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Fast Forward Russian Orthodox Priest Chided for ‘Yid’ Jibe at Girl With Jewish Mother
Russian Church officials suspended a priest for using an anti-Semitic pejorative while baptizing a girl. The two-month ban on Andrey Evstigneeva was announced earlier this month on the website of the Diocese of Saratov, a city situated 450 miles southeast of Moscow. It followed complaints by the family and by the Russian Jewish Congress, the…
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Opinion Russian Jewish Region’s ‘Gay’ Flag Is Kosher!
The Kremlin’s self-styled flag experts have declared that the flag of Russia’s Jewish Autonomous Region —which bears an uncanny resemblance to the rainbow gay pride symbol — is in fact 100% kosher, Buzzfeed World reported. The flag, designed in 1996 for the Birobidzhan region, boasts colorful stripes on a white background. It was under review…
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Fast Forward Shots Fired at Russian Synagogue in Yekaterinburg
Shots were fired at the synagogue of Yekaterinburg, the Russian Jewish Congress said, breaking windows but not injuring anyone. At least two bullets hit the building housing the synagogue on Monday, according to the Russian Jewish Congress team that monitors anti-Semitism. No one was hurt, Matvey Chlenov, deputy executive director of the Russian Jewish Congress,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Underdog Shocks Putin in Race for Mayor of Russia’s No. 4 City
He has published poetry, sat in a Soviet prison, collected Russian religious icons and treated drug addicts with a tough programme that has drawn praise but also criminal prosecution. Now Yevgeny Roizman is about to begin his latest incarnation, as mayor of Russia’s fourth-largest city – one of the highest posts to be held by…
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Fast Forward Did Benjamin Netanyahu Suggest Cutting Deal With Russia on Syria?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged John Kerry to talk to Russia about a deal to destroy Syria’s stockpile of chemical weapons. The Wall Street Journal, citing American and Middle Eastern officials briefed on the exchange, reported Monday that Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke about the issue on Sept. 11. During…
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Fast Forward Israel Won’t Ratify Chemical Arms Treaty Before Its Neighbors Do, Officials Say
With Moscow and Washington now discussing a diplomatic deal that would rid Syria of its chemical weapons, officials in Jerusalem are preparing for the possibility that Israel will be asked to submit to supervision of the chemical weapons that foreign reports say it possesses. In the past few days, Foreign Ministry officials note, senior Russian…
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Fast Forward Israel Remains Skeptical on Syria But Sees Positives in Russia Deal
A skeptical Israel saw potential positives in Syria’s acceptance to surrender control of its chemical weapons to Russia, hoping the mooted deal would make Iran think twice about its nuclear project. Israeli officials had expressed dismay in private about U.S. President Barack Obama’s handling of the Syria crisis, fearful his hesitant response to the use…
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Fast Forward Sheldon Adelson Offers To ‘Help Out’ Obama With Votes on Syria Attack
Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson said on Tuesday that he would be willing to “help out” the Obama administration, in garnering enough congressional votes for a military attack on Syria. Adelson granted an interview to the National Journal, in which the staunch Republican fundraiser said he “would be willing to help out the administration because…
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