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Fast Forward Haredi School in Beit Shemesh Barred From Using Secular School Building
A Jerusalem court issued a restraining order against a haredi Orthodox girls’ school in Beit Shemesh from using part of a secular school’s building. The order issued Tuesday against the haredi school, Mishkenot Daat, was requested by the Ministry of Education, which also ordered it to close for operating without a license. The closure order…
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Fast Forward Jewish Museum of Belgium to Reopen Four Months after Fatal Shootings
The Jewish Museum of Belgium will reopen fully to the public four months after four people were killed in a shooting attack there. The Brussels museum in a statement on its website said it will reopen on Sept. 14 as part of the European Day of Jewish Culture. The European Association for the Preservation and…
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Fast Forward Shanghai Unveils Memorial to 13,700 Jewish Refugees
A memorial to the more than 13,700 Jews who fled Europe to safety in Shanghai during the Holocaust was unveiled at the Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum. The memorial was unveiled Tuesday in a public ceremony, according to local news reports. It includes a statue of six Jewish refugees, symbolizing the 6 million Jews killed by…
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Fast Forward Amulet Created By Son For His Mother in Lodz Ghetto Recovered
The existence of an amulet created in the Lodz Ghetto by a son for his mother was recently discovered. “With love to Mom, from Avram. Lodz Ghetto. March, 1943,” reads the inscription on the amulet, made from two old coins. The son apparently created the amulet for his mother so she would not forget him…
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Fast Forward Hamas More Popular Among Palestinians Than Before Gaza War: Poll
Hamas’ popularity has surged in the West Bank and Gaza since its latest conflict with Israel, a new poll found. A Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey research poll released Tuesday found that 61 percent of Palestinians would choose the Islamic terror group’s Ismail Haniyeh for president if elections were held today, the Associated Press…
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Fast Forward Kerry Discusses Rise in Anti-Semitism With Jewish Leaders
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participated in a roundtable discussion on the increase in anti-Semitism with American and European Jewish community leaders. The roundtable held Tuesday in Washington at the U.S. Department of State was convened “to address the recent sharp increase in anti-Semitic rhetoric, vandalism, and violence facing many Jewish communities worldwide,” according…
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Fast Forward Polish City Marks First Rabbinical Ordination Since World War II
In the city’s first rabbinic ordination since before World War II, four rabbis and three cantors were ordained at a ceremony in the White Stork synagogue in Wroclaw, Poland. Germany’s foreign minister and other dignitaries attended the ceremony Tuesday. The new clergy graduated from the Abraham Geiger College in Potsdam, Germany, a Reform rabbinic seminary…
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Fast Forward Stan Goldberg, Superhero of Comic Book Illustration, Dies at 82
Comic-book artist Stan Goldberg, the color designer for Marvel Comics’ classic superheroes, has died. Goldberg, known to comic-book fans as “Stan G,” died Sunday at Cavalry Hospital in the Bronx. He was 82. He was inducted into the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame and awarded with its Gold Key Award in 2012. Goldberg started…
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