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Life Why Hamas Spokewoman Might Matter
Earlier this month Hamas appointed its first female spokeswoman. The new voice of the organization is Isra Al-Modallal, a 23-year-old British-educated former journalist and divorced mother with a toddler (pictured below). She will be in charge of all communications with the international media and will focus on humanitarian issues and not suicide bombings or policy….
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The Schmooze 50 Years Ago: The Forward Building Mourns JFK
Fifty years ago today, President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas. Here’s how the Forward mourned: Forward Association
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Fast Forward Morrocan Jewish Leader Says ‘No Contact With Israel’ Bill Will Fail
A Moroccan Jewish leader said proposed bills by Moroccan lawmakers to outlaw all contact with Israelis stand no chance of passing. The two bills, which five political parties jointly sponsored this summer and which are being reviewed by the Moroccan Parliament’s Committee on Justice and Legislation, “have zero chance of passing because the king will…
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Fast Forward ‘International Jew’ Publisher Fined $10K by French Court for Anti-Semitism
A French court imposed limitations on the publication of five books, citing anti-Semitic content. The court in Bobigny near Paris last week handed down a blanket ban on the publication and dissemination of one book, “The Anthology of Quotes against Jews, Judaism and Zionism” by Paul-Eric Blanrue. All copies of the book must be withdrawn…
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Life Fracturing the Jewish Mom Stereotype
Is there a Jewish stereotype more inextinguishable than that of the overbearing, food-pushing mamele? It’s 2013 and, Hollywood is still churning out characters like Amy Kanter-Bloom; the fretful mother of Larry Bloom on Orange Is the New Black. What the Jewish mother needs, however is not a modern makeover, but a fracturing. Better than supplanting…
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Fast Forward Jewish Woman’s Asylum Request Brings Attention to Anti-Semitism in Sweden
With an asylum application to her own homeland, Annika Hernroth-Rothstein was hoping to draw attention to the problem of anti-Semitism in Sweden. Hernroth-Rothstein acknowledges the bid is “absurd” – but it’s working, having garnered international media coverage and stirring debate. “EU statutes provide that asylum be granted to persons with ‘well-founded reasons to fear persecution…
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News Extremist Haredi Cult Flees Quebec, Planning Move to Iran
Forty families belonging to an extremist haredi Orthodox cult fled their Quebec homes and are planning to go to Iran. Members of the group, called Lev Tahor, or Pure Heart, left their homes on Tuesday out of fear that Canadian welfare authorities would take their children, the Times of Israel reported Wednesday. The paper cited…
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Life Gloria Steinem’s Medal for the Movement
Calling her award a “medal for the movement,” Gloria Steinem accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom yesterday, the highest civilian honor in America. Steinem’s feminists achievements — from co-founding Ms. Magazine to her activism for reproductive rights to her recent push for fair immigration reform — will no doubt be recounted by the news media…
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