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The Schmooze Zara Pulls Striped ‘Holocaust’ Shirt
In worst idea ever, Zara sells shirt similar to that of Nazi camp inmates. On Israeli site too http://t.co/Kqs3PfXq31 pic.twitter.com/PRuEfn6Wsr — Oren Kessler (@OrenKessler) August 27, 2014 The international clothing chain Zara has apologized for offering for sale a blue and white striped shirt with a six –pointed yellow star on the chest. The shirt,…
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Fast Forward Swedish Town Mocks Neo-Nazis With ‘Schindler’ Theme
The town hall of a Swedish city will play the theme from the Holocaust film “Schindler’s List” before and after a public meeting of a neo-Nazi party. The Party of the Swedes was scheduled to hold a public rally in Norrkoping, in central Sweden, on Tuesday. The local ruling and opposition political parties allowed the…
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Fast Forward Perelman Day School Wins Fight With Union
The National Labor Relations Board dismissed charges against a Philadelphia Jewish day school that stopped recognizing its teachers union. In an Aug. 22 letter to the attorney for the American Federation of Teachers in Pennsylvania, the NLRB’s regional director said his board has “lack of jurisdiction over” the case involving the Perelman Jewish Day School,…
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Fast Forward San Diego Chargers Announcer Uses Jewish Stereotype in On-Air Banter
Hank Bauer, a longtime radio analyst for the NFL’s San Diego Chargers, used a Jewish stereotype in an exchange with his on-air colleague. In the waning moments of Sunday’s Chargers-49ers preseason football game, play-by-play man Josh Lewin said if he were paying to attend he would not have left early, as many fans did, because…
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Fast Forward Search Continues for Missing Yeshiva Student From New Jersey
Israel Police units continued to search in the Jerusalem Forest area for a haredi Orthodox yeshiva student from Lakewood, N.J, who has been missing for four days. Aaron Sofer, 23, was last seen at noon Friday when he and a friend began climbing down a steep incline on a hiking trail. The friend called police…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Leaflets Hit Australia Jewish Suburbs
Anti-Semitic flyers were dropped in the mailboxes of private homes in Jewish suburbs in Sydney. Residents of Bondi Beach and Double Bay, which contain large numbers of Sydney’s 40,000-plus Jewish community, found the flyer in their mailboxes on Monday. “Wake up Australia,” reads the flyer. “Jews have been kicked out of countries 109 times through…
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Fast Forward Rabbinic Court Tells Lesbian Mother To Keep Children Away From Partner
A government rabbinic court in Jerusalem has issued an order prohibiting a woman from bringing her children to meet her female romantic partner. According to Israel’s Center for Women’s Justice, the rabbinic court’s order came during divorce proceedings between the woman and her husband. The couple agreed that the woman would have custody of the…
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Fast Forward Israel Lawmakers Push Hebrew-Only Bill
A group of right-wing Israeli lawmakers are proposing a bill to make Hebrew the sole official language of the state of Israel. The bill, which has the support of Knesset members from the Likud, Yisrael Beiteinu, and Jewish Home parties, would break from current law, which mandates that Arabic as well as Hebrew must be…
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