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Fast Forward Copenhagen Jewish School Warns Against Wearing Kippahs
A Jewish school in Denmark informed parents that its pupils are no longer allowed to wear religious symbols near school grounds. The private Caroline School in Copenhagen informed parents of the policy in a recent letter, the Jyllands-Posten daily reported Friday. The letter said it was not permissible for students of the 7th, 8th and…
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Fast Forward British Lawmaker George Galloway Proclaims District ‘Israel-Free’
Police in Britain are looking into complaints against a lawmaker who called for his constituency to be “declared an Israel-free zone.” George Galloway of the far-left Respect Party made the call during a speech over the weekend in Leeds, prompting an investigation by West Yorkshire Police. “We don’t even want any Israeli tourists to come…
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Fast Forward Glasgow Flies Palestinian Flag for Gaza Solidarity
The city council of Glasgow, Scotland, displayed a Palestinian flag on its building in solidarity with casualties in Gaza. The council raised the flag over the City Chambers Friday, the Jewish Chronicle of London reported, in support of “innocent people who are being hurt in Gaza,” the council said. In a letter to the mayor…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Educator Elimelech Meisels Sued Over Sex Assault Claim
Rabbi Elimelech Meisels, who runs four religious seminaries in Israel for young Orthodox women, is being sued for sexual assault and fraud. The civil suit was filed Monday with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois on behalf of four parents with daughters signed up for Meisels’ haredi Orthodox seminaries for the…
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Fast Forward Far Right-Winger Geert Wilders Dumped From Dutch Anti-Semitism Push
‘ A Dutch Jewish group dropped the politician Geert Wilders from a petition against anti-Semitism. The Center for Information and Documentation on Israel, or CIDI, had approached Wilders for his signature along with other well-known Dutchmen. But the group dropped Wilders’ name when the petition appeared on Thursday as a full-page ad in De Telegraaf…
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Fast Forward 150 Eastern Ukraine Jews Flee to Israel
At least 150 Jews who fled fighting in eastern Ukraine are expected to land in Israel next month in one of the largest group of arrivals of its kind this year. Many of the would-be immigrants, who will arrive aboard three flights chartered by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, are staying at a…
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Fast Forward Hamas Executes Palestinians as Israeli Spies During Gaza War
Hamas said on Thursday it had executed several Palestinians on suspicion of helping Israeli forces during the month-long Gaza war. “The spies were executed after they were caught red-handedly informing on the whereabouts of the resistance (or) disrupting the work of resistance men and defusing ambushes prepared against the enemy,” Al-Majd, a pro-Hamas website, quoted…
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Fast Forward South Africa May Charge Jews Who Serve in Israeli Army
South African authorities said they will prosecute citizens who serve in the Israel Defense Forces. The warning earlier this week came after a pro-Palestinian advocacy group opened a case against Dean Goodson of Cape Town, who reportedly is serving in the IDF. Action Forum in Support of Palestine told the South Africa Independent online that…
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