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Fast Forward Al Qaeda-Loving Sister of Toulouse Killer Sues
The sister of an al Qaeda-inspired gunman who killed seven people in France plans to sue a television channel that broadcast secretly filmed footage of her saying she was proud of her brother, her lawyer said. Souad Merah, sister of Mohamed Merah, the 24-year-old who killed three Jewish children, a rabbi and three soldiers last…
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Fast Forward Norway Pulls Honor for ‘Jewish Influence’ Activist
The Norwegian Royal Palace reportedly has dropped controversial plans to recognize a converted Muslim who is accused of anti-Semitism. The decision to withdraw the honor for Trond Ali Linstad was announced Tuesday after Oslo Mayor Fabian Stang canceled his participation in the award ceremony. Linstad, 69, is a former communist activist who converted to Islam…
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Fast Forward Kosher Cheese Company Slammed by Sandy
A flooded warehouse, decomposed wall beams, sodden sheetrock, crumbling brick walls, a fried electrical system and about $2 million worth of rotten cheese waiting to be chucked: That’s only a glimpse of the woes facing Brigitte Mizrahi. Mizrahi owns Anderson International Foods, a small kosher cheese company she founded in 1995, and her warehouse is…
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News French Police Bust Anti-Semitic Graffiti Guy
French police reportedly arrested a 21-year-old man suspected of scrawling “death to Jews” on a synagogue near Paris. The man is suspected of writing the message with a black marker on Nov. 7 or Nov. 8 on the entrance to the synagogue of Pantin in Seine-Saint-Denis near Paris, according to the municipality. The radio network…
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Opinion No (GOP) Sex on Tisha B’Av
With President Barack Obama’s reelection only a few days in the rear view mirror, the topic of the Jewish role in American politics is still brewing — and we learned some tantalizing details about Mitt Romney’s summer trip to Israel. Democratic and Republican operatives sparred over the importance of the Jewish vote in the just-completed…
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Fast Forward Gay Aussie School Principal Sues Over Firing
One of Australia’s largest Jewish schools is being sued by a former principal who claims he was the victim of unfair dismissal. Documents filed in Federal Court allege Joseph Gerassi’s dismissal last year from Bialik College in Melbourne was in breach of the Fair Work Act. He is suing the school for millions of dollars…
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Fast Forward Rabbi David Rosen Cited for Interfaith Dialogue
Rabbi David Rosen was one of a triumvirate of Jewish, Muslim and Christian clergymen recognized by Search for Common Ground, a group that promotes reconciliation and conflict resolution. Jointly receiving the group’s interfaith award were Rosen, the international director of interreligious affairs for the American Jewish Committee; Lord George Carey of Clifton, the former Archbishop…
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Fast Forward Canada Bill Recognizes Jewish Refugees’ Plight
A Canadian lawmaker has proposed a motion in the country’s Parliament calling for formal government recognition of some 850,000 Jews forcibly displaced from Arab lands since Israel’s creation in 1948. In his Nov. 8 motion, Liberal Parly lawmaker Irwin Cotler, a former Canadian justice minister, noted that by rejecting the United Nation’s Partition Resolution of…
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