Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward Invasive species, protests and forest fires: How planting a tree in Israel became controversial
HAIFA, Israel (JTA) — Each year on Tu Bishvat, the Jewish holiday celebrating trees and plants, Lior Weitz and his wife take their two daughters to plant saplings of pine — the tree that more than any other symbolizes Israel’s historic forestation project. They join thousands of families at one of the annual planting ceremonies…
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Fast Forward EU official says the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s annual antisemitism list has gone too far
(JTA) – The Simon Wiesenthal Center, named for the famed Nazi hunter who died in 2005, defines itself as “a Jewish global human rights organization researching the Holocaust and hate in a historic and contemporary context.” The center’s associate dean, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, has helped to defuse antisemitism controversies involving celebrities for decades, such as…
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Fast Forward Brazilian court fines American Airlines for ’emotional suffering’ to passengers denied kosher food
(JTA) — A judge in Brazil fined American Airlines to the tune of $1,759 for not providing kosher meals for two passengers who had been assured they would receive it on long-distance flights. One of the passengers had gone without food for 10 hours from New York to Sao Paulo. The other fasted for a…
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Fast Forward Former Dutch prime minister criticized for accusing Israeli settlers of poisoning Palestinians
(JTA) — A former prime minister of the Netherlands, Dries van Agt, said in an interview for a recently aired documentary that Israeli settlers poisoned their Palestinian neighbors in 2015, drawing criticism from Dutch Jews who say he is perpetuating a centuries-old antisemitic blood libel. B’Tselem, the leading Israeli organization devoted to documenting alleged human…
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Fast Forward Spain and Portugal have naturalized more than 90,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews since 2015
(JTA) — At least 90,000 descendants of Sephardic Jews have become citizens of Portugal or Spain since 2015, when those countries passed laws offering a naturalization process for such applicants, according to the most updated information data from the two countries. The laws were meant to atone for the Inquisition, a campaign of religious persecution…
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Fast Forward Soccer fans filmed singing about killing Jews in Belgium
(JTA) — Dozens of soccer fans in Antwerp, Belgium, were filmed giving Nazi salutes while chanting about Hamas and gassing and burning Jews. Police are investigating the videos, which appeared on social media earlier this week. The incident appeared to have taken place at or outside Café Stadion, a restaurant near a soccer stadium. The…
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Fast Forward Jewish ‘Big Brother Brasil’ host hit with antisemitic abuse after defending the reality show
(JTA) — The former host of “Big Brother Brasil” has been hit with a wave of antisemitism after getting into an online argument about the reality show with a popular soap opera actor. After the actor Icaro Silva criticized the show, calling it “mediocre entertainment,” Tiago Leifert, who is Jewish and hosted the show from…
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Fast Forward 150,000 Holocaust survivors to receive $200M in emergency COVID-19 funding
(JTA) — About 150,000 Jewish victims of Nazi persecution are set to receive emergency funding of approximately $1,400 per person from Germany in the coming days, according to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. The funds, totaling about $200 million and referred to as the Supplemental Hardship Fund Payment, were negotiated in 2020…
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