Cnaan Liphshiz
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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Fast Forward Israel Envoy Blames Russia For Blocking International Anti-Semitism Definition
(JTA) — Israel’s ambassador in Moscow criticized Russia for blocking the international adoption of a definition of anti-Semitism, which he linked to a recent string of allegedly racist statements about Jews by Russian politicians. Gary Koren’s unusual statement on anti-Semitism in Russia was in an interview for Interfax, the news agency reported Wednesday, in which he singled out…
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Fast Forward Austrian Chancellor Celebrates Anti-Nazi Resistance By Railway Firm
(JTA) — Austria’s chancellor praised workers of his country’s railway company for what he called their outsize resistance to Nazism during the Holocaust. Christian Kern’s praise for the partisans of the Austrian federal railways, or BBO, appeared in a statement he penned for an exhibition about the firm’s role during the Holocaust that opened last…
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Fast Forward Chabad Rabbi’s Expulsion Rattles Russian Jews
(JTA) — Three years ago, Rabbi Ari Edelkopf and his wife, Chana, worked around the clock for weeks to show off their community and city to the many foreigners in town for the Winter Olympics in Sochi. The Chabad emissaries from the United States came to the city on Russia’s Black Sea coast in 2002….
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Fast Forward Britain Sets Guidelines To Block Cities From Boycotting Israel
(JTA) — The British government has unveiled a proposed guideline that is meant to counteract and prevent the passing of resolutions in favor of boycotting Israel by local municipalities. The Department for Communities and Local Government published its plan for ending such initiatives on Monday in a leaflet containing proposed additions and revisions to a document titled the “Revised Best…
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Fast Forward Spanish Courts Rule Against BDS And Order Probe of Matisyahu Ban
(JTA) — Spanish judges scrapped two municipal resolutions on boycotting Israel and approved probing for discrimination organizers of a music festival who sought to bar the Jewish singer Matisyahu. The rulings on the resolutions passed last year by the local councils of Xeraco and Olesa de Montserrat were given independently last month, according to a…
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Fast Forward Kushners In Talks To Buy Miami Marlins
(JTA) — The family of presidential adviser Jared Kushner is in talks to purchase the Miami Marlins baseball team, The New York Times reported. The Kushners, a New York area real estate Jewish family, regard the team’s $1.6 billion price tag as too high, the Times reported Thursday. The negotiations, which have been ongoing for…
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Fast Forward Kellyanne Conway Under Fire For Plugging Ivanka
(JTA) — An ethics watchdog has criticized Kellyanne Conway, an adviser to President Donald Trump, for promoting in the media products sold by his eldest daughter, Ivanka Trump. Noah Bookbinder, the executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics, wrote in a New York Daily News op-ed that his Washington, D.C.-based organization had filed a…
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Fast Forward Trump: Settlements Aren’t Good for Peace
(JTA) — President Donald Trump said the expansion of Israeli settlements does not positively impact efforts to reach peace between Israel and the Palestinians, but added he did not wish to condemn the Jewish state. Trump spoke about the peace process during an interview with Israel Hayom. The daily on Friday published a Hebrew-language translation…
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