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Fast Forward Amid Attacks, ‘Kippah’ Rally Backs Swedish Jews
About 300 people demonstrated in Malmo, Sweden in support of the Jewish community. The Oct. 20 march came after a series of anti-Semitic attacks on Jewish targets. Many of those taking part in the march wore kipot as a sign of solidarity, according to thelocal.se. Among those marching in the solidarity demonstration was the mayor…
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News Marseille Jews Avoid French Wave of Attacks
At a time when Jewish institutions across France resemble military fortresses for their security, entering the great synagogue and main Jewish center of this picturesque city on the Mediterranean coast is as easy as pushing open the front door. The only obstacles on a recent Sunday were 20 children scampering around on their break from…
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Culture When Tehran Comes to Los Angeles
Museum negotiations to bring artifacts from abroad for exhibits are typically complex. And the detailed discussions that brought a stunning collection opening on Iranian Jewry here in October were no exception. But the institutional arrangements between the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles and Beit Hatfutsot: The Museum of the Jewish People,…
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News America’s Blood Libel, Vegas Voters, Debate Tweetin’
In this week’s podcast, fill-in host Paul Berger is joined by opinion editor Gal Beckerman to discuss the most recent presidential debate and how instant reaction on Twitter might be harming political discourse. Then, staff writer Josh Nathan-Kazis calls in from Las Vegas to report on the influence of billionaire Sheldon Adelson on the Nevada…
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian Activist’s Book Talks Scrapped
Free Gaza Movement co-founder Greta Berlin, who has come under fire for tweeting that Zionists created and ran the Nazi concentration camps, had book talks canceled by at least two California venues. Book Passage canceled Berlin’s talk scheduled for Sunday at its flagship location in Corte Madera. UCLA’s Center for Near Eastern Studies had canceled…
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Fast Forward Dutch Town Backs Down on Holocaust Memorial
Following protests, the Dutch town of Geffen will not display the names of German Wehrmacht soldiers along with Jewish Holocaust victims on a new monument. The monument, scheduled to be unveiled Saturday in the eastern Netherlands town, “was meant to promote reconciliation but instead caused controversy,” Mayor Roel Augusteijn said at a televised news conference…
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Fast Forward One Third of Israelis at Risk of Poverty
One-third of Israelis are at risk of poverty, a new report shows. Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday issued a report showing that some 31 percent of Israelis were at risk of poverty in 2010, compared to 27 percent 12 years ago. Some 16 percent of European Union residents fall into the same category….
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News Decades-Old Blood Libel Case Roils Town
The only recorded blood libel accusation against American Jews occurred in 1928 in Massena, N.Y., a small industrial town on the Canadian border that for the next 84 years never brought up the episode. But today, Debbie Fuehring, program director at Massena Public Library, is eager to show a visiting reporter the box of rugelach…
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