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News French Cookware Firm Scraps ‘Palestine’ Label
The French kitchenware maker Tefal removed references to “Palestine” from three of its websites following earlier complaints over Israel’s omission from them. The removal of “Palestine” from the Middle East versions of the firm’s website seems to have occurred sometime this week, following a publication by the news site lemondejuif.info, which reported that Tefal had…
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Fast Forward French Kosher Grocery Arsonist Gets 4 Years in Prison
The Chief Rabbi of France, Rabbi Haim Korsia, praised the sentencing of a man who torched a kosher supermarket to four years in jail and said it “sent an important message.” The Correctional Tribunal of Pontoise near Paris on Oct. 26 sentenced a 27-year-old ambulance driver identified in French media as Abbas C., who on…
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Fast Forward French Ruling Party Plans ‘Palestine’ Recognition Vote
France’s ruling Socialist party wants parliament to recognize a Palestinian state, parliamentary sources said, following similar moves by Sweden and Britain that are meant to overcome an impasse in peacemaking but which have angered Israel. Palestinians seek statehood in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and blockaded Gaza Strip with East Jerusalem as their capital – lands…
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Fast Forward ‘Quenelle’ Comic Dieudonne Loses $50K Damage Suit for Banned Shows
A French appeals court nullified a lower tribunal’s award of damages to the comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala for the cancellation of his show for its anti-Semitic content. The Court of Appeals of Poitiers in western France handed down the ruling last week, Le Figaro reported. It exempted an event management firm from the coastal municipality…
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Food DIY Pork-Detector Kit Hits France
A new way to detect whether food contains pork traces will soon be available online JTA – Worried that the food you thought was kosher, or at least kosher style, has some hidden pork? Now, using a few test tubes, water and a small pregnancy test-like strip, you can find out in a few minutes…
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Fast Forward Test to Check Food For Traces of Pork Hits France
(JTA) — Worried that the food you thought was kosher, or at least kosher style, has some hidden pork? Now, using a few test tubes, water and a small pregnancy test-like strip, you can find out in a few minutes whether your food contains pork traces. HalalTest, a new product developed by two French entrepreneurs, does…
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Fast Forward European Rabbis Seek Laws Against Anti-Semitic Hate Speech
European rabbis called on governments throughout the continent to pass laws that target specifically hate speech against Jews. The call was made in a resolution passed Thursday by the standing committee of the Conference European Rabbis, or CER, which convened this week met in Tbilisi, Georgia. “We call on additional countries to follow the example…
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Fast Forward Jewish Leader Charged for Calling Quenelle Comic ‘Professional Anti-Semite’
Roger Cukierman, president of France’s largest Jewish group, was indicted for calling the comedian Dieudonne M’bala M’bala a “professional anti-Semite.” Cukierman, who heads the CRIF umbrella of French Jewish communities and organizations, announced the indictment on Monday in a video that appeared on the CRIF website. “So I am being indicted for having stated on…
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