warsaw’s new Jewish museum on Oct. 28, the Israeli daily…
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Fast Forward 4 Weeks in Jail for ‘Hitler Was Right’ Tweet
A 21-year-old British man was sentenced to four weeks in jail for sending an anti-Semitic tweet to a Jewish member of Parliament. Garron Helm pleaded guilty Monday to sending the offending message to Labour Party member Luciana Berger. In addition to the jail sentence, Helm was ordered to pay Berger $128. The tweet, which called…
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Fast Forward Majority of Denmark Citizens Want Circumcision Banned, Poll Says
A new poll indicates that 74 percent of Denmark’s citizens believe circumcision should be fully or partially banned. The survey was released Tuesday, the day before a parliamentary hearing believed to be a potential first step in implementing a circumcision ban. Two Danish parties favor a ban, while others are divided on the issue. Only…
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Fast Forward Palestinian-American Student Alleges Anti-Muslim Assault at Brooklyn Arena
A Palestinian-American student alleged that she was assaulted by a group of Jewish fans at a Brooklyn arena during an exhibition basketball game between the host Nets and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv. Nerdeen Kiswani, 20, said that she was punched in the stomach and had a Palestinian flag taken from her hands during the Oct….
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Slams Mahmoud Abbas For Light Rail Attack in Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for the light rail attack in Jerusalem that killed a 3-month-old girl. The Prime Minister’s Office spokesman, Ofir Gendelman, on his official Twitter feed identified the driver of the car that crashed Wednesday into the Ammunition Hill station in northern Jerusalem as a Hamas…
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Fast Forward Infant Killed, 8 Wounded in Suspected Terror Attack in Israel
A baby was killed and eight people injured when a car slammed into pedestrians at a Jerusalem light railway stop on Wednesday, emergency services said, in what police described as a “terrorist attack.” The driver was shot by police as he tried to flee the scene on foot and was in serious condition in hospital,…
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Fast Forward Delta Flight Delayed After Haredim Refuse to Sit Next to Opposite Sex
A Delta Airlines flight to Israel was delayed after haredi Orthodox men and women deplaned rather than sit next to members of the opposite sex. The flight Monday night from New York’s Kennedy Airport arrived more than an hour late on Tuesday afternoon due to the incident, Haaretz reported. After the haredi passengers decided to…
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Fast Forward NBC Photographer With Jewish Roots Recovers From Ebola Virus
The NBC photographer with a biological Jewish father who was diagnosed with Ebola is free of the virus. Ashoka Mukpo is expected to leave the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha on Wednesday, Reuters reported. He arrived there from Liberia on Oct. 6. Mukpo was the first U.S. journalist known to have contracted Ebola. He is…
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