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Fast Forward Nechemya Weberman Gets 103 Year Sentence
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish counselor was sentenced to 103 years in prison on Tuesday for sexually abusing a young female patient over three years in the insular Brooklyn community where they lived. Nechemya Weberman, who was convicted last month of sexual conduct against a child, criminal sexual acts, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a…
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Fast Forward European Jewish Leaders Blame Greek Neo-Nazi Golden Dawn for Racist Killing
The head of the European Jewish Congress condemned the “racist” killing of an immigrant in Athens last week, saying it was a result of Greece’s tolerance of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn Party. “We are witness to an increasing violence against foreigners and minorities in Greece which is the natural result of inaction by the authorities…
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Fast Forward Britain Warns Israel on Fading Hopes for Two-State Solution to Mideast Conflict
Britain said on Tuesday prospects for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are almost dead because of expanding Jewish settlement in occupied territory, and warned Israel it was losing international support. Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke as Israelis voted in an election likely to yield a hardline rightist government keener to thicken settlement on…
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Fast Forward Israelis Enjoy Plenty of Election Choices Voting Under Sunny Skies in Holy Land
Yehudit Shimshi had fire in her eyes after she voted in a leafy Israeli suburb on Tuesday, but resignation in her voice. Her hope for an end to the “reign” of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forlorn, she admitted. “There is a king sitting on the throne in Israel and I want to dethrone him,”…
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Fast Forward Far-Right Pol Jeremy Gimpel Slammed by Anti-Defamation League Over Mosque Jibe
In rare criticism of an Israeli politician, the Anti-Defamation League called on Knesset candidate Jeremy Gimpel to apologize to Muslims for suggesting blowing up the Dome of the Rock mosque. Gimpel, an ordained rabbi, is a dual U.S.-Israeli citizen. If elected to the Knesset he would be required to give up his U.S. citizenship. Gimpel,…
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Fast Forward New Zealand Jews Offers Second Chance to Anti-Semitic Cemetery Vandal
A New Zealand teen who pleaded guilty to desecrating a Jewish cemetery in Auckland last year was offered assistance by the Jewish community. Robert Moulden, 19, who was among the vandals who painted swastikas and anti-Israel expletives on historic headstones in Auckland’s Symonds St. Cemetery last October, will be sentenced next month. A second man,…
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News Parents Face Dilemmas When Jewish Schools Close
In January 2012, Irit Pinkus was shocked to learn that her daughter’s Jewish day school would close at the end of the semester, leaving her and the parents of the school’s other 150 students with a tough decision: where to place their children next year. It’s a decision faced by an increasing number of families….
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Fast Forward Chuck Hagel Reassures Jewish Leaders in Meeting
In a meeting with Jewish leaders, Chuck Hagel, President Obama’s defense secretary nominee, affirmed his commitment to preventing Iran from acquiring a nulcear weapon and to maintaining Israel’s qualitative military edge. “Sen. Hagel met with the leadership of several major American Jewish organizations at the White House as a part of his ongoing outreach,” said…
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