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Fast Forward AJC Blasts Polish Lawmakers for Kosher Slaughter Ban
The American Jewish Committee blasted Poland’s parliament for rejecting a bill that would allow kosher slaughter. “We urge Poland’s legislative and judicial authorities to move expeditiously to recognize by law the Jewish community’s right to prepare kosher meat according to Jewish tradition,” David Harris, head of the American Jewish Committee, said in a statement. “It…
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Fast Forward 5-Year-Old Palestinian Boy Questioned for Throwing Stones at Jewish Settlers
An Israeli human rights group accused the army on Thursday of illegally detaining a 5-year-old Palestinian boy for throwing a stone in a flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank. Video footage taken by the group B’Tselem of Tuesday’s incident showed Wadi Maswadeh crying as he was surrounded by soldiers on a street in Hebron….
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Fast Forward Pennsylvania Attorney General Refuses To Defend State in Gay Marriage Ban Case
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane refused on Thursday to fight a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. The lawsuit is believed to be the first federal case since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 26 that the U.S. government must recognize same-sex marriages in states…
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Fast Forward Eliot Spitzer Grabs Early Lead in Polls as Comeback Gains Traction
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who is attempting a political comeback five years after resigning from office in a prostitution scandal, is leading the race to be New York City’s next comptroller, according to a poll released on Wednesday. Spitzer’s reputation as the “Sheriff of Wall Street” was eclipsed in 2008 by the scandal…
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Fast Forward Historic Jewish Cemetery Uncovered in Vienna
Jewish gravestones unearthed at a small cemetery in Vienna were hailed on Wednesday as historically important cultural treasures that could rival the famed Jewish cemetery in Prague. Restoration work at the 16th century Seegasse cemetery has discovered 20 gravestones that are centuries old and were buried by Viennese Jews in 1943 to hide them from…
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Fast Forward Forgotten Nazi ‘Euthanasia Holocaust’ of Disabled To Get Memorial in Berlin
Berlin has laid the foundations for a memorial to a largely neglected group of Nazi victims – hundreds of thousands of mentally and physically disabled people murdered by Hitler’s regime under its “euthanasia” programme. A 30-metre blue glass wall will stand on the site of the former headquarters of the “euthanasia” scheme in the heart…
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Fast Forward Israel Finds Remains of Rocket from Egypt Near Eilat
Israeli troops found the remains on Tuesday of the first rocket to be fired from Egypt since the July 3 overthrow of the Islamist government there, a military official said. Israelis reported hearing several explosions in the southern city of Eilat on Thursday, the day after Mohammed Mursi was toppled from power in Egypt. Israel…
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The Schmooze Amanda Bynes Bong-Toss Case Put Off
Actress Amanda Bynes, wearing a long blue wig and sweat pants, appeared briefly in court on Tuesday on charges of marijuana possession and throwing a bong out a window and a judge postponed her case until September. Bynes, 27, made no comment during the hearing but has previously denied the charges of possession, reckless endangerment…
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