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Fast Forward Right-Wing Israeli Lawmaker Mocks Wheelchair-Bound Colleague As ‘Half A Human’
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Likud Party lawmaker Oren Hazan is under fire for calling a disabled fellow lawmaker “half a human” during a Knesset debate. Ilan Gilon of the liberal opposition Meretz Party was criticizing Culture Minister Miri Regev during a heated debate Monday on a bill that would withhold state funding to cultural organizations that…
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Fast Forward Mormon Urges Defeat Of Utah’s Only Jewish Rep ‘In Memory Of Our God’
(JTA) — A Mormon candidate for a Utah state House seat running against a Jewish incumbent urged residents to vote “in memory of our God” and “our religion.” Todd Zenger, a Republican facing Democratic Rep. Patrice Arent, the state legislature’s only Jewish representative, included those words on a campaign flier. It was widely criticized on…
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Fast Forward Pope To Jews: ‘A Christian Cannot Be An Anti-Semite – Because We Share Roots’
(JTA) — Pope Francis lamented anti-Semitic attacks and spread a message to ban the anti-Semitism during an audience with Jewish emissaries. The Pope on Monday received for first time delegates of the World Congress of Mountain Jews at the Vatican. Two weeks after the attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue that killed 11 worshippers Francis said in…
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Fast Forward Florida Student Arrested After Pouring Chocolate Milk On Republican Canvasser
(JTA) — A Jewish woman, 19, who poured chocolate milk on a Republican campaign volunteer on the campus of Florida State University was arrested and charged with battery. Shelby Shoup turned herself in on Thursday afternoon, hours after the incident which was caught on video and posted on Twitter by fellow FSU student Hunter Pollack,…
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Fast Forward White House Says ‘All’ Iran Sanctions Will Be Reimposed, With Exceptions
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Trump White House on Friday announced that “all the sanctions” relieved under the 2015 Iran deal would be reimposed, but top Trump officials were simultaneously listing caveats. “On November 5, 2018, all United States sanctions that were lifted under the disastrous Iran nuclear deal will be fully reimposed,” the White House…
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Fast Forward New York DMV Will Invalidate Anti-Semitic License Plate
(JTA) — New York’s Department of Motor Vehicles has begun the process of revoking a vanity license plate that contains an anti-Semitic acronym. The license plate belongs to Paul Schmieder of Queens and reads “GTKRWN,” which stands for “gas the kikes, race war now,” the New York Daily News first reported. The plate is attached…
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Fast Forward Massachusetts Man Faces Hate Crimes Charges For Assaulting Elderly Jewish Woman
(JTA) — A Cambridge, Massachusetts man faces hate crime charges after he allegedly attacked a senior citizen woman while shouting anti-Semitic statements. Jarrett Harris, 62, was arrested on Thursday and charged with assault and battery on someone age 60 or older, and assault and battery with intent to intimidate, a hate crimes charge. The victim,…
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Fast Forward Jewish Nurse Showed Compassion While Caring For Synagogue Shooter
(JTA) — The nurse who cared for alleged Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers identified himself in a post on social media. Ari Mahler came forward in a heartfelt post Saturday night on Facebook. Mahler was one of three Jewish doctors and nurses to tend to Bowers when he was brought to Allegheny General Hospital with…
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