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Fast Forward Israeli Windsurfers Quit World Tourney in Malaysia Over Flag Flap
Two Israeli windsurfers and their coach withdrew from the ISAF world youth sailing championships in Malaysia after the terms of their visa barred them from displaying Israel’s flag. Israel and Malaysia do not have diplomatic relations. The championships began Sunday and run through Jan. 3. Last year in Poland, the two Israelis — Yoav Omer…
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Fast Forward Statue Outside Washington State Shul Defaced With Swastika
Vandals spray-painted a swastika on a statue outside the 75-year-old Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia, Washington. In a blog post on the Reconstructionist congregation’s website, Rabbi Seth Goldstein wrote, “a swastika is not mere vandalism-it is a symbol of hatred with deep resonance with Jews, and shakes us to our core, especially in a community…
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Culture A Close Encounter With Asia’s Anti-Semitic Capital
On a recent stopover in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a cemented-over pile of ugly skyscrapers and canyons strewn with street beggars, I strolled through the garish Twin Towers Shopping Mall. In an underground supermarket, I passed an employee at the fish counter — a short, squat young man who stared at me with violent hatred. I…
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Fast Forward Amsterdam Boosts Security Funding for Jewish Groups
The mayor of Amsterdam pledged $1.27 million for the protection of Jewish institutions. Eberhard van der Laan told the City Council he will allocate the funds next year to 15 Jewish organizations that asked for security-related subsidies and were deemed to be at risk, the ANP news agency reported. The subsidy comes on top of…
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Opinion Anti-Semitism Is Alive and Well on TV — ‘Quantico’ Proves It
Earlier this year, the only show to catch my eye amid the lackluster Fall 2015 television season was ABC’s “Quantico.” Marketed as Grey’s Anatomy-meets-the-FBI, the hour-long soapy delight captured my attention largely because it features a non-white female lead (Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra) with an ensemble cast that sports a hodgepodge of gender and racial…
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Fast Forward Kuwait Airways Cancels Flight After U.S. Order to Sell Tix to Israelis
Kuwait Airways is eliminating service between New York and London after the US Department of Transportation ordered the carrier to stop refusing to sell tickets to Israelis. Namrata Kolachalam, a spokeswoman for the Department of Transportation, announced the airline’s decision, USA Today reported Tuesday. On September 30, the department announced that the airline had acted…
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News Poland Turns Hard to Right — and Jews Wind Up in Crosshairs
When some 50,000 people turned out in Warsaw recently to protest a plan by Poland’s ruling party to pack the nation’s constitutional court, the hard right-wing political faction responded quickly with a counter-demonstration of its own. Its counter-protest featured, among other things, a placard that mocked those claiming to defend democracy as “the committee to…
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Fast Forward Anti-Semitic Messages Left in Mailboxes in Gated Florida Enclave
Anti-Semitic messages were left in the mailboxes of Jewish families in a gated community in South Florida. The messages left in at least two of the mailboxes in Cooper City in Broward County over the weekend read “X-mas is not for the Jews.” The words “not” and “Jews” were underlined, the Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Monday….
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