Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward Hungary’s largest Jewish group apologizes for signing statement ‘sanctifying’ heterosexual marriage
(JTA) — A joint religious declaration in Hungary promoting the “sanctification” of heterosexual marriage was signed by the country’s two largest Jewish groups. Three days later, one of the groups apologized for the statement. The Dec. 9 document, “Joint Declaration of the Churches on the Holiness of Marriage,” promoted exclusion of gay people and unmarried…
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Fast Forward Swiss-Jewish artist wants museum to take down her paintings over concerns about art purchased from Jews under duress during WWII
(JTA) — A Swiss-Jewish artist has asked the Zurich Art Museum to return her paintings due to concerns that the museum features works bought for below-market prices from Jewish refugees in dire circumstances in the years leading up to and during the Holocaust. Miriam Cahn, 72, made her wishes known publicly this week, the Tachles…
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Fast Forward A TV series celebrates a Brazilian’s rescue of Jews during the Holocaust. Is her story true?
(JTA) — A historical drama series that premiered Sunday in Brazil was supposed to give belated recognition to a woman nicknamed “the angel of Hamburg” for her actions during the Holocaust. Titled “Passports to Freedom,” the show produced by the South American media giant Globo and Sony Pictures has significantly amplified the little-known story of…
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Fast Forward Chile’s Next President Is Gabriel Boric, A Left-Wing Politician Who Has Spurned Ties With Chilean Jews Over Israel
(JTA) — Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old left-wing lawmaker who has been sharply critical of Israel and Chilean Jews who support it, was elected president of Chile in a landslide victory this weekend. Boric, who came to fame as a student leader, won with 56% of the vote, 12 points over his conservative rival, José Antonio…
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Fast Forward Berlin has 290 streets named for people who expressed antisemitic views, analysis finds
(JTA) — The 19th-century German historian who coined the phrase, later popularized by the Nazis, “the Jews are our misfortune” has a street named for him in Berlin. So does a 15th-century official who supported a murderous purge of Jews from his region, and a competitive athlete who was a darling of the Nazi regime….
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Fast Forward Hungary is Europe’s unlikely leader in kosher foie gras production — to Viktor Orban’s advantage
(JTA) — Europe’s two kosher foie gras factories aren’t in France, by far the leading consumer of the fatty liver product. Nor are they in England, home to Europe’s second-largest Jewish population. Instead, they are both in Hungary — where there are few Jews and no more than half a dozen kosher eateries in total. Part…
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Fast Forward Hanukkah menorahs vandalized in at least 3 Ukrainian cities
(JTA) — Large Hanukkah menorahs on display in three different locales in Ukraine have been vandalized in suspected hate crimes. The latest incident occurred Tuesday in Kyiv. A menorah that was erected in the Troieshchyna district in the city’s northeast was knocked down and its lamps were smashed, Eduard Dolinksy, the director of the Ukrainian Jewish…
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Fast Forward Video shows London Jews’ Hanukkah party bus being intimidated, spat on
(JTA) — Jews celebrating Hanukkah in central London said they had to leave because of intimidation by men who shouted slogans about Palestine and pounded with their shoes on the windows of the Jews’ bus. The incident happened on Oxford Street on Monday, the Jewish Chronicle of London reported. A video of the incident has…
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