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Fast Forward Think Tank Prepares Aliyah Plan for 120,000 French Jews
The Jewish People Policy Institute has composed a plan to facilitate immigration of 120,000 French Jews to Israel. The plan by the Jewish Agency-affiliated think tank would prepare for up to 120,000 French Jews to arrive in Israel during the coming four years. The plan cited a rise in jihadist terror attacks and a difficult…
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Fast Forward 80 Cartoon Artists Push Israel Boycott Measure
Dozens of comics artists signed a letter calling for a boycott against any Israeli entity that does not “promote freedom and justice for Palestinians.” The open letter, cosigned by more than 80 individuals involved in producing comics, was sent out Wednesday to the organizers of an international festival for comics artists scheduled to open next…
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Fast Forward Switzerland Jews Will Picket Dieudonne Gigs
Swiss Jews said they would set up stands with information about the dangers of anti-Semitism outside venues hosting the French comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala. “Freedom of expression is an essential principle but one which cannot be evoked to justify any ‘right to discriminate,’” said the announcement Thursday by CICAD, a Jewish watchdog group that monitors…
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Opinion ‘We Should Not Give Up Making Our Countries Better’
When Charlie Hebdo’s headquarters were attacked, we spent hour after hour listening to the news, checking the Internet, calling our loved ones to share our feelings and sense of loss for the disconcerting assault to two of the most crucial European values: the sanctity of life and the freedom of expression. In Italy, the situation…
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Opinion ‘I Suddenly Find Myself Feeling Powerless’
‘For once they are not targeting Jews.” This was the strange thought that came to my mind a few minutes after I started reading about the horrific attack at Charlie Hebdo, less than a mile from where I live. But I was wrong. I should have remembered that since the Toulouse attack in 2012 and…
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Fast Forward French Terrorists Planned To Attack Anti-Semitism Event
Jihadists arrested last year in Lyon were planning to carry out a terrorist attack at a Jewish group’s conference about anti-Semitism, a French newspaper reported. The five suspects who were arrested in a series of sweeps by French police between Sept. 16 and Sept. 18 were planning to strike on Sept. 18 at an event…
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Fast Forward Coen Brothers Will Co-Preside Over 68th Cannes Film Festival Jury
Joel and Ethan Coen, the American filmmaker brothers, will be the first co-presidents of the jury for this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the organizers said on Tuesday. The Coen brothers, who made “Fargo,” “Barton Fink” and “No Country for Old Men,” replace Australian filmmaker Jane Campion, who was last year’s president. The jury will choose…
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Opinion Europe’s Jews and Muslims Need a Strong Left — Now More Than Ever
It’s not easy to be a Jew or Muslim in Europe these days. French Jews are still reeling from the Charlie Hebdo and kosher grocery store attack, with their Muslim counterparts facing a spate of hate crimes aimed at them and an expected surge of support for the anti-Islamic (and historically anti-Jewish) National Front, now…
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