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Fast Forward Man Fires BB Gun at Baltimore Jews Leaving Synagogue
A man fired a BB gun and shouted “Jews, Jews, Jews” at three Jewish teens leaving a synagogue in Baltimore in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime. One of the pellets from the BB gun struck a window of the Bais Hamedrash and Mesivta of Baltimore, a traditional Orthodox institution located in…
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Fast Forward Dutch Schools Opt Out of Charity Drive Funding ‘Anti-Israel’ Groups
The schools of a Dutch town opted out of a charity campaign which municipal officials said collects funds for anti-Israeli groups. All six schools in the town of Urk, located 20 miles northeast of Amsterdam, decided this year not to participate in a fundraising campaign organized by the Kinderpostzegels Association, the Omroep Flevoland broadcaster reported…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Heads to U.N. To ‘Refute All the Lies’ About Israel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would “refute all the lies” being directed at Israel in his upcoming address to the United Nations General Assembly. Netanyahu made the remarks two days after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in his speech to the General Assembly accused Israel of committing a “war of genocide” in Gaza. Netanyahu…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama All But Ignores Iran ‘Threat’ in United Nations Speech
President Obama devoted the bulk of his U.N. speech to the fight violent Islamic extremism and all but ignored the subject of Iran’s nuclear program. Tehran’s nuclear pursuits were a major focus of Obama’s address last year at the U.N. General Assembly, but at this year’s General Assembly, Iran got just a couple of lines…
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Fast Forward Barack Obama Says ‘Shana Tova’ to Jewish World
President Obama in Jewish New Year greetings spoke of a challenging past year and new hope. “As Jews across America, Israel, and the world gather together for the High Holidays, Michelle and I extend our warmest wishes to you and your families for a sweet and happy new year,” Obama said from the White House…
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Fast Forward Benjamin Netanyahu Lauds Sacrifice for Israel in Rosh Hashanah Message
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in Rosh Hashanah greetings spoke of the painful year that passed and pledged his nation’s support to Diaspora Jews dealing with virulent anti-Semitism. “Over the past few months, three of our teenagers were kidnapped and brutally murdered, thousands of rockets were fired at our country and too many of…
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Fast Forward Mississippi Rabbi Ordered To Leave Restaurant in ‘Jew Size’ Flap
A rabbi in Jackson, Miss. said he was thrown out of a local restaurant due to his religion. Rabbi Ted Riter of the Beth Israel Congregation told local media that an employee of Wraps, a Jackson restaurant, asked him if he wanted “a full size or a Jewish size” when he ordered a Greek salad….
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Fast Forward Hasidic Pilgrims Fined $15K for Ukraine Tent City
The Jewish community of Uman paid the city approximately $15,000 in fines for erecting an unlicensed tent city for holiday pilgrims. The payment is part of a compromise reached last week between city officials, the Rabbi Nachman International Charitable Foundation and quality-of-government activists who lobbied to have the tent city dismantled, Rabbi Shimon Buskila of…
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