Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward Jared Kushner relative solicits coronavirus tips for him on Facebook
(JTA) — A physician with family ties to senior White House adviser Jared Kushner said he solicited advice on Facebook for Kushner on how to deal with the coronavirus. Kurt Kloss, whose daughter is married to Kushner’s brother, on Wednesday asked a group of fellow emergency room physicians on the social network for the advice…
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Fast Forward US court orders deportation of ex-concentration camp guard
(JTA) — A U.S. immigration judge in Memphis ordered the deportation of a longtime Tennessee resident who served as a German concentration camp guard during World War II. Friedrich Karl Berger, 94, served at a subcamp of the Neuengamme concentration camp system near Hamburg and is still receiving a pension for work that includes his…
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Fast Forward Bride’s brother brings a llama to wedding wearing a tuxedo, kippah
Mendl Weinstock followed through with the help of Shocky the llama
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Fast Forward Israeli chief rabbi: Stop kissing mezuzahs to lower coronavirus risk
(JTA) — Israel’s chief Ashkenazi rabbi asked Jews to stop kissing mezuzahs because of the coronoavirus, while a major European rabbinical group published its own directives to contain the spread of the illness. Rabbi David Lau’s statement on Wednesday said that “as we see the unfortunate spread of a terrible disease, certainly one shouldn’t kiss…
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Fast Forward At another Spanish carnival, dancers play Jews, Nazis alongside train with Auschwitz floats
(JTA) — A second carnival in Spain has referenced the Holocaust with Nazi and concentration camp prisoner uniform costumes. The theme was “the same.” The Holocaust-themed display at the Feb. 23 event in Badajos occurred amid debate on the appropriateness of festive parades apparently making light of the murder of millions of Jews and Romanis…
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Fast Forward Spanish town says it was told crematoria float was Holocaust commemoration
(JTA) — Answering criticism of a float that depicted Holocaust victims dancing with Nazis alongside crematoria, the Spanish town that hosted the parade said the display was allowed only because its creators had described it as a form of commemoration. The municipality of Campo de Criptana offered the explanation in a statement Tuesday about the…
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Fast Forward 20% of European survey participants say secret Jewish cabal runs the world
PARIS (JTA) – A secret network of Jews influences global political and economic affairs. That’s the feeling among a fifth of the 16,000 respondents to a survey among Europeans from 16 countries. The same number also agreed with the statement that “Jews exploit Holocaust victimhood for their own needs.” The survey was presented Monday at…
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Fast Forward Carnival parade in Spain features Nazi uniforms, trains with crematoria
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated here with a statement from the town’s officials. (JTA) — At a carnival procession in Spain, participants dressed up like Nazis and Jewish concentration camp prisoners while dancing next to a float evoking crematoria. The Israeli embassy in Madrid on Tuesday protested the display this weekend at the…
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