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Fast Forward Basketball Star Tony Parker Apologizes for ‘Nazi’ Quenelle Salute
San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker apologized on Monday after a three-year-old photo surfaced of him making the same anti-Semitic gesture that has landed former France striker Nicolas Anelka in trouble. Known in France as a “quenelle,” the gesture is said to be a reverse Nazi salute and has been made famous by French comedian…
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Fast Forward Man Flashes ‘Nazi’ Quenelle Salute at Toulouse School Where Gunman Killed Jewish Children
Amid a public debate in France over an allegedly anti-Semitic gesture, French media have reproduced a photo of a man performing it outside the Toulouse school where four Jews were murdered. The photo, which was published Monday on the website of the France 3 broadcaster, shows a man wearing a shirt featuring a portrait of…
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Culture Was Marcel Proust Jewish, a Jew-Hater — or Both?
(Haaretz) — This was the year of Marcel Proust in the literary world. The centenary of the publication of the first part of “In Search of Lost Time” (formerly translated as “Remembrance of Things Past”) was marked by a plethora of articles, conferences, exhibitions and public readings of the highly influential work. So enshrined is…
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Fast Forward Immigration to Israel Rises by 7% — Led by French
Israel welcomed some 19,200 new immigrants in 2013, with French Jews leading the way. The number of new immigrants in 2013 was a modest increase from the 18, 940 who arrived in 2012, the Jewish Agency for Israel said in a statement. The year 2013 saw a 7 percent increase in aliyah from most countries,…
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Fast Forward French Soccer Star Nicolas Anelka Faces Probe of ‘Anti-Semitic’ Gesture
French soccer star Nicolas Anelka is facing disciplinary action for showing support for an anti-Semitic comedian whose shows may soon be banned by the French government. Britain’s Football Association said Saturday it was considering punishing Anelka, who plays for the West Bromwich Albion soccer team, for performing, during a match, the quenelle – a quasi-Nazi…
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Fast Forward French Soccer Star Nicolas Anelka Makes ‘Anti-Semitic’ Quenelle Gesture After Goal
A French soccer star celebrated a goal Saturday by flashing the so-called quenelle salute popularized by comedian Dieudonne Mbala-Mbala, who has been accused of anti-Semitism. Nicolas Anelka made the controversial gesture after scoring the first of two goals for his West Bromwich Albion team against West Ham United in England’s Barclays Premier League. Anelka, a…
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Fast Forward France May Ban Comic Dieudonne M’bala M’bala Over Anti-Semitic Jibes
France is considering banning performances by a black comedian whose shows have repeatedly insulted the memory of Holocaust victims and could threaten public order, Interior Minister Manuel Valls said on Friday. He said his ministry is studying legal ways to ban shows by Dieudonne M’bala M’bala, a comedian repeatedly fined for hate speech who ran…
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Fast Forward Israel Hopes To Lure More French Jews
Israel is set to announce a three-year plan aimed at attracting more French Jews to settle in the Jewish state. The first move will consist of recognizing French diplomas for medical professionals and tax consultants, an official from Israel’s Ministry of Public Diplomacy and Diaspora Affairs told the Ma’ariv daily this week. The government has…
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