Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward Costco promotes controversial Anne Frank book, as Dutch publisher halts distribution
(JTA) — Costco named as its February “Buyer’s Pick” a book about Anne Frank that has been taken off the market in the Netherlands, in the latest sign that criticism of the book is unlikely to stem its influence. “The Betrayal of Anne Frank” made waves upon its release last month because of its explosive conclusion…
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Fast Forward French police arrest 16 teachers at well-known Orthodox school for allegedly abusing students
(JTA) — Police in France raided a well-known Orthodox Jewish school, arresting 16 teachers for alleged child abuse and placing dozens of underage students provisionally under the state’s custody. The raid Monday on Beth Yossef, a prestigious boarding school-style yeshiva near Paris attended by many students from Israel and the United States, was the largest-scale…
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Fast Forward Dutch publisher stops printing copies of book alleging a Jew betrayed Anne Frank
(JTA) — Ambo Anthos, the Amsterdam-based publishing house that printed the Dutch-language translation of a controversial book alleging that a Jew had betrayed Anne Frank, has apologized for not reviewing the material more critically and ceased printing new copies of it on Monday. The book “The Betrayal of Anne Frank,” published earlier this month by…
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Fast Forward Police arrest suspect caught on camera beating Orthodox Jews in London
(JTA) — In two separate incidents in the past week, two Orthodox Jews were assaulted in London and a Jewish teenager was attacked in Milan, Italy. On Wednesday, British police arrested a man who was caught on security camera footage assaulting two Orthodox men on the street in the heavily-Orthodox London neighborhood of Stamford Hill….
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Fast Forward Antisemitic incidents in France increased by 75% in 2021
(JTA) — Reports of antisemitic incidents in France increased by 75% in 2021, according to the French Jewish community’s main watchdog group. SPCJ recorded 589 hate crimes against Jews last year, including a 36% increase in physical assaults over 2020. The group released its annual report Wednesday. Incidents targeting people – as opposed to communal buildings…
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Fast Forward Austrian artist under fire after posting star of David made of syringes
(JTA) — Two Austrian cities are removing statues created by a prominent artist after the artist shared a picture of the Israeli flag with the star of David made up of syringes, the latest in a series of protests against pandemic rules to feature antisemitic tropes. Manfred Kielnhofer is a sculptor whose “Guardian of Time”…
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Fast Forward 27% of religious hate crimes in Sweden target its tiny Jewish community
(JTA) — Antisemitic incidents accounted for 27% of all religious hate crimes in 2020 in Sweden, where Jews make up 0.1% of the population. Hate crimes against Muslims, who make up at least 8% of the population, accounted for 51% of the hate crimes against religious groups documented by police in 2020, according to a…
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Fast Forward A Jew betrayed Anne Frank’s family, cold-case investigators conclude
(JTA) — A team of researchers said they have identified the person who betrayed Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis 80 years ago: a Jewish notary forced to work for the Nazis. The man identified by a cold-case team that has been working for six years to identify the persons responsible for the…
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