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Life Broad Smiles and Enduring Spirit at Holocaust Survivors’ Beauty Contest
To the strains of Madonna’s “Vogue”, the 13 women with a combined age of about 1,050 strutted down the runway cautiously, hindered only slightly by walking sticks and the odd dodgy hip. The third annual Holocaust survivors’ beauty pageant, honoring women who lived through the concentration camps and death marches of Nazi Germany, was held…
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Fast Forward Alan Gross Says Holocaust Legacy Helped Him Survive Cuba Prison
American former prisoner Alan Gross said remembering how his family survived the Holocaust helped him through five years of imprisonment in Cuba, where he was held on espionage charges, according to interview excerpts released on Friday. Gross, 66, spoke out in what CBS News said was his first interview since his release in December 2014…
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Fast Forward 2 Palestinians Killed After Ramming Cars Into Troops
Two Palestinians rammed vehicles into Israeli soldiers in separate attacks in the occupied West Bank on Friday and were then shot dead, Israeli police and military said. A wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence that began more than eight weeks ago has shown no end in sight. It is the worst unrest since last year’s Gaza war…
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Fast Forward Dieudonne Sentenced to Prison for Anti-Semitic Jokes
A Belgian court sentenced controversial French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala on Wednesday to two months in prison and a 9,000 euro ($9,534) fine for making anti-Semitic jokes during a comedy show in 2012. Dieudonne, known for his use of jokes based on ethnic stereotypes, has repeatedly been convicted of racism in France and fined for…
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Fast Forward John Kerry Says Israel and Palestinians at ‘Pivotal Point’
Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday said Israeli and Palestinian leaders have reached a pivotal point and it was now up to them to make important decisions that will lead to lasting peace. Kerry arrived in Boston from a one-day visit to the Middle East that included discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
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Fast Forward Donald Trump’s ‘Jewish Wingman’ Warns GOP on ‘Bad, Bad’ Attack Ads
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign warned the Republican Party on Tuesday about donors pooling funds for attack ads, saying Republicans must treat him fairly if they want to keep him from launching an independent bid. Trump lawyer Michael Cohen told CNN that if Republican donors backing different presidential candidates come together for an anti-Trump advertising campaign,…
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Fast Forward New Orleans Attacker Confesses to Shooting of Jewish Good Samaritan
A man suspected in the shooting of a Jewish Tulane University medical student that was caught on video by a surveillance camera has confessed to the crime, New Orleans police spokesman said on Monday. Euric Cain, 21, was wanted on charges of attempted murder, kidnapping and armed robbery after police said he shot a student…
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Fast Forward Scissors-Wielding Palestinian Girl Shot Dead by Police
A Palestinian stabbed and killed an Israeli at a petrol station in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Monday and in Jerusalem two Palestinian girls attacked and wounded an elderly man with scissors before a policeman shot them both, killing one. In a day of rapidly unfolding violence, the latest in an eight-week surge of stabbings,…
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