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Fast Forward Saudi Crown Prince Reportedly Brags He Has Jared Kushner ‘In His Pocket’
(JTA) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman may be using his close relationship with White House adviser Jared Kushner to send a message to his allies and enemies that his actions were backed by the U.S. government, a U.S. government official told The Intercept. A week after Kushner and the crown prince met in…
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Fast Forward Law On Holocaust Rhetoric Unconstitutional, Polish Attorney General Says
(JTA) — The Polish attorney general’s office described as partly unconstitutional a law passed last month that criminalizes blaming Poland for Nazi crimes. Prosecutor General Zbigniew Ziobro published a statement on the law Thursday. The legislation, which came into force earlier this month, imposes fines or up to three years in jail on anyone who…
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Fast Forward Ohio Man Charged With Hate Crime After Beating Man He Thought Was Jewish
(JTA) — A Cincinnati-area man was indicted on a federal hate crimes charge for attacking a man he thought was Jewish. Izmir Koch, 32, beat a man who was smoking a cigarette outside a local restaurant. He was arrested Wednesday. According to the indictment, Koch in February 2017 asked people standing outside the restaurant if…
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Fast Forward Israel Opens Investigation Into Facebook Over Cambridge Analytica Breach
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Justice Ministry has opened an investigation into Facebook amid reports of the transfer of users’ data from the social media platform to the British data-mining company Cambridge Analytica. The ministry’s Privacy Protection Authority said in a statement Thursday that it will “investigate whether personal data of Israeli citizens was illegally used…
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Fast Forward Jewish GOP Donor Reportedly Took $2.7M From UAE Lobbyist To Influence Trump
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A major Jewish Republican donor accepted $2.7 million from an adviser to the United Arab Emirates to influence Trump administration policy at a time of tension between the UAE and its neighbor Qatar, The New York Times reported. Elliott Broidy, the deputy finance chairman of the Republican National Committee and a member…
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Fast Forward Israeli Company Creating Hidden Camera Reality Show Inspired By #MeToo Movement
(JTA) — An Israeli production company is creating a reality television show format inspired by the #MeToo movement. The show, called “The Silence Breaker,” will use hidden cameras to go under cover and document sexual harassment in real workplaces, The Hollywood Reporter first reported on Wednesday. Each episode will tell the victims’ stories and end…
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Fast Forward Israeli Teen Fined For Urinating On Auschwitz Memorial
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — A 19-year-old Israeli was detained at the Auschwitz-Birkenau state museum after he was caught urinating on a memorial commemorating the victims of the camp. He was questioned for several hours and released on Wednesday after voluntarily accepting a fine as punishment, according to local reports. According to Polish law those who…
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Fast Forward Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Ends Silence On Cambridge Analytica Scandal
(JTA) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded to growing pressure on the social media company, following reports that a British company used information inappropriately collected from 50 million accounts while working for the Trump presidential campaign. Zuckerberg in a statement Wednesday that he will investigate access to data about users that are currently available to outside…
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