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Fast Forward Harvard Christian Blog Sorry for ‘Jews Killed Jesus’ Post
The student-run Harvard Ichthus Christian blog website apologized for an anonymous post saying that Jews deserve to be persecuted for killing Jesus. The apology was issued on Friday. The post, which has been removed from the site, was published on Nov. 20. “(W)e sincerely apologize for breaching the confidence of civil dialogue. This has been…
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Fast Forward Jews Nervous Over Win by Slovakia Neo-Nazi Marian Kotleba
European officials must act to reverse the momentum of neo-Nazi political parties, the head of the European Jewish Congress said following a victory in Slovakia by a neo-Nazi candidate. EJC President Moshe Kantor issued a statement Sunday in the wake of the victory by Marian Kotleba, the ex-chairman of the banned Togetherness National Party. Kotleba…
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Culture Imagining Life of Dona Gracia, Portuguese Jew and Richest Woman in World
(Haaretz) — About 10 years ago, while visiting the Museum of Jewish Art and History in Paris, Israeli journalist Naomi Keren noticed an ancient silver medallion that bore the likeness of Dona Gracia Nasi. “I was taken aback,” Keren says. “What I saw contradicted everything I knew about the use of art in connection with…
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Life Birth Stories Are the New War Stories
The fact that birth stories are almost always intense and captivating is common-knowledge among women. The same goes for abortion stories, though those are less-frequently shared. The comings and goings that occur in a woman’s womb are as dramatic and emotional as what happens on the battlefield. As entertaining, too. There are moments of despair…
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Fast Forward Brooklyn Man Charged With Beating Jew — New ‘Knock Out’ Attack?
A Brooklyn man was reportedly charged with a hate crime after he beat an Orthodox Jewish man in what police say may be the latest example of a spreading violent urban game known as ‘knock out.’ Amrit Marajh, 28, of Kensington, allegedly hit an identifiably Jewish man as he walked home early Friday in the…
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News Morocco Jewish Leaders Praise King for Keeping Peace and Respect
Serge Berdugo pulled out his iPad and quickly scrolled to a photo showing Yom Kippur services at a Moroccan synagogue. “This is the whole story,” he said, pointing at a row of dignitaries sitting up front. Government officials, police officers and military commanders, all Muslim, come every year to honor the Jewish community on its…
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Opinion News Quiz: Katz’s Deli, Silvio Berlusconi and Lyndon Johnson
A knish, a salami and Natalie Portman walk into a Jewish News Quiz. What happens next? Take the quiz!
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The Schmooze The ‘Girls’ Season 3 Trailer is Upon Us
It’s here! The ‘Girls’ Season 3 trailer has hit the Internet. Catch up with Hannah, Shosh, Marnie and Jessa below: The third season of “Girls” will premiere on HBO on January 12, 2014.
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