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Fast Forward Yad Vashem Among World’s Top 10 Museum
Israel’s Holocaust museum and memorial, Yad Vashem, was ranked by the website TripAdvisor as one of the top ten museums in the world. Yad Vashem, located in Jerusalem, was ranked tenth out of 25 museums selected as part of TripAdvisor’s “Travelers’ Choice” awards, based upon online ratings and comments by tourists and travelers. It is…
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Fast Forward The Lancet Won’t Retract Anti-Israel Letter on Gaza Despite Authors’ Radical Ties
The Lancet will not retract a letter slamming Israeli policy in Gaza in light of evidence tying two of the authors to support for white supremacist David Duke. The British medical journal’s editor, Dr. Richard Horton, dismissed evidence that two of the five authors of “An open letter for the people of Gaza,” published in…
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Fast Forward Just 12 Jews Remain in Egypt
Only 12 Jews remain in Egypt, the remnant of a community of some 100,000 that lived there until the 1950s, the community’s leader said. “We are dying, we are drowning, we are finished,” Jewish community head Magda Haroun told the BBC in an interview broadcast on Sept. 18. Haroun told the BBC that her “first…
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Fast Forward French Chief Rabbi Compares ISIS to Nazis
French Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia made an urgent plea to Europe to defend non-Muslims in the Middle East, whom he likened to Holocaust victims. Speaking Sunday at the Grand Synagogue in Paris at a commemoration for Holocaust victims, Korsia cited the Yazidis’ plight in Iraq as an example of a minority group in need of…
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Fast Forward Lithuania Parliament Votes in Favor of Kosher Slaughter
The parliament in Lithuania passed a law permitting ritual slaughter in the country, spurring a protest by animal rights activists. The measure passed Tuesday stipulates that animals can be killed by slitting their throat without first being stunned — a requirement in religious Jewish law and by observant Muslims — the Baltic News Service reported….
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Fast Forward Israeli-Palestinian Ceasefire Talks Begin in Cairo
Indirect cease-fire negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians resumed in Cairo despite Palestinian threats to suspend them over Israel’s killing of two Palestinians accused in the murder of three Israeli teens. The talks began Tuesday afternoon. They started two hours later than scheduled while the Palestinian delegation decided whether to boycott over the deaths earlier…
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Fast Forward Israel Air Force Shoots Down Syrian Warplane in Israeli Airspace
The Israel Air Force shot down a Syrian warplane that infiltrated Israeli airspace. The plane crossed the border Tuesday morning. The Israel Air Force fired a Patriot anti-aircraft missile at the warplane, hitting it and shooting it down, according to the IDF. The breach of Israel’s border with Syria “is a continuation of the growing…
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Fast Forward Greek Neo-Nazi Shown Training Children To Perform ‘Heil Hitler’ Salute
A Greek newspaper has released a video apparently showing a senior Golden Dawn leader teaching two small children how to give the Nazi salute and chant “Heil Hitler.” The video released by the Kathimerini paper on Monday was apparently shot on the cell phone of party deputy leader Christos Pappas and is part of the…
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