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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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Fast Forward Heartbreaking Last Texts of Kosher Supermarket Victim Yoav Hattab
One of the kosher supermarket terror victims reportedly pleaded with a friend to observe Shabbat in his heartbreaking final texts just minutes before the deadly carnage erupted. Chabad published the last text message exchange of 21-year-old Yoav Hattab, one of the victims killed at a kosher supermarket in Paris last week. In the exchange, Hattab…
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Opinion Where’s the Moral Clarity of #JeSuisCharlie When Free Speech Isn’t Safe?
After any great tragedy, especially if it involves a sensational crime, people invariably set to work. Societies erect symbolic monuments of affinity and empathy. Narratives are constructed to make sense of the cataclysm. A sense of order is restored through theatrical displays of civic unity and common purpose. And the collective hunt is on for…
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Fast Forward John Kerry To Give (Belated) ‘Big Hug’ to Paris
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday his visit to France was to give a “big hug” to Paris after the deadly attack by Islamist gunmen on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. President Barack Obama’s administration drew criticism from Republican opponents at home for not sending a senior figure to a unity march in…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Foot $13K Funeral Bills for Kosher Market Terror Victims
Israel’s Ministry of Religious Services will cover the costs of the burial and funeral for the Paris kosher supermarket victims. The announcement late Tuesday night comes after reports that the families had been asked to pay some $10,000 to cover the costs of the burial plots, and another $3,000 to help absorb the funeral costs….
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Fast Forward Go to Israel? French Jews Fret About Leaving Good Life Behind
(Reuters) — As more and more French Jews nervously consider moving to Israel to escape rising anti-Semitism, many worry the Jewish state may not be as much of a promised land as they would hope. Three days of violence in Paris last week, when four Jews were among the 17 people killed by Islamist militants,…
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