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Fast Forward U. Penn Researchers: Orthodox Groups Distorted Our Report on Circumcision Rite
The authors of a research report on metzitzah b’peh say their study is being distorted by defenders of the controversial ritual circumcision practice who claim that the procedure poses no risk of neonatal herpes to infants. In an April 9 press release headlined “Ivy League Study Casts Doubt on Claims that Jewish Tradition Leads to…
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Opinion Israelis Who Don’t Know Occupation Can’t Preach to Palestinian Stone-Throwers
Last week, veteran Israeli journalist Amira Hass stirred up a controversy in the media here with an op-ed in Haaretz that opens: “Throwing stones is the birthright and duty of anyone subject to foreign rule.” Hass, who has been living and reporting from the occupied Palestinian territories for 20 years, goes on to suggest that…
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Fast Forward Supreme Court Skeptical of Patents for Human DNA in ‘Jewish’ Gene Case
Supreme Court justices on Monday raised tough questions about patents on human genes held by Myriad Genetics Inc. The nine justices signaled reluctance to issue a broad ruling, indicating that some were looking for a compromise that might distinguish between types of genetic material. The biotechnology industry warns that a broad ruling against Myriad could…
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The Schmooze A Baby Boy For Harvey Weinstein
According to the New York Post’s Page Six, Harvey Weinstein is a daddy once again. Wife Georgina Chapman reportedly gave birth to a little boy on Thursday in New York. The film producer and studio executive has four daughters, one with Chapman, and three from a previous marriage. In December, after he announced that Chapman…
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Fast Forward Fresh Twitter Suit Filed Over Anti-Semitic #GoodJew Hashtag
A French Jewish group which last month sued Twitter for hosting anti-Semitic content has lodged a fresh complaint against the company and accused it of lying. The latest complaint by the Union of Jewish Students of France, or UEJF, was filed on April 12 with the Paris Public Prosecutor’s office against Twitter President and Director…
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Fast Forward Winnepeg Students Ban ‘Israel Apartheid’ Group
The University of Manitoba Students’ Union voted to strip funding and official club status from an anti-Israel group on campus. The vote on April 11 went against legal advice and bucked the trend among other student councils at Canadian universities which in recent months have voted to divest from Israel. The vote of 19 to…
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Fast Forward Henrique Capriles Demands Recount After Narrow Defeat in Venezuela Election
Late socialist leader Hugo Chavez’s chosen successor Nicolas Maduro won Venezuela’s presidential election by a whisker but now faces opposition protests plus a host of economic and political challenges in the OPEC nation. The 50-year-old former bus driver, whom Chavez named as his preferred heir before dying from cancer, edged out opposition challenger Henrique Capriles…
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Fast Forward Capriles Warns of Plot in Venezuela Presidential Vote
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles charged there was a plot to change the result of Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela, which will decide if a longtime loyalist continues Hugo Chavez’s self-styled socialist revolution. By mid-evening, both Capriles’ camp and that of acting President Nicolas Maduro expressed confidence that they had won, raising concerns that the results…
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Opinion I grew up believing Australia was the best place to be Jewish. This Hanukkah shooting forces a reckoning I do not want.
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