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Fast Forward Poland Accesses WWII-Era Archives Proving Efforts To Save Jews During Holocaust
(JTA) — Poland has obtained a World War II-era archive that documents efforts by Polish diplomats to get Jews out of Europe by issuing fake passports from Latin American countries. The Eiss archive shows that 330 people survived the Holocaust due to the efforts of the Polish diplomats based in Switzerland, and another 387 were…
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Fast Forward Gaza Man Not Convicted Of Hate Crime For Attacking Jew In Kippah In Switzerland
(JTA) — A Palestinian man who assaulted a Jewish man wearing a kippah on a train in Switzerland was sentenced to four months in prison for assault, but was not convicted of a hate crime. The assault occurred in February aboard a train near Lausanne, the German-language 20 Minuten news website reported Monday. It had not…
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Fast Forward Australian Jewish Leaders Slam News Interview With Far-Right Racist
SYDNEY (JTA) — The Executive Council of Australian Jewry has criticized Sky News Australia’s news director for the station’s green-lighting an interview with a far-right racist who once advocated for the display of images of Hitler in schools. Blair Cottrell, the former leader of anti-immigration group United Patriots Front, was interviewed by former chief minister of the…
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Fast Forward Swiss Tourism Official Complains About Behavior Of ‘Jewish Guests’
(JTA) — A tourism official from the Davos area in Switzerland penned a letter complaining about the behavior of Jewish visitors, which was then translated to Hebrew and posted publicly at hotels. Reto Branschi, who heads the tourism office of the Davos skiing village and that of nearby Klosters, on July 16 sent to the…
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Fast Forward Florida Man Gets Hate Crime Charge For Threat To Kill All The Jews In His Condo
(JTA) — The Florida state attorney upgraded charges against a Miami Beach man who planned to burn down his condo building and “kill all the Jews” who live there to include a hate crime enhancement. Walter Stolper, 72, was charged Thursday with attempted first-degree murder, arson and possession of a destructive device, as well as…
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Fast Forward California Jewish Camp Cancels Final Session Over Forest Fires
(JTA) — The final summer session of Camp Tawonga in Northern California has been canceled due to smoke from the Ferguson Forest Fire. In a letter to parents also posted on social media, the director of the Jewish camp, Jamie Simon, said that “the U.S. Forest Service, the Tuolumne County Health Department and CAL FIRE…
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Fast Forward Kosher Food Stand Opens In Iconic Buenos Aires Soccer Stadium
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (JTA) — Twenty years after the inauguration of the first Kosher McDonalds outside Israel, Buenos Aires will be home to a kosher fast food stand – in a soccer stadium. The stand will open next week in the Boca Juniors’ “Bombonera” stadium, a city landmark. Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona played for the…
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Fast Forward Incendiary Kite Sparks Fire In West Bank Winery
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A kite carrying incendiary material sparked a fire in a vineyard in an Israeli winery in the West Bank. The kite is believed to have been launched on Monday from Nablus in the northern West Bank. The fire at the Tura Winery near Mount Gerizim was put out quickly, Hadashot news reported….
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