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Fast Forward Jewish Gravestones Vandalized in Britain
Gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in England were painted with swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti, and some were toppled. The vandalism in Manchester was discovered Monday; it is believed the attack occurred on Sunday or early Monday. A similar attack occurred earlier this month, according to the Manchester Evening News. Inspector Mike Reid of the Greater…
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Fast Forward Orthodox ‘Chained Wife’ Launches Social Media Battle for ‘Get’ Religious Divorce
An Orthodox Jewish woman in New York has launched a campaign on social media to force her husband to give her a religious divorce. Friends of Rivky Stein, 24, of Brooklyn, launched a Facebook page earlier this month calling on her common-law husband, Yoel Weiss, 31, to grant her the get. Stein married Weiss in…
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Fast Forward 83-Year-Old Attacked at German Pro-Israel March
Members of a German pro-Israel group were injured in an attack while demonstrating solidarity with three Israeli teens kidnapped in the West Bank. A complaint was lodged with local police. The incident took place at a national “Bring Back Our Boys” rally in Hamburg on June 19, organized by the Young Forum of the German-Israel…
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Fast Forward French Comic Dieudonne Cleared of Hate Speech in Suit Aimed at YouTube
A French court dismissed a hate-speech lawsuit against a comedian who mocked the Holocaust and accused French Prime Minister Manuel Valls of supporting servitude to French Jews. The Paris Tribunal for Grand Instances delivered its ruling on the lawsuit against Dieudonne M’bala M’bala on June 20, which concerned a video that the comedian posted on…
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Fast Forward Spain’s ‘Jew Killer’ Town Plans Sephardic Center
A Spanish town which is in the process of changing its name because it contains the words “kill Jews” is promoting plans to open a Jewish studies center. Lorenzo Rodriguez, the mayor of the town of Castrillo Matajudios in northern Spain, was scheduled to present the plan at a meeting Wednesday at the seat of…
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Fast Forward Kidnapped Teen’s Mother Tells U.N. Council of ‘Nightmare’
The mother of kidnapped Israeli teen Naftali Frenkel told the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva that every boy and girl deserves to come home to their families. “It is wrong to take children – innocent boys and girls – and use them as instruments in any struggle,” Rachel Frenkel told the council on…
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Fast Forward Israeli Police Suggest Incitement Probe Against Arab-Israeli Lawmaker
Israel Police said they have enough evidence to launch an investigation for incitement against Arab-Israeli lawmaker Hanin Zoabi. Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein reportedly is expected to accept the recommendation confirmed Monday by the police about opening a probe of the Balad party lawmaker, who said last week that the kidnappers of three Israeli teens are…
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Fast Forward Prominent Syracuse Doctor Robert Neulander Charged in 2012 Murder of Wife
A prominent physician active in the Syracuse, N.Y., Jewish community was indicted for the September 2012 murder of his wife. Robert Neulander, 62, was indicted on charges of second-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence, Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said at a news conference Monday. Neulander, an obstetrician who has delivered thousands of…
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