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Opinion Have the Jews Lost Europe?
‘At what point,” columnist Jeffrey Goldberg tweeted recently “do the Jews of America and the Jews of Israel tell the Jews of Europe that it might be time to get out?” While Goldberg did not elucidate the reasons for his stark view of the future of European Jewry, it is likely that he had in…
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Fast Forward Far Right Sweeps to ‘Earthquake’ Wins Across Europe
(Reuters) — Far right wing nationalists scored stunning victories in European Parliament elections in France and Britain on Sunday as critics of the European Union more than doubled their seats in a continent-wide protest vote against austerity and unemployment. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls called the breakthrough by Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration, anti-euro National Front…
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Fast Forward French Far Right Scores ‘Earthquake’ Europe Win
Marine Le Pen’s far right National Front scored a stunning first victory in European Parliament elections in France on Sunday as critics of the European Union registered a continent-wide protest vote against austerity and mass unemployment. Without waiting for the final result, a somber French Prime Minister Manuel Valls went on television to call the…
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Fast Forward Europe Bans Eggs and Chicken From Settlements
The European Union does not allow the import of poultry produced in West Bank settlements, E.U. officials told Israel’s ministry of agriculture. E.U. officials recently informed the ministry of the ban, E.U. sources confirmed to the news agency AFP Thursday. The reason stated is that the union does not recognize the jurisdiction of Israeli veterinarians…
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Fast Forward 20,000 Anti-Semitic Tweets Greet Israeli Hoops Win
Nearly 20,000 anti-Semitic tweets in Spanish followed Maccabi Tel Aviv’s victory over Real Madrid in the Euroleague basketball championships, Catalonian Jewish organizations said. The groups claim to have found 17,500 anti-Semitic tweets, many with the derogatory hashtag #putosjudios, and said they plan to jointly file a complaint alleging hate crimes and discrimination to State Attorney…
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News Far Right Surges Across Continent as European Parliament Vote Nears
(JTA) — Armed with ropes and long sticks, a group of teens in Germany’s capital headed out under the cover of night. Their goal: to tear down from lampposts the campaign posters of the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party. The young people are one small posse among those who fear gains for far-right parties in the…
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Fast Forward Europe Human Rights Official Defends Circumcision
The human rights officer of the Council of Europe criticized members of his own organization who called ritual circumcision of boys a violation of children’s rights. Philippe Boillat, director general of human rights and legal affairs of the Council of Europe — an intergovernmental organization with no executive powers, leveled the criticism Monday during a…
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Fast Forward Baltic States Get ‘F’ From Nazi-Hunting Group
Germany has earned praise for its Nazi-hunting efforts in an annual report from the Simon Wiesenthal Center. Sweden, Norway and several other European countries continue to fail miserably, however, according to Efraim Zuroff, the organization’s chief Nazi hunter. According to the center’s 13th annual Status Report on the Worldwide Investigation and Prosecution of Nazi War…
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