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Fast Forward McMaster Invokes Holocaust To Urge Action In Syria
(JTA) — National Security Adviser Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster invoked the post-Holocaust phrase “Never Again” in calling for U.S. action in Syria. Speaking Thursday at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., McMaster said the United States would not stand by during the deadly conflict in Syria, The Wall Street Journal reported. “We cannot…
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Fast Forward Iris Apfel Is 96. Now The Fashion Icon Is A Barbie Doll
(JTA) — The American toy company that created the Barbie doll announced a new addition to the line in the image of Iris Apfel as an homage to the 96-year-old Jewish fashion guru. The Apfel effigy by the maker of what is perhaps the world’s best-known line of dolls wears the same striking green Gucci suit…
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Fast Forward Top Polish Diplomat Vows To Remove ‘Polish Police’ Text From Yad Vashem
(JTA) — A top Polish diplomat vowed to “intervene” in having text removed from the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Israel that speaks of “Polish police” under Nazi occupation. Jan Dziedziczak, the deputy director of the Polish Foreign Ministry, complained about the text in an interview on Thursday while on a visit in Israel, Radio…
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Fast Forward Chief Rabbinate Refuses To Seat Orthodox Women For Jewish Law Exam
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A group of four Orthodox Jewish women has threatened to take the Chief Rabbinate to Israel’s highest court after their request to take an official rabbinate exam in family purity laws was rejected with no explanation. The exam was held Thursday; the women were not allowed to sit for it. A rabbinate…
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Fast Forward Do Palestinian Terrorists Get As Much Money As Netanyahu Claims?
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Washington Post says it has debunked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s claims that the Palestinian Authority pays $350 million a year to Palestinian terrorists and their families. The amount could be up to two-thirds smaller, according to the Post in its Fact Checker feature. Netanyahu used the $350 million figure a…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Supreme Court Stops Government Plan To Deport African Refugees
JERUSALEM (JTA) –The Supreme Court of Israel has issued a temporary restraining order on a government plan to deport African asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan to a third country in Africa. The court issued its decision on Thursday in response to a petition signed by 120 refugees and asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan….
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Fast Forward Mother Of 3-Year-Old Cancer Child Slams Spirit AIrlines Over Missed Flight
(JTA) — The mother of a 3-year-old with a rare form of cancer criticized Spirit Airlines for lacking compassion after a flight from Florida to California for an appointment with the boy’s surgeon took off without them. The Tallman family arrived at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Delray Beach on Monday two hours early for…
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Fast Forward Roadside Bombs Targeting Israeli Soldiers Detonated On Gaza Border
JERUSALEM (JTA)) — Two roadside bombs were detonated on the northern Gaza border, which the Israeli military said were directed at a border patrol in the area. The Israel Defense Forces are also examining whether a shoulder-launched anti-tank missile, or RPG, was fired at the troops during the Thursday morning incident. No Israeli soldiers were…
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