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Opinion Should French Jews Stay — or Should They Go?
No sooner had the deadly siege of the kosher supermarket in Paris come to an awful end than Israel’s political leaders issued their emphatic pleas for French Jews to emigrate. “To all the Jews of France, all the Jews of Europe, I would like to say that Israel is not just the place in whose…
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Fast Forward Charlie Hebdo Columnist Was Killed For Being Jewish, Cousin Says
A Charlie Hebdo columnist was killed because she was Jewish, the victim’s cousin said. Elsa Cayat was the only woman killed in the targeted attack Jan. 7 on the satirical magazine’s Paris headquarters by two al-Qaida operatives, brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi. Cayat received threatening phone calls in the month before the attack on the…
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Fast Forward Man Charged With Murdering Florida Mom in 2012 — Fled to Israel
An arrest warrant was issued for a man who is believed to have murdered his mother three years ago in Florida before moving to Israel. Authorities believe that Thomas Gross, 61, who has dual American-Israeli citizenship, killed his 78-year-old mother, Ina Gross, in her Lakewood Ranch home on Jan. 9, 2012. Gross would need to…
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The Schmooze Social Justice Was The Golden Globes’ Biggest Winner
Jeffrey Tambor, Jill Soloway celebrate their win for ‘Transparent’ // Getty Images George Clooney had one. Kathy Bates, Diane Kruger and Dame Helen Mirren too. Signs and buttons with the simple but powerful words “Je Suis Charlie” — French for “I am Charlie” – were everywhere Sunday at the Golden Globes ceremony. The usually raucous…
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Fast Forward Supermarket Victim Yoav Hattab Recently Returned from Birthright Trip
Yoav Hattab, one of the victims of last week’s Paris kosher supermarket shooting, recently returned from a Birthright Israel trip. Hattab, 21, was one of four victims of the Friday shooting, which followed an attack earlier in the week at the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in Paris, which claimed 12 victims. “In the past year,…
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Fast Forward French Jewish Sites Promised Extra Protection
Jewish schools and synagogues in France have been promised extra protection, by the army if necessary, after killings by Islamic militants in Paris, the head of the community’s umbrella group said on Sunday after a meeting with President Francois Hollande. The attacker who took hostages in a siege of a Paris kosher supermarket in which…
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Opinion Tefillin Stand Near Paris Siege Draws Mixed Response
A Lubavitch Jew had passersby put on tefillin yards from the besieged kosher market / Twitter (JTA) — Standing for hours behind that yellow police line Friday, many of us could feel our patience running out as we waited idly near the Porte de Vincennes metro station for news from the hostage situation that was going…
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Fast Forward Polish Students Honored for Exploring History of Jewish Towns
Some 1,200 Polish students and teachers took part in the concluding program of the School of Dialogue, which explores the history of Jewish towns and cities in the country. Bogdan Borusewicz, the speaker of the Polish Senate, thanked the students for their participation in the project, which builds “tolerance and understanding of other cultures and…
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