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Fast Forward French Jew Beaten Unconscious in Subway
A Jewish man was attacked and rendered unconscious in a Paris metro, a local watchdog reported. The 52-year-old victim entered the subway directly from his synagogue but wore no markings that would identify him as Jewish, according to a report on the late September incident by the National Bureau of Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA,…
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Fast Forward Emory U. Apologizes for Dental School Bigotry
Emory University issued a formal apology to Jewish dental students who attended the school between 1948 and 1961 and faced anti-Semitism. University President James Wagner delivered the apology at a special event Wednesday night that included 32 former students now in their 70s and 80s. The students had received failing grades, were thrown out of…
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Fast Forward Jewish Agency Hit by Hate on Facebook
The Jewish Agency for Israel’s Facebook page was inundated with hundreds of explicitly anti-Israel and anti-Semitic messages. The attacks earlier this month were confirmed by the Jewish Agency on Thursday. The messages were deleted soon after they were discovered, according to the Jewish Agency. The attack of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic messages coincided with the anniversary…
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Fast Forward Germany Battles New Look Neo-Nazis
Germany’s neo-Nazis are hanging up their bomber jackets, unlacing their black leather boots and even grabbing a bite to eat at their local Turkish kebab shop. Eschewing their predecessors’ fierce aversion to anything “un-German”, they blend into the local community and easily escape detection. But police and experts say this new generation of young fascists…
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Fast Forward Paris Family Pelted With Stones in Sukkah
Unidentified assailants near Paris stoned a Jewish woman in her sukkah, one of three serious incidents in the last week and indicative of a reported 45 percent increase in anti-Semitic attacks in France in the first half of this year. The attack was one of three incidents reported by the security unit of France’s Jewish…
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Fast Forward Malmo Jews Not Cowed by New Attack
Hours after the late-night explosion outside the Jewish community center in Malmo, Sweden, the scent of baking challah already was wafting from the center’s ovens into the chilly morning air, as it does every Friday morning. Later, the Jewish preschool at the site would open as usual. A smashed bulletproof glass window and two police…
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Fast Forward Hungarian Radio Praises Attack on Jewish Leader
A Hungarian nationalist online radio station called the recent assault on a Jewish community leader in Budapest a “response to general Jewish terrorism.” “Predictably and unfortunately, the good attackers were captured very quickly,” the news edition of Szent Korona Radio, or Holy Crown Radio, reported. The report was about the arrest of two men, 20…
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Fast Forward Blank Bullets Fired Near Paris-Area Synagogue
Unknown attackers shot blank bullets outside a synagogue near Paris. The security unit of France’s Jewish communities, SPCJ, reported that the shots were fired on Oct. 5 at the synagogue at Argenteuil, a northwest suburb of Paris, hours after the city’s chief prosecutor gave a news conference detailing the arrests of suspects in the recent…
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