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Fast Forward French Chief Rabbi Gilles Berhnheim Admits Lifting Passages for Book
Gilles Bernheim, The Chief Rabbi of France has admitted that he plagiarized parts of his book, “Forty Jewish Meditations. “ “The plagiarizing unmasked on the Internet is true,” Bernheim wrote in a statement from Israel, where he was spending the Passover holidays, Le Monde reported. Suspicion about the origins of the book, published in 2011…
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Fast Forward Philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy Barred From Libya for Being Jewish
The French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, who supported France?s military intervention in Libya, was barred from visiting there because he is Jewish. Levy, a celebrity in France, was supposed to join former French president Nicolas Sarkozy on a visit that began on Tuesday in Tripoli, according to a report on the news website Rue89. The website…
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Fast Forward French Return 7 Looted Paintings to Jewish Owners
France?s Ministry of Culture has returned seven valuable paintings looted by the Nazis during the Holocaust from two Jewish families. Six of the paintings were given to Thomas Selldorff, an 84-year-old resident of the Boston area, who came to Paris to collect them during a ceremony on Tuesday at the ministry in Paris, according to…
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Fast Forward Marking First Anniversary of Toulouse School Rampage
Israeli leaders marked the first year since an attack on a Jewish school in France that killed a rabbi and three children. Natan Sharansky, the head of the Jewish Agency for Israel, met Sunday in Jerusalem with the parents of Rabbi Jonathan Sandler, who was killed in the attack on the Ozar Hatorah Jewish school…
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Fast Forward 2 Suspects Arrested in Jewish School Rampage
French police arrested two men in Toulouse on suspicion that they helped Mohammed Merah murder four Jews and three French soldiers last year. French authorities arrested the two separately on Tuesday, according to Le Monde. . Merah, a 23-year-old radical Muslim, killed a rabbi and three children in a pre-planned attack on the Otzar Hatorah…
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Fast Forward Israeli Woman Barred From French Parliament
The Constitutional Council of France has nullified the recent election of Daphna Poznanski-Benhamou, a French-Israeli citizen, to the National Assembly. Poznanski-Benhamou, believed to be the first Israeli citizen elected to the French parliament, was declared ineligible because she exceeded restrictions on campaign funding, the council said in a statement on its website. French law does…
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Fast Forward 7 French Paintings Looted by Nazis Should Be Returned To Jewish Owners
A French restitution committee reportedly has recommended returning seven valuable paintings looted by the Nazis during the Holocaust from two Jewish families. The paintings are currently part of various collections in France, including the Louvre in Paris. and the museums of Tours, Saint-Étienne and Agen, but the CIVS Holocaust restitution committee determined in December that…
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Fast Forward John Galliano Dresses as Ultra-Orthodox Jew in New York Fashion Week
John Galliano, the former Christian Dior fashion head who was fired after making anti-Semitic slurs in a Paris cafe, dressed as a Chasidic Jew at New York Fashion Week. Galliano, who was praised recently by the Anti-Defamation League for his efforts at rehabilitation, wore a long black coat, black top hat and high socks at…
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