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Fast Forward Hasidic Student Almost Misses His Wedding Over British Immigration Snafu
(JTA) — British immigration officers detained for three days a haredi Orthodox citizen of Israel and the United States who arrived in the United Kingdom to marry a citizen of that country. Yosef Goldenberg of Los Angeles, who is studying in Israel, arrived Thursday at London’s Heathrow Airport carrying his American passport en route to his wedding Monday in…
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Fast Forward UK’s Holocaust Memorial Will Be Designed By Firm Behind Smithsonian Black History Museum
London’s Holocaust memorial will be designed by David Adjaye, who designed the recently inaugurated National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., the Guardian reported. Adjaye’s firm was picked from a shortlist of ten renowned international firms, including Zaha Hadid Architects and Norman Foster. “[W]e wanted to create a living place, not…
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Fast Forward Cocaine Kingpin Wins Damages Over Kosher Prison Food — Then Loses It In Clawback
A jailed drug dealer won nearly $6,000 from the British government after being denied kosher food in prison — only to see the government take back the money as it tries to claw back his ill-gotten profits. Frederick Colverson was convicted of conspiring to supply class A drugs and sentenced to 25 years in prison…
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Fast Forward 5 Things About The Neo-Nazi Who Came Out As A Gay Jew
A prominent British white supremacist, Kevin Wilshaw, made waves Tuesday when he renounced his past affiliations and admitted that he was a gay man of Jewish ancestry. Here are five things you need to know about Wilshaw: 1. He was an active white supremacist for 40 years. Wilshaw, 58, told Channel 4 that he had…
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Fast Forward Neo-Nazi Quits Movement After Revealing He’s Gay — And Part Jewish
A prominent British white supremacist has announced that he is renouncing his extremism and is coming out of the closet as a gay man with Jewish ancestry. Kevin Wilshaw was a leader of the National Front group in the 1980s, frequently spoke at nationalist rallies and was arrested for making racist online statements as recently…
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Fast Forward Muslim Man Sponsors Synagogue Kiddush To Honor His Late Doctor
A British Muslim man sponsored a synagogue Kiddush luncheon to honor the late Jewish doctor who treated him, The Jewish Chronicle reported. The Muslim man, who asked to remain anonymous, paid for the post-prayer spread at the Kingston, Surbiton & District Synagogue in south London to honor Dr. Tim Heymann, his gastroenterologist. The Muslim man…
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Fast Forward Swastikas Painted On Synagogue Sign In British City Of Leeds
(JTA) — Anti-Semitic graffiti was daubed on a sign of a synagogue in northern England. The incident involving the Etz Chaim synagogue in Leeds was discovered earlier this week, when visitors saw a red swastika and the word “kikes” spray-painted on a sign affixed to the synagogue’s perimeter fence, the Jewish News of London reported…
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Fast Forward Mosque Plan Sparks Backlash In London’s Jewiest Neighborhood
An Islamic group’s plan to build a mosque in a major center of London’s Jewish community has sparked outrage among Jewish residents — and outrage over the outrage — the Jewish Chronicle reported. The backlash began after a former concert venue in the Golders Green neighborhood was bought by the Center for Islamic Enlightening. A…
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