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Fast Forward Are Film Clips Earliest Videos of Italian Jews?
Brief film clips from 1923 made public this month are believed to be the earliest video images of Italian Jews and among the oldest home movies produced in Italy. The nine minutes of film were screened in Rome Oct. 5 after being restored and digitized by Italy’s Central Institute for the Restoration and Conservation of…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Coffee Shop Sorry for ‘Greedy Jews’ Rant
A Brooklyn coffee shop owner who called Jews “greedy infiltrators” on social media has apologized. Michael Avila, owner of The Coffee Shop in the Bushwick neighborhood, offered “deep and sincere apologies” on Monday to anybody he may have hurt with his rant published last week on his sites. The rant reportedly went viral. He told…
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Fast Forward Observant Teens Less Likely To Commit Suicide
Religious Jewish teens are far less likely to attempt suicide than their secular Jewish counterparts, a new study finds. The study, led by researchers from Tel Aviv University’s Sackler School of Medicine and Clalit Health Service’s Geha Mental Health Center, and published last week in the journal European Psychology, bolsters previous research that religious faith…
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Fast Forward Ebola-Stricken Cameraman With Jewish Roots Arrives in U.S.
An Ebola-stricken NBC photographer with Jewish roots has arrived in the U.S. for treatment. A private plane carrying Ashoka Mukpo, a freelance cameraman for who contracted Ebola in Liberia, landed in Omaha en route to the Nebraska Medical Center, NBC reported. The plane was met by an ambulance manned by worked in yellow protective suits,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Back Muslim Scarf Supreme Court Case
Two Jewish groups joined a friend of the court brief on behalf of a Muslim woman whose right to wear a headscarf in a retail job is under consideration by the Supreme Court. The court on Thursday agreed to hear the case, Politico reported. The American Jewish Committee and the Commission on Social Action of…
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The Schmooze Netflix Trying to Revive Adam Sandler’s Career
Getty Images Netflix Inc said on Thursday that comedian and actor Adam Sandler has signed a deal to star in and produce four films that will be shown exclusively on the video-streaming service. The deal moves Netflix, which produces the Emmy-winning political thriller “House of Cards” and the comedy-drama “Orange Is the New Black,” further…
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Fast Forward Fire Rips Through 18th Century Romania Jewish Cemetery
One of Romania’s oldest Jewish cemeteries was hit by fire that consumed 20 hectares of its surface. The fire spread on Monday through the Jewish cemetery of Iasi, which opened in the 18th century and contains 80,000 graves, the local news website ziaruldeiasi.ro reported. It consumed dense vegetation that grew between headstones as a result…
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Opinion Why Yom Kippur Tells Us To Fight Ebola
A newly arrived patient suspected of suffering from the Ebola virus sits on the ground at Island Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia./Getty Images As Jews around the world prepare for Yom Kippur — a day when we pray to be “sealed in the Book of Life” for the year to come — the people of West…
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