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Fast Forward 39% of French Say Jews Hold ‘Too Much Power’
A new survey on how Frenchmen perceive Jews revealed widespread anti-Semitism alongside high support for Israel and pro-Jewish sentiments. The survey, conducted earlier this month by the polling company Market Watch among 1,000 respondents, showed 39 percent of the men and women who replied agreed with the statement that “Jews possess too much power in…
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Fast Forward Hungary Plans Synagogue Amid Rise of Anti-Semitic ‘Jewish List’ Jobbik Party
The Jewish community of Budapest has announced plans to build a new synagogue for the first time in 80 years. The foundation stone for the new synagogue in Budapest’s Csepel district is scheduled to be laid in a ceremony on Sunday, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, attended by leaders of Hungary’s Jewish community and senior government…
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Fast Forward Richard Wagner’s Bicentennial Sparks Effort to Split Music and Anti-Semitism
Former German infantryman Hans Himsel lived through scenes in 1944 at the Bayreuth opera house worthy of the finale of Richard Wagner’s “Gotterdammerung” when Valhalla goes up in flames. In this bicentenary year of Wagner’s birth, Himsel, 90, recalled the last wartime production at Bayreuth. It was August 9, 1944 and the cast performed “Die…
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Fast Forward Greek Neo-Nazi Party Issues Diatribe Against AJC Visit
The Greek neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn said a visit to Greece by American Jewish Committee leader David Harris is meant to ensure further “Jewish influence over Greek political issues” and safeguard the interests of “international loan sharks.” Harris, the executive director of the AJC, is leading a Jewish delegation to the region that is meeting…
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Fast Forward Watchdog Decries ‘Anti-Semitic Whirlwind’ on Mexican Twitter
A Spanish phrase about Jews set off “a whirlwind of anti-Semitic” messages on Twitter and became the second-most popular hashtag among Mexican users, according to a watchdog. “The hashtag #EsdeJudios exposes the antisemitisim of Mexican Tweeter surfers,” said a statement by the Coordination Forum for Countering Antisemitism. The international organization said the phrase, which means…
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Fast Forward Rome’s Coliseum Lights Dim To Protest Hungary’s Anti-Semitic ‘Jewish List’ Party
The lights of the ancient Coliseum in Rome will be dimmed next week to protest anti-Semitic and racist acts and statements by Hungary’s far-right Jobbik Party. The initiative, sponsored by Rome’s city government and the Rome Jewish community, will take place Jan. 27 on International Holocaust Memorial Day, and will be one of scores of…
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Fast Forward Verbal Attack on Jew Not Deemed ‘Anti-Semitic’
State prosecutors have determined that a verbal attack against a German Jewish leader was not a case of anti-Semitism. Stephan Kramer, general secretary of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, disagrees and said on his Facebook profile that he would ask his attorney to inspect the files on the case, to see if an…
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Fast Forward Mohammed Morsi Now Says ‘Certain Forces’ Control American Media
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi told U.S. senators that he gets bad U.S. press because “certain forces” control the media. The senators who met last week with Morsi understood him to be referring to Jews and “recoiled,” one of the participating lawmakers, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.), told The Cable, a blog on the Foreign Policy magazine…
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