Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward Netanyahu leads narrowly in Israeli election exit polls
(JTA) — Preliminary exit polls from Israel’s election show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a good chance of being narrowly reelected. Israeli exit polls, however, have historically been unreliable, and this year they don’t account for a significant percentage of votes cast. Due to COVID, the final results might not be published until Monday. Especially…
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Fast Forward Charles Barkley’s hora at his daughter’s Jewish wedding went fine
(JTA) — Earlier this month, Charles Barkley confessed to Jimmy Kimmel that he wasn’t sure he’d make it through the hora at his daughter’s wedding. He needn’t have worried. Standing 6-foot-5 and weighing around 250 pounds, the NBA Hall of Famer was concerned that the wedding guests wouldn’t be able to lift him in a…
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Fast Forward White supremacist propaganda nearly doubled in 2020 to most in a decade, ADL says
(JTA) — Last year, the United States saw the most white supremacist propaganda in a decade, with thousands of flyers, bumper stickers, banners and other propaganda reported across the country, according to the Anti-Defamation League. The ADL’s report, published Wednesday, counted 5,125 pieces of propaganda distributed by 30 white supremacist groups across 49 states in…
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Fast Forward Tattered copy of ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’ found at Capitol Police checkpoint
(JTA) — A Capitol Police officer has been suspended after a copy of “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion,” an infamous anti-Semitic document, was found near his work area. The officer, part of the force that was overwhelmed during the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, is under investigation “after anti-Semitic reading material…
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News For over 40 years, this man bought millions of dollars of New York’s leavened bread products before Passover
(JTA) — For decades, dozens of Orthodox rabbis would gather in a New York City synagogue on the morning before Passover and, one by one, sell millions of dollars worth of bread, pasta and other leavened products to one man. That man, a real estate agent named John J. Brown, acted as the linchpin of…
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Fast Forward Leading Canadian newspaper deletes op-ed about COVID asking ‘What would Anne [Frank] do?’
(JTA) — The Globe and Mail, a leading Canadian newspaper, has taken down an opinion piece comparing COVID-19 lockdowns to Anne Frank’s experience as a child in hiding during the Holocaust. The piece was originally titled “I’m channeling Anne Frank’s spirit in lockdown,” and was published Wednesday by a contributing writer. The title was later…
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Fast Forward Frontier Airlines says it kicked a Hasidic family off flight because they weren’t wearing masks. The family claims they were.
(JTA) — Frontier Airlines is facing accusations of anti-Semitism after videos circulated online of the airline kicking a Hasidic family off a plane because of violations over its mask requirements. The family claims that its members were properly masked on the Sunday night flight from Miami to New York City, except for an 18-month-old baby,…
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Fast Forward After spat over support of Trump, Young Israel council replaces entire board
(JTA) — The National Council of Young Israel has replaced its entire executive board, a stark move away from its vocally pro-Donald Trump leadership, whose statements had led to controversy in the Orthodox synagogue association. The council represents more than 100 Orthodox synagogues across the country. It is more than a century old, and in…
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