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Fast Forward American Jews Leave African Union Summit After Protests
An American Jewish delegation at an African Union summit left after AU delegates objected to its presence. The nine person delegation, which included Malcolm Hoenlein, the executive vice president of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish American Organizations, had been invited by summit organizers to attend this week’s events in Equatorial Guinea. Hoenlein said…
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Fast Forward Presbyterians: ‘Committed More Than Ever’ To Relationship With Jews
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) said it is “committed more than ever” to working with the Jewish community after its vote to divest from three companies doing business with Israeli security forces in the West Bank. “We believe that being in relationship with the American Jewish communities in authentic ways are central to our Christian values…
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Fast Forward Norway Jews Back Bill Regulating Circumcision
The leader of Norway’s Jewish community praised his country’s parliament for passing an act regulating ritual circumcision for boys. “The act changes the paradigm of the debate about ritual circumcision in Norway in a very positive way and is therefore very significant,” Ervin Kohn, president of the Jewish Community in Oslo, told JTA Friday. “I…
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Fast Forward Grave Robbers Target Ukraine Holocaust Victims
Grave robbers in Ukraine raided the final resting place of Jews executed en masse during the Holocaust, a Kiev-based watchdog on anti-Semitism reported. The raid occurred on June 20 near Volodymyr-Volynsky, a western city located just north of Lviv, according to Jewish Kiev group which monitors anti-Semitic attacks in Ukraine. Nazis and local collaborators were…
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Fast Forward 2 French Jews Jailed for 2012 ‘Terror’ Bomb Try
Two French Jews were sent to prison for placing a bomb in 2012 under the car of an anti-Zionist journalist in Paris. The two men, identified only by their last names, Bismuth and Benhamou, were sentenced on June 20 by a judge from the Versailles Correctional Tribunal to six months and 10 months in jail…
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Fast Forward Austalian Chabad Child Abuser Denied Appeal — Faces 5 Years in Prison
An Orthodox Australian Jew jailed for child sexual abuse offenses had his application for appeal rejected. David Samuel Cyprys was jailed last December for eight years for multiple sex crimes against nine boys, including several counts of rape against one former student. Cyprys, who was employed as security guard at the Yeshivah Center in Melbourne,…
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Fast Forward 10 Palestinians Wounded in Clashes With Israel
Israeli troops injured ten Palestinians in raids carried out in the West Bank and in shelling on targets near Gaza, Palestinian sources said. The West Bank casualties were wounded on Friday morning in clashes between Palestinians and Israel Defense Forces soldiers in the Balata refugee camp near Nablus, the Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported. The…
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News Europe Warns Against Occupation Investments
Spain and Italy bring to five the number of major European Union countries warning citizens against investment in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. Haaretz reported on Thursday that the countries joined France, Germany and Britain in issuing such advisories this year. France posted its warning earlier this week…
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