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Fast Forward Nikos Stavroulakis, Greek Jewish Activist, Dies At 85
(JTA) – Nikos Stavroulakis, an artist, scholar, and prominent activist promoting Jewish life and heritage in Greece, has died. Stavroulakis died on Friday in Chania, on the island of Crete. He was 85. “The world of Greek Jewry owes Nikos so much,” Marcia Haddad Ikonomopoulos, museum director of Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and Museum in…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Praise Trump Call To Fight Islamist Extremism
(JTA) — Jewish groups praised President Donald Trump for calling on Muslim nations to confront Islamist extremism during a speech to Muslim and Arab leaders at a summit in Saudi Arabia. “President Trump’s refreshing honesty is welcome and needed in describing the Islamist extremist threat,” said David Harris, CEO of the American Jewish Committee. “The…
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Fast Forward 8 Panamanians Receive Spanish Citizenship Under Sephardic Law Of Return
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — Eight Panamanian Sephardic Jews received Spanish citizenship from Spain’s ambassador to Panama in a ceremony at the embassy in Panama City. The group swore allegiance to the Spanish Constitution and the King, reported local news website Telemetro, thanks to a law passed two years ago that allows the conferring of Spanish…
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Fast Forward Ehud Olmert Punished In Prison Over Classified Documents For Memoir
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been punished by the Israel Prison Service after classified documents were found in his possession in jail. Olmert has lost telephone privileges as well as a planned furlough, Israeli media reported over the weekend. Olmert, the first Israeli prime minister to serve time in prison…
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Fast Forward Kevin Pillar Suspended By Blue Jays For Anti-Gay Slur
(JTA) — The Toronto Blue Jays suspended their center fielder Kevin Pillar for two games after he hurled an anti-gay slur at an opposing pitcher. Pillar used the slur against Jason Motte of the Atlanta Braves during a game Wednesday night when he thought the pitcher tried to “quickpitch” him — throw a pitch before…
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Fast Forward 10,000 Israeli Police Will Secure Trump Visit
JERUSALEM (JTA) — More than 10,000 Israeli police units, counterterrorism units and border police will secure President Donald Trump and his 1,000- person entourage during his visit to Israel. There will be full security cooperation between the Israel Police and American security personnel during the two-day visit, Israel Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told JTA on…
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Fast Forward 88-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Graduates — 71 Years After Nazis Denied Her
(JTA) — A Holocaust survivor in Plymouth, Minnesota received her high school diploma 71 years after she was denied the opportunity by the Nazis. Esther Begam, 88, donned a blue cap and gown earlier this month and received her diploma surrounded by her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren, as well as the Wayzata High School…
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Fast Forward Bulgarian Official Admits ‘Horsing Around’ On Buchenwald Trip
(JTA) — A leader of Bulgarian Jews condemned his country’s deputy prime minister, who said jokingly that he may have behaved inappropriately when visiting a former Nazi concentration camp. Valeri Simeonov, vice-president of the United Patriots and Bulgaria’s deputy prime minister, told the Sega newspaper on Tuesday he and some his friends may have taken…
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