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Fast Forward Vintage German Train Car Brought To New York For Auschwitz Exhibit
A vintage German train car — similar to those used to cart Jews to Nazi death camps during the Holocaust — will soon be on display at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, The Associated Press reported Sunday. The eight-decade-old car arrived on Sunday morning and was lowered onto tracks outside the museum in…
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Fast Forward Jewish Camps Get Grants To Better Integrate Campers And Staff With Disabilities
(JTA) — Sixteen Jewish camps in North America have been awarded grants to increase accessibility for campers and staff with disabilities. The grants are part of the $12 million Yashar Initiative, a program of the Foundation for Jewish Camp funded by The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. The Yashar Initiative was designed to address the…
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Opinion Politician’s Hateful Tweet Shows How Far Democrats Have Moved On Israel
On Wednesday, Kalman Yeger, a member of the New York City Council who represents a heavily Orthodox Jewish district in Brooklyn, was roundly condemned by city officials — including Mayor Bill de Blasio — for tweeting “Palestine doesn’t exist.” Palestine does not exist. There, I said it again. Also, Congresswoman Omar is an antisemite. Said…
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Fast Forward ‘Gas Chamber’ Incident Spurs Soul-Searching At Beloved Health Food Store
Among the many customers loyal to a health and vitamin store in a hippie-chic part of New York State who said they were shocked to learn of a possible anti-Semitic hate crime there, none were in a better position to do something with their dismay than one particular woman. Arlene Gould is a longtime shopper…
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Fast Forward Imam: ‘Allah’s Plan’ Fulfilled When Synagogue Hosts Muslim Prayers After Fire
The Muslim congregants of a Manhattan mosque closed after a fire were not without a place to pray on Friday. “Allah had a better plan,” the imam said, after a nearby synagogue opened its doors to them. The tense situation turned into a beautiful moment for both the Islamic Society of Mid-Manhattan and Central Synagogue,…
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Fast Forward Health Food Store Employee Arrested After Harassing Jewish Co-Worker
(JTA) — A former employee of a health food store in New York who was fired for anti-Semitic comments and actions against a Jewish co-worker was arrested for the hate crime. William Sullivan, 21, of Saugerties in southeast New York, was charged with second degree aggravated harassment. He is scheduled to appear in court on…
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Fast Forward Still No Apology For Woman Whose Co-Worker Said He’d Put Her In A Gas Chamber
The young woman who accused her co-worker of making anti-Semitic comments at the New York health food store where they worked put out a statement detailing the incident — in which the produce cooler was compared to a gas chamber — and revealing the management’s lack of response. Sarah Shabanowitz, an 18-year-old college student, put out…
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Fast Forward New York Food Store Employee Fired After Pretending Cooler Was A Gas Chamber
(JTA) — A health food store in southeast New York fired an employee several days after he made anti-Semitic comments and actions toward her. The worker at Mother Earth’s Storehouse in Ulster, New York turned the light off in the produce cooler and told an employee named Sarah, “You’re in the gas chamber,” then called…
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