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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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Fast Forward Scandinavia Health Chiefs Resist Circumcision Ban
Resisting calls to ban the non-medical circumcision of boys, the governments of Norway and Denmark have taken steps to preserve the practice’s legal status. Norway’s health ministry has submitted a bill that proposes placing some limitations and fees on ritual circumcision but not banning it outright, while Denmark’s health board issued guidelines stating that the…
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Fast Forward Austrian Candidate Who Called Nazis ‘Liberal’ Quits Race
A far-right Austrian candidate for a seat on the European Parliament withdrew from the race over remarks in which he called Nazi Germany more liberal than the E.U. Andreas Moelzer, a candidate from the far-right Freedom Party, withdrew his candidacy on Tuesday, Reuters reported. Austrian Jewish leader Oskar Deutsch, president of the Federation of Jewish…
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News Norway Nurses Back Ban on Ritual Circumcision
The Norwegian Nurses Organization reported the plea in an interview with its director, Astrid Grydeland Ersvik, which was posted Tuesday on the organization’s website. “We need to gain acceptance for setting a minimum age limit of 15-16 years for circumcision, so that the boy himself can decide,” Grydeland Ersvik said, outlining a presentation she made…
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Fast Forward European Jews Fret About Rising Populist Far Right
The European Jewish Congress fears far-right gains in upcoming European elections and believes a grouping presenting itself as simply populist and eurosceptical is just as dangerous as out-and-out extremists, the EJC’s president said. Some analysts forecast that a group of anti-euro parties could capture 20 percent of seats in May’s European parliament elections as high…
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Opinion Ukraine’s Reform Rabbi Cheers Protest’s Victory
A man stands beside a military oven in Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine. / Getty Images Over the weekend, the Forward contacted Ukraine’s chief Reform rabbi, Alexander Dukhovny, to ask him about how he felt seeing the months of protests on Kiev’s central square lead to a clear resolution in the president’s ouster. This is…
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Fast Forward British Orthodox Candidate Refuses To Shake Hands
An Orthodox Jewish candidate for the European Parliament has caused a stir by refusing to shake women’s hands. Shneur Odze told the members of the right-wing populist UK Independence Party, or UKIP, that he will not shake women’s hands due to his religious beliefs, which proscribe physical contact with any woman other than his wife,…
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Opinion Anti-Semitism? Self-Segregation Isn’t the Answer
Anti-Semitism in Europe is, once again, making headlines. In Paris, crowds sang, “Jews, France is not yours” at an anti-government protest last month. In Rome, a right-wing extremist mailed three pig heads to major Jewish sites, and Italy had its own anti-government protest — complete with anti-Semitic slogans — a couple of months ago. Plus,…
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Yiddish קונסט פֿון פֿרויען וואָס שילדערט זייערע איבערלעבונגען אין קאָנצענטראַציע־לאַגערArt by women portraying their experiences in the concentration camps
אַן אױסשטעלונג אין בראַנדײַס־אוניװערסיטעט פּרעזענטירט צען אַלבאָמען בילדער וואָס די פֿרויען האָבן געשאַפֿן נאָך דער באַפֿרײַונג.
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Fast Forward Swiss broadcaster removes footage of host criticizing Israeli bobsled team during its first Milan runs
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Yiddish איז דער דראַמאַטורג אַבֿרהם גאָלדפֿאַדן געװען אַ ציוניסט?Was playwright Avrom Goldfaden a Zionist?
אין זײַן ניט־פֿאַרעפֿנטלעכער לעצטער דראַמע „בן עמי“ האָט גאָלדפֿאַדן אױסגעלײגט אַ פּלאַן פֿאַר ייִדן צו פֿאַרנעמען ארץ־ישׂראל
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Culture Forever curious, never daunted, Frederick Wiseman sought to repair the world through film
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