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Fast Forward Jewish South Africa Publication Apologizes For Op-Ed Comparing Desmond Tutu to Hitler
A Jewish publication in South Africa apologized for an Op-Ed that compared Archbishop Desmond Tutu to Adolf Hitler. The online publication South African Jewish Report posted the apology Friday on its website and removed the opinion piece, written by Leon Reich, chairman of Likud South Africa. According to the Mail & Guardian newspaper, Reich in…
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Fast Forward Ehud Olmert Will Remain Free Until He Exhausts Appeals, Court Rules
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will remain out of prison until he has exhausted his appeals, the country’s Supreme Court ruled. The seven other men also appealing their convictions in the Holyland affair will stay out of prison as well, the court ruled on Monday. Olmert was sentenced in May to six years in…
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Fast Forward Rocket Fired in Syria Lands in Israeli Golan Heights
A rocket fired in Syria as part of its civil war struck Israel near the Quneitra crossing in the Golan Heights. No injuries or damage were reported from the rocket, which stuck Israel on Monday morning. On Friday night a mortar shell struck Israel on the Golan, where a number of rockets and mortar shells…
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Fast Forward Why Are So Many French Jews Voting for Front National?
The number of Jews who voted for the far-right National Front party soared in the most recent presidential election from the previous two votes, surveys showed. In the surveys of French Jews, some 13.5 percent of 1,095 respondents who self-identified as Jews said they voted for National Front President Marine Le Pen in the 2012…
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Fast Forward Merkel at Berlin Rally: Anti-Semitism Is ‘Outrageous Scandal’
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany told thousands at a rally in central Berlin that it was the German state’s duty to fight anti-Semitism. “That people in Germany are threatened and abused because of their Jewish appearance or their support for Israel is an outrageous scandal that we won’t accept,” Merkel said Sunday at the rally…
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Fast Forward Dutch Police Release Israeli Rabbi Fleeing Sex Crimes Accusations
Dutch police released Eliezer Berland, a rabbi who had been arrested because he is wanted for questioning in Israel in connection with alleged sex crimes. Berland, founder of the Shuvu Bonim religious seminary in Israel and a member of the Breslov Hasidic sect, was released Friday. His passport, however, remained with the Dutch police until…
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Fast Forward 300 Hollywood Stars Slam Hamas for Conflict With Israel
Some 300 Hollywood elite published an ad in The New York Times holding Hamas responsible for the “devastating loss of life” in the latest Hamas-Israel conflict. Actors to directors to studio heads signed the statement, which was sponsored by the Creative Community for Peace, a group found by the Forward in October 2013, to be…
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Fast Forward Citing Shabbat, CUNY Graduate Students Delay Boycott Israel Vote
A student group at the City University of New York postponed a vote on a boycott resolution of Israel because it would have taken place on the Jewish Sabbath. About 100 people attended the meeting of the Doctoral Students’ Council on Friday evening and debated the “Resolution for the Endorsement of Boycott of Israeli Academic…
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