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Fast Forward Italian Jews Stand Behind First Black Minister
Italy’s Jewish leadership expressed “all the solidarity of Italian Jews” to an Italian government minister who is black and who has been the target of racist slurs and death threats. The most recent slur against Minister for Integration Cécile Kyenge, who immigrated to Italy from the Democratic Republic of the Congo nearly 30 years ago,…
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Fast Forward Lea Michele, Jewish ‘Glee’ Star, Crushed by Death of Boyfriend Cory Monteith
Actress Lea Michele was crushed by the news that her boyfriend, Canadian actor Cory Monteith, 31-year-old heart throb of Fox’s musical-comedy television series “Glee”, was found dead on Saturday in his Vancouver hotel room, police said. Police and paramedics found no signs of foul play and the cause of death was not immediately apparent, British…
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Fast Forward Cory Monteith, ‘Glee’ Star and Boyfriend of Jewish Actress Lea Michele, Found Dead
Canadian actor Cory Monteith, 31-year-old heartthrob of Fox’s musical comedy television series “Glee”, was found dead on Saturday in his Vancouver hotel room, police said. Police and paramedics found no signs of foul play and the cause of death was not clear, British Columbia Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe said at a news conference. Monteith’s representatives…
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Israel News Bedouins Fight Israel’s Resettlement Plan — and Bid for American Jews’ Support
Critics of Israeli legislation aimed at urbanizing the Bedouin population of the Negev desert are trying to enlist American Jews to support their struggle and to apply pressure on the Israeli government to halt implementation of the program. The plight of the Bedouins, dramatized in the 2012 award-winning feature film “Sharqiya,” is that their land…
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Culture Shakedown Artist ‘Red Shirt Abie’ Convicted for Poisoning Deliverymen’s Horses
Forward Looking Back brings you the stories that were making news in the Forward’s Yiddish paper 100, 75, and 50 years ago. Check back each week for a new set of illuminating, edifying and sometimes wacky clippings from the Jewish past. 100 years ago Horse Poisoner Busted Dozens of businessmen — some victims, others simply…
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The Schmooze A Zinger From Joan Rivers
Paula Deen jokes have been all over the Internet since the Southern food maven’s use of the N-word and other racial slurs became public knowledge. But none of the aforementioned gags tops Joan Rivers’ tweet, posted on Friday after it was announced that Barry Weiss, Deen’s longtime agent, had gotten the sack: Paula Deen fired…
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The Schmooze Adam Sandler’s Cheetah Scare
Apparently, teenage girls aren’t the only ones to go wild at the sight of a celebrity. In an interview with David Letterman, actor Adam Sandler revealed that he was recently attacked by a cheetah while on safari in South Africa. “This is a true story,” he recalled. “I went there, and they let me in…
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Fast Forward AJC Blasts Polish Lawmakers for Kosher Slaughter Ban
The American Jewish Committee blasted Poland’s parliament for rejecting a bill that would allow kosher slaughter. “We urge Poland’s legislative and judicial authorities to move expeditiously to recognize by law the Jewish community’s right to prepare kosher meat according to Jewish tradition,” David Harris, head of the American Jewish Committee, said in a statement. “It…
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