Ben Sales
By Ben Sales
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Fast Forward New York City Closes Tenth Jewish School For Violating Vaccine Order
NEW YORK (JTA) — New York City is shuttering an Orthodox school in Brooklyn because it has continued to admit unvaccinated students in violation of a city order. The Central UTA Satmar School for Boys, a hasidic school in the Williamsburg neighborhood, is being closed Tuesday afternoon for violating city orders regarding vaccines and vaccination…
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Fast Forward Israel Will Have Another Election After Netanyahu Fails To Form Coalition
(JTA) — For the first time in its history, Israel will hold a second national election in one year, four months after the last election in April. The Israeli Knesset voted at midnight Thursday to dissolve itself, triggering elections on September 17. The unprecedented vote happened after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to assemble a…
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Fast Forward Smashed Car Windows Outside Chicago Synagogue Weren’t Hate Crime, Police Say
(JTA) — The smashing of two car windows outside a Chicago synagogue was not a hate crime, according to local police. A suspect has been arrested in the vandalism this week in West Rogers Park, a neighborhood with a large Jewish population. It was among 14 similar incidents in the neighborhood that took place over…
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Fast Forward Rabbis Met With New York Times To Discuss Anti-Semitic Cartoon, Israel Coverage
NEW YORK (JTA) — A dozen rabbis from across the major denominations met with the publisher and editorial page editor of The New York Times regarding the anti-Semitic cartoon it published and its general coverage of Israel. The meeting Wednesday morning at The Times offices in Midtown Manhattan lasted an hour and a half and…
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Fast Forward Facebook Will Still Allow Users To Deny The Holocaust
(JTA) — Facebook will still allow users to deny the Holocaust even though it removed prominent bigots and anti-Semites from its platform. The social media giant deleted the personal, professional and fan accounts of some leading extremists and conspiracy theorists, like David Duke, Louis Farrakhan and Alex Jones, on Thursday. But in a letter from April…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Cardi B Endorses Bernie Sanders For President
(JTA) — Cardi B is supporting Bernie Sanders for president. The rapper said she likes the 77-year-old Jewish Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate because of his long history of activism. “I don’t know, you know, I’ma always go with Bernie,” she told Variety. “Bernie don’t say things to be cool. Like, there’s pictures of…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu Wins Narrow Victory In Israel’s Election
(JTA) — Benjamin Netanyahu appears likely to win a fifth term as Israel’s prime minister as right-wing parties have maintained their majority in Israel’s election. With more than 95 percent of the vote counted in Tuesday’s election, Netanyahu’s Likud party and the opposition Blue and White party are virtually tied, with more than one million…
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Fast Forward Airbnb Will Cancel Its Ban On West Bank Settlement Listings
(JTA) — In a reversal of a 2018 policy announcement, Airbnb will not remove West Bank settlement listings from its website. The policy change came in a court settlement Monday between the vacation rental company and a dozen American Jewish plaintiffs who had sued the company, organized by Shurat Hadin-Israel Law Center, a pro-Israel law organization….
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