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Fast Forward Israel Attacks Hamas Target In Gaza After Arson Of Construction Equipment
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel Air Force jets attacked a Hamas military site in the southern Gaza Strip after four Palestinians crossed into Israel and set fire to Israeli construction equipment near the border. The equipment is being used to construct a barrier between Israel and Gaza both above ground to stop inflitrators and below ground…
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Fast Forward Holocaust Survivor’s Body Found Burnt, Stabbed In Paris Apartment
(JTA) – The burnt and stabbed body of a Holocaust survivor was found in her Paris apartment, in what a watchdog on anti-Semitism said was a case reminiscent of an alleged anti-Semitic hate crime. The National Bureau for Vigilance Against Anti-Semitism, or BNVCA, wrote in a statement Sunday that the suspected murder of the 85-year-old…
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Fast Forward Poland Creates New Holiday To Remember Poles Who Saved Jews During WWII
(JTA) — Poland observed a new national holiday to remember Poles who saved Jews during World War II. President Andrzej Duda initiated the National Remembrance Day for Poles Who Saved Jews earlier this month. It was observed on Saturday, March 24. On March 24, 1944, the Germans murdered the Ulma family – Józef, Wiktoria, and…
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Fast Forward Over 20,000 Israelis Protest Deportations Of African Asylum Seekers
JERUSALEM (JTA) — More than 20,000 protested against a government plan to deport African asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan to a third country in Africa during a rally in Tel Aviv. The rally in Rabin Square was organized by NGOs and Sudanese and Eritrean groups, as well as the Stop the Deportation movement and…
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Fast Forward British Opposition Leader Regrets Defending Mural He Now Says Is Anti-Semitic
(JTA) — Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the United Kingdom’s Labour party, said he had been wrong to support an artist who had painted a mural in London that Corbyn is now saying was anti-Semitic. Corbyn, whose critics say has failed to confront the proliferation of anti-Semitism in the party by his supporters since he…
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Fast Forward London Bagel Shop Fights Plan To Replace It With Obesity Clinic
(JTA) — The Jewish owners of a popular bagel shop in London vowed to fight their landlord’s plans to turn their building into an anti-obesity clinic. Shalom Hot Bagels in northeast London told The Jewish Chronicle that they had not been consulted on the move, which the building’s owner filed with municipal planning authorities, the…
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Fast Forward Syria Accuses Israel Of Stealing Artifacts From Ancient Synagogue
(JTA) — Syria has accused Israel of stealing ancient and valuable Jewish artifacts from a historic synagogue near Damascus. In an official complaint filed with the United Nations Security Council last week, Syria accused Israel of smuggling religious books and other artifacts from the Eliyahu Hanavi Synagogue in cooperation with Turkey and with terrorist groups…
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Fast Forward Orthodox Rabbi Says Cloned Bacon Could Be Kosher – Including With Milk
(JTA) — A prominent Orthodox rabbi in Israel said that meat from a genetically cloned pig would be kosher for consumption by Jews — including when eaten with dairy products. Rabbi Yuval Cherlow told Ynet in an interview published Wednesday that cloned meat is not subject to the rules that apply to the consumption of regular…
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